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Adobe indemnity clause designed to ease enterprise fears about AI-generated art

When it comes to artworks created by generative AI, enterprise users have specific legal concerns around permissions – and Adobe has recognized those worries. That’s why the company has written an indemnity clause that states that Adobe will pay any copyright claims related to works generated in Adobe Firefly, the company’s generative AI art creation tool. In a statement about the clause, the company specifically refers to these enterprise customers: With Firefly, Adobe will also be offering enterprise customers an…

Crypto Banks’ Audience Research 2023: Investment Goals, Involvement, and Fears

Too Long; Didn't ReadAcquiring new paying customers is a great challenge for crypto banks. Ad networks constantly tighten requirements even for licensed promo campaigns, while the clients that they bring are often poorly informed of investment options and unwilling to invest much.  Too Long; Didn't ReadAcquiring new paying customers is a great challenge for crypto banks. Ad networks constantly tighten requirements even for licensed promo campaigns, while the clients that they bring are often poorly informed of…

Google sued by USA Today publisher amid falling ad revenue fears

Google has been accused of unfairly monopolizing the digital advertising market resulting in a significant drop in advertising revenue for publishers. Gannett, the publisher of USA Today, is suing the search engine for using “deceptive commercial practices” and breaching U.S. antitrust and consumer protection laws. Why we care: This is the latest in a string of lawsuits in which Google has been accused of violating antitrust laws. The outcome of these cases could force the search engine to implement big changes…

Meta’s AI leaders want you to know fears over AI existential risk are “ridiculous”

What happens next? This does not mean the EU is going to adopt these policies outright. Next, members of the European Parliament will have to thrash out details with the Council of the European Union and the EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, before the draft rules become law. The final legislation will be a compromise between three different drafts from the three institutions. European lawmakers are aiming to get the AI Act in final shape by December, and the regulation should be in force by 2026.  You can…

China’s Stimulus Pivot Is Prompted by Fears Slowing Growth Could Worsen

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Alan Turing awardee Yann LeCun says fears of AI threatening humanity are “preposterously ridiculous”

The debate around the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) is at an all-time high as the European Union passed the AI Regulation bill on Wednesday. For months, many prominent people like Elon Musk and Sam Altman as well as two of the three Godfathers of AI, Yoshua Bengio and Geoffrey Hinton, have been protesting the unprecedented rise of AI and have called for government regulation in space raising concerns of a superintelligent AI causing the extinction of humanity. However, the third Godfather of AI, Yann LeCun,…

AI pioneer says fears of existential threat are overblown

AI pioneer Yann LeCun. Jérémy Barande/Wikimedia Commons AI pioneer Yann LeCun has described talk of artificial intelligence (AI) posing an existential threat to humanity as “preposterously ridiculous.” Speaking to the BBC this week at an AI-focused event held in Paris by Meta, where he now works as the company’s chief AI scientist, Professor LeCun said: “Will AI take over the world? No, this is a projection of human nature on machines.” LeCun’s comments are in stark contrast to those made by Geoffrey Hinton and…

Tears for Fears and Kylie Minogue to headline BBC Radio 2 in the Park in Leicester

During The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show this morning it has been announced that Tears for Fears and Kylie Minogue will headline BBC Radio 2 in the Park in Leicester on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September 2023.Tears for Fears will be headlining the Saturday night with their only UK festival appearance this year, and Kylie Minogue will be headlining the Sunday night with her first live UK concert performance for four years. Also, for the first time, there will be a Radio 2 DJ stage where some of the station’s favourite…

murakami: Takashi Murakami loves and fears AI

Neo-pop art superstar Takashi Murakami has always embraced new technology and was an early adopter of crypto and NFTs, but even he admits fearing that AI might make him obsolete. Murakami, 61, has become a brand unto himself thanks to his loveable technicolour paintings that mix traditional Japanese art motifs with modern anime and manga. His paintings have sold for millions of dollars, led to fashion collaborations with Louis Vuitton and Kanye West, and been shown at some of the world's great institutions, prized as…

NASA Fears Imminent Budget Cuts After Biden Signs Legislation

NASA is anticipating a bit of a cash crunch after deficit reduction legislation went into effect this week, potentially encroaching on the space agency’s budget for the upcoming year.Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their ViewThe Fiscal Responsibility Act, signed into law on June 3, suspends the debt ceiling by capping government spending for 2024 at the same level it was at for 2023. That poses an issue for NASA, which requested $27.2 billion for its 2024 budget, a 7% increase from