Weekly bulletin from AIport, issue #14

Hello and welcome to issue #14 of our AI bulletin! We hope you enjoy this week’s selection of the most newsworthy events put together by our dedicated team. Dig in and have a pleasant weekend!  

North America:

• A bipartisan bill requiring database keeping to address AI model safety breaches is introduced in the US Senate.

• Eight US newspapers, including The New York Daily News, Chicago Tribune, and Denver Post, sue OpenAI for using their copyrighted materials in AI model training.  

• Yelp launches a new AI assistant that helps users find tradespeople and other professionals for specific jobs.

• Amazon Q, an AI chatbot designed for businesses and developers, becomes generally available. 

Europe:

• The coach of the England women’s cricket team uses AI to select players and determine the squad’s line-up, reports The Guardian.

• The EU and Japan hold their second Digital Partnership Council in Brussels to advance joint efforts on AI and semiconductors.

Asia:

• Singapore’s CNA examines Microsoft’s $2.2 billion investment to build AI infrastructure in Malaysia, exploring its implications for the Southeast Asian nation.

• India’s political parties are spending millions of dollars on AI-generated materials to boost their campaigns, while the country’s synthetic-media companies are struggling to keep up with the increased demand.

• The Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan, launches the Dubai Universal Blueprint for AI, which mandates the appointment of Chief AI Officers across the emirate’s government bodies.

Australia:

• As Australia joins the Hiroshima AI Group to establish responsible AI practices, an Australian company teams up with a prominent geographer from the University of Queensland to release MuveRank — an AI tool that shows migratory patterns of people across the continent.