Weekly bulletin from AIport, issue #10

YouTube is at odds with OpenAI, Opera now supports most LLMs, a major AI defense player moves to Australia, and much more.

Hello and welcome to the 10th issue of our weekly AI bulletin!

Let’s start with a couple of announcements. First, look out for our overview of the 2024 MAD Landscape, which we’re excited to bring to you on Tuesday. And second, the next issue of the bulletin will be a special weekend edition that’ll come out on Monday the 15th rather than Friday the 12th.

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North America:

• Meta announces a new set of policies that includes an initiative to label a wider range of video, audio, and image content as AI-generated. 

• YouTube’s CEO says OpenAI would be in trouble if it had used the platform’s videos to train its model Sora.  

• According to 404 Media, Google Books is indexing low-quality AI-generated content.

• Brave’s AI assistant Leo finally comes to iOS devices. 

• Over 200 artists sign an open letter to fight the “predatory” use of AI in the music industry. 

Europe: 

• In Norway, Opera becomes the first web browser to offer support for over 150 built-in LLMs.

• Britain announces a new partnership with the US on AI safety. In parallel, Washington extends its partnership with Brussels on AI semiconductors as part of the EU Chips Act, with both parties agreeing to search for alternative sources of materials. 

Asia:

• The Hindu reports on how the use of AI is about to herald a paradigm shift in Indian politics with the country’s “first ever AI election.”

• A Thai company, HD, secures almost $6 million in funding to build Sierra AI — a chatbot for the healthcare industry in Southeast Asia.

Australia:

• An American defense technology company, Shield AI, announces a deal to acquire Sentient, Australia’s leader in computer vision, in order to establish Shield AI Australia and develop a new generation of surveillance drones.