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| Welcome to today's Inside AI newsletter! Here are the top stories: - Media publishers could sue AI giants over content use.
- Microsoft trials Bing AI in Chrome and Safari.
- TechNet launches $25M 'AI for America' campaign.
- Softbank and Symbotic partner on AI-driven warehousing.
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| 1 | | Major media publishers are forming a coalition to potentially sue AI giants like Google and OpenAI for using their content to train AI models, according to a Semafor report. The media companies are concerned about declining website traffic from AI chatbots citing answers from their news stories without linking to the articles themselves. More: - The effort involves Barry Diller's IAC, The New York Times, Axel Springer, and News Corp., owner of The Wall Street Journal.
- IAC CEO Joey Levin told Semafor that traditional search finds "the best of the internet," while large language models were designed to "steal the best of the internet."
- The coalition could potentially file a lawsuit against companies like OpenAI as well as push for legislation, the report said.
Zoom out: - OpenAI, Google, and others previously launched talks with media outlets to forge agreements to use their news content for training AI.
- OpenAI and the Associated Press (AP) recently reached a licensing deal.
- Under the two-year agreement, OpenAI will gain access to part of the AP's text archive dating back to 1985 to train its AI algorithms.
- In addition to licensing fees, the AP will gain access to OpenAI's technology and expertise.
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| 2 | | The news: Microsoft is now testing Bing AI on the Google Chrome and Safari web browsers, expanding the chatbot's availability beyond the Edge browser. How it works: With the latest update, users can click the Chat option on the Bing search interface in Chrome or Safari, opening the AI dialogue page. Previously, users trying to access Bing Chat on third-party browsers were redirected to Edge. However: Using Bing Chat on Chrome and Safari comes with limits. This includes a max of five questions per conversation and a character count of 2,000, compared to 30 questions and 4,000 words in Edge. As well. Bing Chat on Chrome and Safari is being gradually phased and is currently available only on desktop browsers in the U.S. Users on mobile browsers are still redirected to install the Edge browser. Why it matters: The inevitable rollout of AI-powered search engines still raises concerns among users, especially regarding data privacy and the risk of providing content sourced from websites spreading misinformation. 
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| 3 | | TechNet, a national network of tech companies, has initiated a $25M campaign called "AI for America" to educate lawmakers and the public about AI's positive aspects. The campaign aims to combat narratives about the dangers of AI. More: - TechNet includes companies like Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Snap, the parent company of Snapchat.
- Their campaign will involve digital and TV advertising, events in Washington, D.C., and coalition-building, according to Axios.
- TechNet president and CEO Linda Moore said recent conversations on AI focus too much on hypothetical scenarios rather than the positive effects it has on Americans' lives.
- She noted that AI has been used "safely and responsibly" for years in areas like traffic navigation, internet searches, discovering new music, and countering cyber threats.
Zoom out: - Last week, Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI commited to embrace voluntary AI safeguards endorsed by the White House.
- The measures include third-party model testing, cybersecurity investments, and virtual watermarks for identifying AI-created content.
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| 4 | | Softbank Group and Symbotic have teamed up to create a joint venture focused on AI-driven warehousing. The companies will invest $100M in the venture, called GreenBox Systems. More: - With SoftBank's support, GreenBox aims to provide intelligent and scalable warehousing solutions using AI and automation.
- GreenBox, described as a "warehouse-as-a-service" venture, will purchase Symbotic's AI systems and robots over six years, amounting to $7.5B.
- SoftBank will own approximately 65% of GreenBox, while Symbotic will own the rest.
- Symbotic, with notable clients like Walmart, went public last year through a merger with a SoftBank-backed SPAC.
Zoom out: - The move comes after SoftBank's founder, Masayoshi Son, expressed plans to shift towards "offense mode" with its AI investments.
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| 5 | | Twitter's CEO Linda Yaccarino confirmed the rebranding of the social media site to the single letter name "X," emphasizing that it will be "powered by AI." The platform has started replacing the iconic blue bird symbol with a new logo featuring a white "X" against a black background. More: - According to Yaccarino, X will involve a "global marketplace for ideas, goods, services, and opportunities."
- Owner Elon Musk crowdsourced the new X logo and cited plans to move away from the Twitter brand and eventually phase out all bird-related imagery.
- Musk has expressed a vision for Twitter to become an "everything app" similar to China's WeChat, incorporating features like audio, video, messaging, and payments.
Zoom out: - The letter "X" has been a recurring theme in Musk's ventures, including his new AI company xAI.
- Although operating independently, xAI will collaborate with Musk's X Corp., which includes Twitter and Tesla.
- xAI plans to use Twitter data to train its AI models and may also partner with Tesla on AI software, improving its self-driving car capabilities.
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- AI & Big Data Expo Global 2023: Nov. 30-Dec. 1, Olympia, London.
- The AI Summit New York: Dec. 6-7, New York City.
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 | AI and technology writer | | Beth is a writer and editor at Inside.com covering artificial intelligence and daily technology news. She has written the Inside AI newsletter since 2019. You can reach her at Beth.Duckett@inside.com. | | This newsletter was edited by Christopher Hachey | |
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