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| Here's a look at today's AI briefing: - Goerge Carlin's estate sues makers of AI-generated special.
- Elon Musk denies report that his AI startup is raising capital.
- Nearly half of job seekers using AI in their resumes, survey finds.
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| 1 | | George Carlin's estate has sued the makers of an AI-generated special featuring an audio recreation of the late comedian. The hour-long special, called "George Carlin: I'm Glad I'm Dead," did not receive permission from his family to use the likeness of the comedian, who died in 2008. More: - The special was produced by Dudesy, a podcast channel run by "Mad TV" alum Will Sasso and podcaster Chad Kultgen.
- The late comedian's estate, including daughter Kelly Carlin, filed the lawsuit on Thursday, naming Dudesy, Sasso, and Kultgen as defendants.
- The suit, alleging violations of Carlin's right of publicity and copyright, is seeking unspecified damages and a court order calling for the removal of the special from the internet.
- In a statement, Carlin's daughter described the podcast as "a poorly executed facsimile cobbled together by unscrupulous individuals to capitalize on the extraordinary goodwill my father established with his adoring fanbase."
Zoom out: - Some reports noted that the AI "Carlin," trained on thousands of hours of the comedian's material, does not especially sound like him. In a recent podcast, Sasso remarked that the AI version couldn't replace Carlin, noting the intense reactions it has provoked.
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| 2 | | Elon Musk stated that his AI startup, xAI, is not raising capital despite a Financial Times report claiming otherwise. Citing four unidentified sources, FT wrote that xAI was in talks to secure as much as $6B in equity capital at a proposed valuation of $20B, although the terms could likely change. More: - After the FT report came out, Musk posted on X that "xAI is not raising capital, and I have had no conversations with anyone in this regard."
- To finance xAI, sources told FT that the startup has been in talks with "global investors," including family offices in Hong Kong,
- They claimed that Musk's xAI had approached Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and investors in Japan and South Korea.
Zoom out: - Musk also refuted a Bloomberg report claiming xAI had secured $500M toward a $1B funding target.
- That report also alleged the company was discussing a valuation of up to $20B.
- "This is fake news from Bloomberg," Musk later wrote on X.
About xAI: - xAI introduced Grok, an AI chatbot trained to deliver "witty" and "rebellious" answers, last November.
- Musk has positioned the bot as "anti-woke" compared to more mainstream bots like ChatGPT.
- X.AI has been described as a company that aims "to understand the true nature of the universe." Its team reportedly includes former engineers from Google, DeepMind, Twitter, Tesla, Microsoft, and OpenAI.
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| 3 | | 45% of job seekers have used generative AI for to create, update, or enhance their resumes, according to a survey by Canva and Sago. The survey also found that 90% of hiring managers approve of candidates using generative AI in their applications. 
What happened: The study polled 5,000 HR managers and 5,000 job seekers in the U.S., U.K., India, Germany, Spain, France, Mexico, and Brazil. What the numbers show: 45% of job seekers polled said they use genAI for their resumes, with the highest usage in India (74%) and Brazil (50%). Those in France (33%) and Spain (34%) reported the lowest usage. On the employer side, 90% of hiring managers find generative AI in resumes acceptable, with 46% advocating for minimal use to supplement the candidate's own content and 44% supporting its use for creating any content. Still: 67% of hiring managers report being able to tell when a candidate has used generative AI, suggesting that job seekers can benefit from personalizing their AI-assisted resumes to appear more authentic. | | | |
| 4 | | Samsung's latest smartphones have launched in China, using AI technology from domestic tech giant Baidu rather than Google's AI, according to CNBC. In Western markets, the Galaxy S24 smartphone series leverages Google's Gemini models to power Samsung's Galaxy AI features. More: - In China, Samsung has tapped Baidu's Ernie chatbot to provide "understanding and generation capabilities" on the smartphones, the companies said.
- The Galaxy S24's Samsung Note Assistant can summarize and translate content, they noted.
- Samsung's decision to use Baidu's AI rather than Google's in China is likely due to Google's restricted presence in the country, The Verge reported.
- Baidu launched its most powerful Ernie version, 4.0, in October. At the time, Baidu's CEO Robin Li said the model is "not inferior in any aspect to GPT-4" from OpenAI.
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| 5 | | The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are investigating GM's Cruise after one of its self-driving cars hit and dragged a pedestrian in San Francisco last October. According to Cruise's third-party report, executives failed to disclose in a post-accident briefing that the autonomous vehicle had dragged the victim 20 feet at 7 mph, worsening her injuries. The victim was initially struck by a human-powered vehicle and landed in the Cruise vehicle's path. More: - According to the report, the vehicle mistakenly detected a side instead of a frontal collision and tried to pull over instead of stopping.
- Over 100 Cruise employees, including senior leaders and legal staff, knew about the dragging incident but did not reveal it in post-accident meetings with the NHTSA, DMV, and San Francisco Mayor's Office.
- The company planned to show a video to explain the incident, but playback issues prevented it from being viewed clearly, and employees didn't verbally confirm the details.
- Cruise acknowledged that it "failed to live up to the justifiable expectations of regulators and the communities we serve... [and] also fell woefully short of our own expectations."
Zoom out: - The DOJ and SEC have now joined multiple government investigations into Cruise, including the California Department of Motor Vehicles, the California Public Utilities Commission, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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 | AI and technology writer | | Beth is a contributing editor and writer of Inside's AI and Tech newsletters. She has written for notable publications like USA Today and the Arizona Business Gazette. During her time as a public policy reporter at The Arizona Republic, she received recognition with a Pulitzer Prize nomination and a First Amendment Award for her collaborative reporting on pension cost increases. Beth also authored a book on the solar photovoltaic industry in 2016. You can reach her at Beth.Duckett@yahoo.com. | | This newsletter was edited by Aaron Crutchfield | |
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