Nikkei Asia:
An analysis finds 90K+ images of popular anime characters on generative AI image sharing sites; ~2.5K images had multiple similarities to the original artwork — —An animator working for a Tokyo-based production company — “This Pikachu” was drawn by generative AI.
The US FTC opens an antitrust probe of Microsoft’s deal with Inflection AI that included hiring Mustafa Suleyman and paying $650M to resell Inflection’s tech (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:
The US FTC opens an antitrust probe of Microsoft’s deal with Inflection AI that included hiring Mustafa Suleyman and paying $650M to resell Inflection’s tech — Commission has sent subpoenas to tech giant and startup, asking whether their partnership evaded required government review
Mistral introduces AI model customization options, including an SDK for fine-tuning its models on workstations, servers, and small data center nodes (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Mistral introduces AI model customization options, including an SDK for fine-tuning its models on workstations, servers, and small data center nodes — French AI startup Mistral is introducing new AI model customization options, including paid plans, to let developers and enterprises fine-tune …
Sources detail how Apple fell behind in the AI race due to its AI team struggling to collaborate with other product teams, lacking computing resources, and more (Aaron Tilley/Wall Street Journal)
Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal:
Sources detail how Apple fell behind in the AI race due to its AI team struggling to collaborate with other product teams, lacking computing resources, and more — For those who saw them, the demonstrations inside Apple increase earlier this decade of a revamped Siri offered a showcase …
Sources: the US DOJ will take the lead in investigating whether Nvidia has violated antitrust laws; the FTC will lead the inquiries into OpenAI and Microsoft (David McCabe/New York Times)
David McCabe / New York Times:
Sources: the US DOJ will take the lead in investigating whether Nvidia has violated antitrust laws; the FTC will lead the inquiries into OpenAI and Microsoft — The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to divide responsibility for investigating three major players in the artificial intelligence industry.
Google will store Maps Timeline data locally on users’ devices instead of their Google account starting December 1, after announcing the change in December 2023 (Emma Roth/The Verge)
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Google will store Maps Timeline data locally on users’ devices instead of their Google account starting December 1, after announcing the change in December 2023 — Google Maps is changing the way it handles your location data. Instead of backing up your data to the cloud, Google will soon store it locally on your device.
Brazil-based Kanastra, which supplies back-office technology for asset-backed securities funds, raised a $21M Series A led by Kaszek, following a $13M seed (Daniel Cancel/Bloomberg)
Daniel Cancel / Bloomberg:
Brazil-based Kanastra, which supplies back-office technology for asset-backed securities funds, raised a $21M Series A led by Kaszek, following a $13M seed — – Venture firm helps raise $21 million for Kanastra in Series A — Startup supplies technology for asset-backed securities funds
Amazon’s robotaxi unit Zoox plans to start testing its autonomous vehicles this summer in Austin and Miami, the company’s fourth and fifth public testing cities (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)
Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
Amazon’s robotaxi unit Zoox plans to start testing its autonomous vehicles this summer in Austin and Miami, the company’s fourth and fifth public testing cities — Zoox, Amazon’s self-driving unit, is bringing its autonomous vehicles to more cities. — The self-driving technology company …
Carl Pei says smartphones will be the main AI form factor of the future, but the UX needs to be redefined, and Phone (3) will be Nothing’s first true AI phone (David Pierce/The Verge)
David Pierce / The Verge:
Carl Pei says smartphones will be the main AI form factor of the future, but the UX needs to be redefined, and Phone (3) will be Nothing’s first true AI phone — Nothing CEO Carl Pei just published a video in which he makes two big claims: that smartphones are in fact the AI gadget of the future …
In a UK compliance statement, Apple revealed that the iPhone 15 Pro Max will receive security updates for a minimum of five years from September 2023 (Mishaal Rahman/Android Authority)
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
In a UK compliance statement, Apple revealed that the iPhone 15 Pro Max will receive security updates for a minimum of five years from September 2023 — Apple will support the latest iPhones for at least five years, less than the seven years guaranteed by Samsung and Google. — • — TL;DR
