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☆ OpenAI, Microsoft sued by Center for Investigative Reporting as news industry bolsters attack on AI
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The news industry just gained a powerful ally in its effort to take on OpenAI. The Center for Investigative Reporting, the country's oldest nonprofit newsroom, sued OpenAI and lead backer Microsoft in federal court on Thursday for alleged copyright infringement, following similar suits from publications including The New York Times , Chicago Tribune and the New York Daily News. In December, The New York Times filed a suit against Microsoft and OpenAI, alleging intellectual property violations related to its journalistic content appearing in ChatGPT training data. Martin and Jodi Picoult, sued OpenAI last year, alleging copyright infringement in using their work to train ChatGPT. Reddit also announced in May that it will partner with OpenAI, allowing the company to train its AI models on Reddit content.

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☆ Sam Altman warns AI could kill us all. But he still wants the world to use it
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Samantha Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

New York CNN —Sam Altman thinks the technology underpinning his company’s most famous product could bring about the end of human civilization. As many as 300 million full-time jobs around the world could eventually be automated in some way by generative AI, according to Goldman Sachs estimates. Challenges aheadWhen starting OpenAI, Altman told CNN in 2015 he wanted to steer the path of AI, rather than worrying about the potential harms and doing nothing. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addresses a speech during a meeting at Station F in Paris on May 26. Sam embodies that for AI right now.”The world is counting on Altman to act in the best interest of humanity with a technology by his own admission could be a weapon of mass destruction.

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☆ Investors are showing a 'high interest' in backing A.I. startups in South Korea, VC firm says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailInvestors are showing a 'high interest' in backing A.I. startups in South Korea, VC firm saysJP Lee of SoftBank Ventures Asia says companies like Samsung and LG have been investing in artificial intelligence research and development.

Persons: JP Lee Organizations: SoftBank Ventures, Samsung, LG Locations: South Korea, SoftBank Ventures Asia

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