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| 1 | | Apple has restricted employees from using external AI tools, such as ChatGPT, over concerns about the leakage of confidential data. The ban on outside generative AI usage follows similar restrictions by Samsung, JPMorgan, Bank of America, and others. More: - According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, ChatGPT has been on Apple's list of restricted software "for months."
- Apple's restriction also applies to Copilot, GitHub's AI programming assistant, and other AI tools.
- OpenAI retains and reviews user interactions with ChatGPT as part of its default practice.
- Conversations are used to train its AI systems and are subject to moderation, meaning whatever users type into the chat box is not confidential.
- The news comes a day after OpenAI launched an iOS app for ChatGPT, its first official mobile app. The app is currently accessible in the US, supports voice input, and is free to use.
Zoom out: - Meanwhile, Apple is hiring for more AI roles as it seeks to incorporate more generative AI into its offerings.
- According to 9to5Mac, Apple posted 28 AI-focused jobs during the first three weeks of May, with a high number of the positions specifically citing "generative AI."
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| 2 | | The news: A group of bipartisan U.S. senators is urging the Biden administration to address the rising threat of AI-driven voice scams targeting elderly Americans. The AI technology, which is used to replicate people's voices, is being used to deceive people into thinking they are talking to a relative or friend, convincing the victim to send over money. Details: The lawmakers, led by Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., are asking FTC Chair Lina Khan for updates on the AI-based scams along with any steps it's taking to protect people. The letter, signed by every member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, emphasizes the need to address this emerging threat as AI voice-clone technology becomes easier to use and widely available. What the numbers say: Imposter scams in the U.S. caused $2.6B in losses last year, with numerous reports of people deceived by scammers posing as friends or family, according to McAfee. The agency revealed that globally, 25% of surveyed adults have some experience with an AI voice scam, with 1 in 10 individuals saying they were personally targeted. Broken down by country, India had the highest prevalence, followed by the U.S. 
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| 3 | | Meta has unveiled more details about the in-house development of its custom AI chips. The company announced its first-generation custom chip for running AI models. The Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA) is designed for AI inference tasks, when an already trained AI model makes predictions or draws conclusions based on new unseen data. More: - The AI inference chip line will help to power some of Meta's recommendation algorithms for ads and content in news feeds.
- According to Meta's VP of Infrastructure, Santosh Janardhan, the MTIA chip offers improved computational power and efficiency compared to CPUs.
- By combining MTIA chips with GPUs, Meta said it expects improved efficiency and performance across its AI workloads.
- Meta is also working on a more advanced chip capable of both training and inference.
Zoom out: - Meta also announced a new computer chip called MSVP, or Meta Scalable Video Processor, for video transcoding, or processing and transmitting video to users.
- It shared its plans to revamp its data centers with modern AI-focused networking and cooling systems, with construction on its first facility set to begin later this year.
- The company and its partners have now completed the second phase of its AI Research SuperCluster (RSC) supercomputer, one of the fastest in the world.
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| 4 | | Leaders at this week's G7 Summit are discussing the need for "guardrails" to regulate AI. This marks the first time AI has been discussed more seriously at the annual summit, which comes at the request of U.S. President Joe Biden's national security adviser. More: - The summit brings together leaders from the G7 nations of the U.S., the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and Canada.
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who are in attendance, joined the call for regulations to foster the safe and democratic development of AI.
- During the summit's opening remarks, Von der Leyen acknowledged that AI offers benefits for people and the economy, but guardrails are needed to regulate the development of AI in the EU, which is already working to hammer the world's first over-arching AI Law.
- She told The Financial Times that leaders "want AI systems to be accurate, reliable, safe, and non-discriminatory, regardless of their origin."
- The 49th G7 Summit, which runs through Sunday in Hiroshima, will also tackle issues such as the Ukraine War, cleaning energy, and relations with China.
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| 5 | | The U.S. Justice Department has accused a former Apple engineer of stealing the company's self-driving car technology. The engineer, Weibao Wang, allegedly stole Apple's autonomous tech and shared it with a Chinese self-driving car company. More: - Wang, who had access to restricted Apple databases, allegedly stole sensitive technology and source code from the company to share with a Chinese self-driving startup owned by Baidu.
- Wang took a job offer from the Chinese company in 2017 while he was still a software engineer at Apple.
- In June 2018, law enforcement searched Wang's home in California and found the stolen data, but he managed to escape the country.
- Now in China, Wang faces six charges related to stealing Apple's autonomy source code, tracking systems, behavior planning for autonomous systems, and hardware descriptions.
- If extradited and convicted, he could face up to 10 years in prison per count.
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