Weekly bulletin from AIport, issue #3

OpenAI unveils a new text-to-video model, the EU moves closer to passing the AI Act, China incorporates GenAI into toys, and much more.

We continue to bring you the latest and most relevant AI developments from across the globe. Here’s our latest issue. Don’t forget to subscribe and leave feedback. Enjoy!

North America: 

• OpenAI unveils Sora – a novel GenAI model that turns descriptions into videos.

• Nvidia releases Chat with RTX – an AI chatbot that runs on Windows and can process videos and documents stored on your computer. 

• Slack, a popular team collaboration platform, adds GenAI capabilities to its flagship messenger, including thread summaries and channel recaps.  

• A California judge dismisses most of the claims in a major copyright infringement lawsuit filed against OpenAI by a group of writers, including Sarah Silverman.

• Cohere, an AI company from Canada, launches Aya – a massively multilingual LLM that covers over 100 languages. 

Europe:

• Two EU parliament committees approve the legislative framework ahead of the historic AI Act vote, which will regulate the use of AI across multiple industries.

• A London-based company, Stability AI, unveils Stable Cascade – a new image generation model that’s expected to rival visual GenAI solutions from Big Tech.

• Google announces it will open a new AI center in Paris with at least 300 research staff.

Asia: 

• AI tutoring tablets made by Baidu and iFlytek gain more popularity in China. Meanwhile, Chinese entrepreneurs push to integrate GenAI into companion toys for adults and children.  

• In Japan, Liberal Democrats – the country’s ruling party – prepare to submit a proposal to the government to have GenAI regulated by the end of this year.

• The latest IBM report finds that 59% of Indian companies utilize AI in their daily operations – the highest number of any country examined in the study. 

Australia:

• A new educational GenAI app modeled on ChatGPT is tested in schools across New South Wales – the most populous state in Australia.