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1. Microsoft Introduces Copilot + PCs
Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft unveiled Copilot+ PCs, a new category of Windows PCs designed for AI. Copilot+ PCs are the fastest and “most intelligent” Windows PCs, according to Microsoft. The Recall feature allows users to find and remember what they’ve seen or done with their PC. Starting June 18, Copilot + PCs technology will be available in the Microsoft Surface Pro and Surface Laptop and PCs by Microsoft partners: Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo and Samsung.
2. OpenAI Disbands Super Alignment Team
San Francisco-based OpenAI dissolved its super alignment team as a stand-alone entity, according to Bloomberg. OpenAI is reportedly integrating the team “more deeply” in the company’s research work to reach its safety goals. The move comes after two of the team’s leaders left OpenAI, including Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI co-founder and former chief scientist.
3. OpenAI Pausing Sky Voice
OpenAI is working to “pause” the use of its Scarlett Johansson-like Sky voice for ChatGPT while it works to “address” questions about how it selects voices. The Sky voice is “not an imitation of Scarlett Johansson” and belongs to a different actor, OpenAI says. “We believe that AI voices should not deliberately mimic a celebrity's distinctive voice.”
4. Sony Music Opts Out of AI Training
Sony Music issued a statement to prohibit its content from being used in “any AI system,” unless the use is explicitly authorized. The content includes, “without limitation,” musical compositions, lyrics, audio recordings, audiovisual recordings, artwork, images and data. Sony Music says it is a “passionate believer in the inherent and paramount value of human artistry.”
5. JPMorgan Chase Unit Giving New Hires AI Training
Mary Erdoes, who runs the asset and wealth management unit at New York-based JPMorgan Chase & Co., said that “everyone coming in here” will receive prompt engineering training to “get them ready for the AI of the future,” according to Bloomberg. Erdoes reportedly said that AI has saved the division time and helped it grow revenue.
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6. Kyndryl and NVIDIA Collaborating on AI
New York-based Kyndryl, a provider of technology infrastructure services, and Santa Clara, California-based NVIDIA are working together to accelerate the use of “AI-powered insights and business outcomes.” Kyndryl’s AI-powered open integration business platform, Kyndryl Bridge, will support the life cycle of AI development and implementation for customers running full-stack accelerated computing and software by NVIDIA. Kyndryl will also use the NVIDIA NeMo platform and NVIDIA NIM inference microservices to address industry-specific use cases.
7. Inflection Names Three C-Suite Leaders
Palo Alto, California-based Inflection, an AI studio, named three new members of its C-suite: Vibhu Mittal as CTO; Ted Shelton as COO; and Ian McCarthy as chief product officer. Inflection says “many more people” will join the company in the coming weeks. The hires come after two of Inflection’s three co-founders, Mustafa Suleyman and Karén Simonyan, left the company this spring to “start” Microsoft AI, a new division at Microsoft.
8. Amazon and Meta Join Frontier Model Forum
Seattle-based Amazon and Menlo Park, California-based Meta are the newest members of the nonprofit Frontier Model Forum. The company will collaborate with founding members Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI to “advance AI safety.” Frontier Model Forum, founded in 2023, says the “safer frontier AI is, the more useful and beneficial it will be to society.”
9. European Commission 'Compels' Microsoft to Provide Information on GenAI Risks
In a legal request last week, the European Commission “compels” Microsoft to give it information on generative AI risks tied to Bing under the Digital Services Act. The commission is asking Microsoft to provide internal documents and data that were allegedly “not disclosed” in its previous response. The commission calls the move a step up of its “enforcement actions against Microsoft.”
10. UK Passes Automated Vehicles Act
The U.K.’s Automated Vehicles (AV) Act is now law, and self-driving vehicles could be on U.K. roads by 2026. The law is expected to “improve road safety” by reducing human error. Officials expect the law to support the creation of over 38,000 jobs by 2035.
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