UK government tries to placate opponents of AI copyright bill
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• The UK government is facing opposition from MPs, peers, and creatives like Paul McCartney and Tom Stoppard over AI copyright proposals.
• In response to concerns, the government has pledged to conduct an economic impact assessment of its AI copyright plans.
This Tool Probes Frontier AI Models for Lapses in Intelligence
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• Scale AI has developed a platform that assists AI developers in identifying weaknesses in their models.
• The platform aims to help developers probe frontier AI models for intelligence lapses.
SMBC, Fujitsu to Partner on AI-Driven Forecasting Services
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• Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. is partnering with Fujitsu Ltd. to enhance advisory services using AI models to address challenges related to increasing wages and materials costs.
• The collaboration between SMBC and Fujitsu focuses on AI-driven forecasting services to provide advanced solutions for customers facing economic uncertainties.
AI bots strain Wikimedia as bandwidth surges 50%
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• AI bots are causing a 50% surge in bandwidth on Wikimedia, posing a threat to the stability of the Wikipedia project.
• The Wikimedia Foundation is concerned about the strain on their resources caused by automated AI bots searching for training data.
Vana is letting users own a piece of the AI models trained on their data
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• Vana allows users to own a share of AI models trained on their data, fostering decentralized data ownership.
• Over 1 million individuals are part of Vana's decentralized network, which originated from an MIT class project, indicating significant user participation.