The brief also mentions Marc Andreessen's blog post praising AI and criticizing efforts to regulate it. Other news includes a lawsuit against an AI startup by Universal Music Group, the Philippine military's ban on AI apps due to security risks, and the potential of AI chatbots in healthcare. Baidu has unveiled its Ernie 4.0 chatbot, which it claims is on par with OpenAI's ChatGPT. However, when tested with controversial topics in China, the chatbot avoided answering.
Key takeaways:
- There's an upcoming senate AI meeting on Oct. 24 with invitees including venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins, computer tech company Micron, and fintech firm Stripe.
- Companies like Adobe, Canva, and Stability AI are incentivizing creators to provide high-quality content for their AI training models through various payment models.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has partnered with OpenAI to make ChatGPT a consultant, though there is growing distrust of AI systems and applications.
- Chinese tech company Baidu has unveiled its Ernie 4.0 chatbot, which it claims is as good as OpenAI’s latest iteration of ChatGPT, but it avoids answering controversial questions in China.