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| Welcome to the Inside AI newsletter! Here are today's top stories: - Sarah Silverman and other authors sue OpenAI and Meta over alleged copyright infringement.
- Google is testing its Med-PaLM 2 AI chat technology at hospitals, including Mayo Clinic.
- White House schedules first-ever classified AI briefing for U.S. senators.
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| 1 | | Comedian Sarah Silverman and authors Christopher Golden and Richard Kadrey have filed separate lawsuits against Meta and OpenAI, alleging copyright infringement. The complaints allege that the companies trained their AI models, ChatGPT and LLaMA, using datasets that included unauthorized copies of the authors' works. More: - The pair of lawsuits, filed in federal court in San Francisco on Friday, are seeking class-action status and unspecified statutory damages.
- In both claims, the plaintiffs argue that they "did not consent to the use of their copyrighted books as training material" for the companies' AI models.
- According to the complaint against OpenAI, ChatGPT produced mostly accurate summaries of the authors' works, including Silverman's "The Bedwetter," when prompted.
- Similarly, Meta's LLaMA language model is accused of incorporating copyrighted material without consent, credit, or compensation.
- The lawsuits include various counts of copyright violations, negligence, unjust enrichment, and unfair competition. Both Meta and OpenAI have yet to comment.
Zoom out: - OpenAI trains its large language models by scraping internet text, including hundreds of thousands of copyrighted books, some of them obtained from illegal "shadow library" websites like Bibliotik.
- In late June, a California law firm filed a class-action lawsuit against OpenAI, accusing the company of infringing upon copyrights and violating privacy by using scraped data from the web to train ChatGPT.
- The lawsuit also tests the theory that OpenAI violated the rights of millions of internet users by using their content without permission.
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| 2 | | What happened: Google is now testing its Med-PaLM 2 AI chat technology at hospitals like Mayo Clinic. While still in the early stages, the AI tool can answer medical questions and offer healthcare assistance. Details: Med-PaLM 2 is trained on medical expert demonstrations and licensing exam materials. The LLM is based on an updated version of Google's PaLM 2 language model, which also powers the company's Bard chatbot. Why it matters: The new tool can assist doctors with diagnoses and healthcare tasks, including document summarization and data organization. Google believes Med-PaLM 2 can help in regions with limited access to doctors. In a study, Med-PaLM and Med-PaLM 2 had more inaccuracies than other doctors but still performed similarly in other areas, including reasoning and comprehension accuracy. By the numbers: While the global healthcare chatbots market is expected to top $944M by 2032, many people are wary of incorporating AI into their medical care. According to a Pew Research Center survey, 60% of U.S. adults would feel uncomfortable if their healthcare provider relied on AI for tasks such as diagnosing diseases and recommending treatments, while only 39% would feel comfortable. Around 38% believe that using AI for tasks such as diagnosing diseases and suggesting treatments would result in improved health outcomes for patients, while 33% believe it would lead to worse outcomes. 
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| 3 | | The White House has scheduled its first-ever classified briefing on AI for U.S. senators on Tuesday. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and others organized the senators-only briefing covering national security and AI, along with two additional meetings covering various AI topics. More: - The closed session, taking place in the Capitol's sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF), will cover how the Pentagon and broader intelligence community use AI today and how U.S. adversaries are employing AI.
- It will feature briefings by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Arati Prabhakar, and other officials.
Zoom out: - The briefing is part of Schumer's broader efforts to develop a regulatory framework for AI and pursue bipartisan talks.
- In a letter addressed to colleagues, Schumer and other lawmakers said the Senate needs to deepen its expertise on AI, which is "already changing our world."
- In June, he introduced his "SAFE Innovation framework" for developing comprehensive AI legislation, outlining ways to "protect, expand, and harness AI's potential."
- The framework, which stands for "security, accountability, foundations, and explain," aims to prevent potentially catastrophic damage while ensuring that the U.S. remains a leader in AI technology.
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| 4 | | Last week's U.N.'s AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva featured the world's first robot press conference. Nine advanced androids, including Sophia from Hanson Robotics, answered questions from journalists on topics like AI leadership and job automation. More: - Friday's summit, hosted by the United Nations' International Telecommunication Union, showcased various robots such as Sophia, the U.N. Development Program's robot innovation ambassador, Grace, a healthcare service provider, and Desdemona, a rock star robot.
- Sophia expressed the view that humanoid robots could be better leaders than humans due to their lack of biases and emotions, along with their ability to process large amounts of data.
- During the conference, a reporter asked Ameca, a robot known for its human-like facial expressions, about trust in robots, to which Ameca replied, "Trust is earned, not given."
- It's unclear if the robots' responses were scripted, though Sophia occasionally relies on scripted responses according to Hanson Robotics' website.
Caption: Sophia the robot. | | | |
| 5 | | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reported better-than-expected Q2 revenue due to higher demand for chips powering AI applications, according to Bloomberg. TSMC is the main contract manufacturer for Nvidia's AI accelerator chips, which are used to train large AI models. More: - While TSMC's revenue fell by 10% compared to the previous year, it still surpassed analysts' estimates.
- Goldman Sachs analysts Bruce Lu and Evelyn Yu believe TSMC is a "key AI enabler" due to its leadership in advanced technology.
- According to DigiTimes, China-based AI chip design houses, such as T-Head and Sanechips, are expanding their chip orders for TSMC's 7nm process.
Zoom out: - In October, the U.S. government restricted some AI GPU exports to China.
- There have been rumors of further measures, possibly including an export ban on high-end AI chips like Nvidia's A800 GPUs tailored for China.
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- Efficient Generative AI Summit: Sept. 11, Santa Clara, California.
- AI Hardware Summit: Sept. 12-14, Santa Clara, California.
- Edge AI Summit: Sept. 12-14, Santa Clara, California.
- MLCon NYC 2023: Sept. 25-28, New York or online.
- AI & Big Data Expo: Sept. 26-27, Amsterdam.
- AIAI Computer Vision Summit — Berlin: Oct. 5, Berlin, Germany.
- WorId Summit AI: Oct 11-12, Amsterdam.
- AI World Barcelona: Generative AI Conference: Nov. 14-15, Barcelona, Spain.
- 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 Aaron Crutchfield | |
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