Big Tech Blocks Apple's AI
Plus a new AI design playground...
Jelani Abdus-Salaam
August 30, 2024
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Major Sites Are Saying No to Apple’s AI Scraping
Apple is facing resistance from major websites like Facebook, Instagram, and The New York Times in training its AI models, as they opt out of allowing the company's web crawler, Applebot-Extended, to scrape their data.
Apple allows websites to block its AI training while still being indexed for search using the Applebot-Extended tag in their robots.txt file.
A study found that over 25% of news websites surveyed are blocking Applebot-Extended, with awareness likely to grow.
Some publishers may be strategically withholding data until partnership agreements with Apple are in place.
OpenAI reportedly in talks to close a new funding round at $100B+ valuation
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is reportedly in talks to raise funds at a staggering $100B+ valuation, a significant jump from its previous $86B valuation. If successful, this would make OpenAI the highest-valued AI startup to date
Thrive Capital, a previous investor, is expected to lead the round with a $1B investment
Microsoft, another existing backer, is also anticipated to participate in the funding
OpenAI's revenue surpassed $3.4B early this year, but the company could lose nearly $5B by 2025 due to high AI training and staffing costs
California legislature passes sweeping AI safety bill
The California State Assembly passed the Safe and Secure Innovation for Cutting-Edge AI Models Act (SB1047), which requires safety testing for advanced AI models costing over $100 million to develop. The bill now awaits Governor Newsom's signature to become law.
Requires developers to include a "kill switch" to stop AI models if problems occur
Allows state attorneys general to sue developers if AI threatens government systems
Mandates third-party audits of safety measures and whistleblower protections
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✨Playground Launches
1/ I am excited to announce the new Playground: Design graphics like a Pro. You can make T-shirts, Logos, Social Media Posts, and even invent new kinds of memes.
Powered by our next image foundation model Playground v3 (beta).
Go to playground.\com. No wait list.
— Suhail (@Suhail)
4:00 PM • Aug 29, 2024
Playground is the latest AI image generator that has a twist. It’s geared towards graphic design.
Users can create logos, Posters, Waller Papers, Mockups, and more.
Its actually kind of fun to play around with and its ’s free. Check it out (link)
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