American jailed for commanding 10,000 bots to stream his own AI-generated songs and earn millions in fraudulent royalty payments, beating Taylor Swift — is the first person to end up in prison for AI-assisted music streaming crime

The first-ever criminal case involving AI-assisted music streaming fraud has concluded, with an American citizen getting 18 months behind bars and an $8M fine.

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The Verge ·9 hr. ago

Now that Character.AI is going bankrupt, what happens to all of its users’ data?

New York Attorney General Letitia James revealed a years-long multi-state investigation against Character. AI as they now seek to require protections on consumer data sold through its bankruptcy proceeding.

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The Verge ·9 hr. ago

The AI race is back on

Last week, Anthropic and OpenAI looked like they had the AI race to themselves, pulling ahead with increasingly powerful models that left their rivals in the dust.

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The Verge ·9 hr. ago

Eight states sue OpenAI, saying ChatGPT isn’t safe for kids

OpenAI is facing a new wave of lawsuits from eight US states that accuse the company of harming children and misleading customers about the safety of ChatGPT, as reported earlier by Reuters.

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The-decoder ·9 hr. ago

Google says self-improving AI isn't anywhere close

Google says self-improving AI isn't anywhere close Google engineer Haydn Belfield says self-improving AI remains far off, even as significant automation is already taking hold.

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The Verge ·12 hr. ago

Microsoft has a new machine learning tool to improve weather forecasts

Old-school physics-based weather forecasting and even new AI models typically become less reliable beyond two weeks, a problem Microsoft claims to have solved using machine learning.

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The Verge ·12 hr. ago

OpenAI claims an ex-employee took its product plans and presented them to Apple

OpenAI claims a former employee took more than 100 files related to its product plans before joining Apple. In a document filed on Wednesday, OpenAI accuses the unnamed employee of sending this information to a personal…

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The Verge ·12 hr. ago

YouTube sticks new labels on AI-generated songs

YouTube is adding a “Made with AI” label to tracks that were “altered or fully generated” using AI, with a similar approach to its existing process for applying AI labels to videos.

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The-decoder ·12 hr. ago

OpenAI will reportedly ship at least one model this year but its flagship still needs alignment work

OpenAI will reportedly ship at least one model this year but its flagship still needs alignment work OpenAI is racing to finish its next flagship model, which uses the same looped transformer technique as Astra.