If you create it from scratch with an AI, do you own it? A federal judge this month said no. “Human authorship is a bedrock requirement,“Judge Howell wrote in her Aug. 18 ruling. “Copyright protection does not extend to the creations of non-human entities.” The 15-page ruling is worth a read. Here’s a bit of the recap from the Reporter, with the relevant callouts from Howell’s opinion. Still, the copyright office in March said thatsome AI-assisted materials might qualify for protectionin particular instances....

That situation has been described asthe copyright “sword” hanging over AI software companies. Because in AugustOpenAI started letting website operators block its web crawlerfrom slurping up information. Interestingly, it isn’t just media companies that don’t want to be crawled. Here are some other doings in AI worth your attention. It’s available to all 3 billion Google Workspace accounts. CalledChatGPT Enterprise, it “offers unlimited access to GPT-4 at faster speeds. Pricing info is still to come....

AI developments are happening pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss them. So the 1.5 Pro is essentially an upgraded version of the best available model now. Gemini 1.5 Pro can ingest video, images, audio and text to answer questions, added Lacy. GoogleandMetahave also announced their own gen AI text-to-video creators. OpenAI said it’s also looking to get feedback on Sora from some visual artists, designers and filmmakers....

“And we don’t yet understand.” In the past two months, we saw dueling posts about the potential threats and joys of AI. Glad that’s all cleared up. AI doesn’t always paint pretty pictures.What does a CEO look like? Or a drug dealer? Women are rarely doctors, lawyers or judges. Men with dark skin commit crimes, while women with dark skin flip burgers." “The question is, who bears the responsibility?” “Is it the dataset providers?...

“Note the enlarged boobs and outfit to be made more revealing. Can’t imagine this happening to a male MP,“Purcell wrote in her posting on X. “As is common practice, the image was resized to fit our specs. “I don’t think it’s coincidental that these issues tend to be gendered.” What does it all mean? That separating fact from fiction is only going to get harder. Here are the other doings in AI worth your attention....

But let’s not pretend that pretend buddies are just about helping you connect with family and friends. More time spent in Meta’s apps means more ads shown to its users." And it’s an approach that seems to be paying off. (Now’s your chance to add Swift and Mario to your group chats.) Earlier this month,actor Tom Hanks warned people about a dental adthat used his likeness without his approval. “Hanks told his 9....

Now there’s word that The New York Times may sue OpenAI. (ChatGPT wouldn’t be the only one using that information to answer users' questions, or prompts. Over the past few months, OpenAI has seemed to acknowledge the copyright issues. Google “has not said how such a system should work,” The Guardian noted. While opting out is something, it doesn’t really address the copyright issues. Where will this all go? Here are the other doings in AI worth your attention....

The opportunities AI offers are immense,“the group wrote in their seven-page assessment. “But alongside advanced AI capabilities come large-scale risks that we are not on track to handle well. For AI to be a boon, we must reorient; pushing AI capabilities alone is not enough.” They’re asking for governments to require: When it comes to AI regulation, stay tuned. Here are the other doings in AI worth your attention. Jackson was able to separate Lennon’s original vocals from the late 1970s recording....

“Red-team testingrefers to having a dedicated group specifically targeting the AI system, trying to find security vulnerabilities. NIST will also help design tools and tests to ensure AI systems are safe, secure and trustworthy. Here are the other doings in AI worth your attention. That essentially means labeling AI-generated content with watermarks and disclosures. “Trust matters,” Biden said in a press event about the EO. Experts say that will exclude nearly all AI services that are currently available....

Musk is a fan of the letter X. He renamed Twitter to “X” and has a son, with the singer Grimes, namedX A-12. Why is the domain name news,reportedearlier by Analytics India Magazine, worth sharing? But two-letter .com domains are rare and highly expensive, especially those that form words or familiar abbreviations. “There is precious little to say about the switch. It’s just bizarre and expensive enough to warrant noting here....

There’s still a lot humans can do that AI can’t. And there are likely to be plenty of opportunities for people to check AI’s work as well. But the fear of AI wiping out whole categories of jobs is real. What makes them unlike the technologies that preceded them is their humanlike qualities. In addition, most offer free versions, along with a premium experience for about $20 a month. The same was true of the Industrial Revolution....

Microsoft is rolling out anew messaging functionpowered by the AI chatbot technologyChatGPT. The Microsoft feature is one of a growing number of AI chatbots in the workplace. “As of now, chatbots still lack the human element, which is incredibly important in the workplace. gremlin / Getty Images Your New AI Officemate? Microsoft says the new AI function in its software should boost efficiency. “With intelligent recap, it’s possible for you to now save time spent reviewing meeting recordings....

Organoids are three-dimensional clumps of biological tissue that scientists have been growing and experimenting with for years. Hartung and colleagues unveil an extensive vision for the future of OI on Tuesday in the journalFrontiers in Science. Using organoids grown from cells is advantageous for scientists because it doesn’t require human or animal testing. “This opens up research on how the human brain works,“Hartung saidin a statement. “The brain is still unmatched by modern computers,” Hartung said....