Welcome to AI This Week, Gizmodos weekly deep dive on whats been happening in artificial intelligence.
I added the qualification that I might, potentially, be indulging in alarmism.
Since then, however, nothing has particularly happened to soften my stance.
Conde Nast CEO Roger Lynch speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee.Photo: Kent Nishimura (Getty Images)
Thankfully, it seems like Congress is finally on the same page.
- This week, the US Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing dubbed Oversight of A.I.
The Future of Journalism.
Image: Rabbit
Lynch said:
I personally enjoy leading companies through times of great technological change.
But Gen AI cannot replace journalism.
Unfortunately, current Gen AI tools have been built with stolen goods.
Such use violates copyright law and threatens the continued production of high-quality media content.
But Gen AI models do not learn like humans do.
There are many examples where the Chatbots display content plainly derived from the works they ingest.
In effect, they are mashing up copies at enormous scale and speed.
In response to the Times lawsuit, OpenAIreleased a statement, referring to it as without merit.
This is whyyou cant read news on Facebookin Canada anymore.
Do we really want to live in a world where thats the case?
But thats not the case here.
The question of copyright law is very much under our control.
If paying for content makes the AI industry unsustainable well, frankly, thats just too damn bad.
One thing is clear: America needs the New York Times a whole lot more than it needs ChatGPT.
Question of the day: Okay, whats the deal with Rabbit?
Technically, the R1 is considered AI hardwarean industry trend that is projected to grow byconsiderable metricsthis year.
Unlike Humane, however, Rabbits gear is actually quite affordable, with a price-tag of only $199.
More headlines this week
Heres some other stuff that happened this week.
Trump is now pro-AI regulation.
On the subject of AI, Trump said it was very dangerous for our Country!
and said that Strong laws ought to be developed against A.I.
Its great to know that the former President now claims to be in favor of strong tech regulations.
George Carlin is rolling over in his grave after some douche made an AI version of him.
She laterreferred tothe software-generated comedy as AI bullshit.
Humanoid robots are all the rageeven if they arent all that functional yet.
Companies all over the world are racing to create the first fully functional humanoid robots.
Well see about that!
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