Ryan Daws

The European Parliament today approved the AI Act, the first ever regulatory framework governing the use of AI systems. The legislation passed with an overwhelming majority of 523 votes in favour, 46 against and 49 abstentions. “This is a historic day,” said Italian lawmaker Brando Benifei, co-lead on the AI Act. “We have the first... Read more » The post EU approves controversial AI Act to mixed reactions appeared first on AI News.

OpenAI has hit back at Elon Musk’s lawsuit, deeming his claims “convoluted — often incoherent — factual premises.” Musk’s lawsuit accuses OpenAI of breaching its non-profit status and reneging on a founding agreement to keep the organisation non-profit and release its AI technology publicly. However, OpenAI has refuted these allegations, stating that there is no... Read more » The post OpenAI calls Elon Musk’s lawsuit claims ‘incoherent’ appeared first on AI News.

OpenAI has announced a refreshed board of directors and new governance structure following recent turmoil that saw CEO Sam Altman ousted, briefly recruited by Microsoft, and then quickly reinstated at the AI research company. In a statement, OpenAI said Altman will rejoin the board alongside three new independent directors: Sue Desmond-Hellmann, former CEO of the... Read more » The post OpenAI announces new board lineup and governance structure appeared first on AI News.

Hugging Face, the startup behind the popular open source machine learning codebase and ChatGPT rival Hugging Chat, is venturing into new territory with the launch of an open robotics project. The ambitious expansion was announced by former Tesla staff scientist Remi Cadene in a post on X: In keeping with Hugging Face’s ethos of open... Read more » The post Hugging Face is launching an open robotics project appeared first on AI News.

A former Google engineer has been charged with stealing trade secrets related to the company’s AI technology and secretly working with two Chinese firms. Linwei Ding, a 38-year-old Chinese national, was arrested on Wednesday in Newark, California, and faces four counts of federal trade secret theft, each punishable by up to 10 years in prison.... Read more » The post Google engineer stole AI tech for Chinese firms appeared first on AI News.

Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, allegedly wanted the AI research company OpenAI to either merge with Tesla or give him full control of the organisation. A blog post from OpenAI, in response to a lawsuit filed by Musk against the company, revealed email communications from 2015 to 2018 when Musk was... Read more » The post OpenAI: Musk wanted us to merge with Tesla or take ‘full control’ appeared first on AI News.

In the Federal Judiciary’s year-end report, US Chief Justice John Roberts addressed the potential impact of AI on the judicial system. In particular, he aimed to quell concerns about the obsolescence of judges in the face of technological advancements. “As 2023 draws to a close with breathless predictions about the future of artificial intelligence, some... Read more » The post US Chief Justice: AI won’t replace judges but will ‘transform our work’ appeared first on AI News.

Stability AI has introduced “Stable Audio,” a latent diffusion model designed to revolutionise audio generation. This breakthrough promises to be another leap forward for generative AI and combines text metadata, audio duration, and start time conditioning to offer unprecedented control over the content and length of generated audio—even enabling the creation of complete songs. Audio... Read more » The post Stability AI unveils ‘Stable Audio’ model for controllable audio generation appeared first on AI News.

Art showcase platform ArtStation has provoked further backlash following its response to a protest over AI-generated images. Recent advancements in AI-powered image generators like DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, and Midjourney have raised many societal, legal, and ethical questions. The ability to rapidly create art with just a text prompt is a clear threat to artists that... Read more » The post ArtStation backlash increases following AI art protest response appeared first on AI News.