🗞 California's AI Regulation Bill Meets Tech Industry Resistance 📜

🔎 The Latest on the AI Frontier:

• California's AI Regulation Bill Meets Tech Industry Resistance 📜

• Google AI Favors YouTube in Search Results 🔍

• Huawei's New AI Chip Challenges Nvidia in China 🇨🇳

• 2024 Election Faces AI-Powered Cyber Threats 🗳️

• WEF Emphasizes Trust and Safety in AI Discussions 🤝

• Nvidia Partners with California for Massive AI Training Initiative 🎓

• X's AI Bot 'Grok' Sparks Controversy with Trump Claims 🤖

• Microsoft Expands AI Services for Federal Agencies 🏛️

• Akeana Introduces New RISC-V Chip Designs After $100M Funding 💻

• Artists' Lawsuit Against AI Companies Moves Forward ⚖️

🖥️ California's sweeping AI regulation bill faces fierce opposition from tech giants. Link

• Senate Bill 1047, approved 32-1 by the state Senate, would require testing of AI systems costing over $100 million.

• 130+ startup founders signed a letter opposing the bill, claiming it could harm innovation.

• Meta's open-source AI model Llama has been downloaded over 300 million times, highlighting concerns about the bill's impact on open-source development.

🤖 Google's AI overviews favor YouTube [Study]. Link

• AI overviews prioritize reputable sources like YouTube, LinkedIn, and government sites.

• Overview length has decreased by 40%, averaging 2,633 characters.

• 93.67% of AI overviews link to top 10 organic search results.

📊 Huawei set to challenge Nvidia with new AI chip in China. Link

• Huawei's Ascend 910C processor, comparable to Nvidia's H100, is being tested by Chinese tech giants.

• The chip aims to fill the gap left by U.S. sanctions restricting Nvidia's advanced chip sales to China.

• Potential orders could exceed 70,000 chips, valued at around $2 billion, with shipping possibly starting in October.

🗳️ Cyber threats in 2024 election: AI deepfakes, hacking, and social media manipulation. Link

• Iranian hackers allegedly stole information from Trump's campaign, with FBI investigating attacks on both parties.

• AI-generated deepfakes are increasing globally, but their impact on audience engagement remains limited.

• Experts argue controlling social media distribution is more crucial than combating AI fakes themselves.

🤖 World Economic Forum: AI safety discussions bring trust and safety experts to the forefront. Link

• Trust and safety professionals are key to addressing AI safety complexities, especially regarding harmful content generation.

• Collaboration between AI and trust/safety communities is crucial, but gaps in safety practices and terminology remain.

• Key focus areas include developing common language, conducting risk assessments, implementing safety-by-design principles, and improving safety measurement.

🤝 California partners with Nvidia for massive AI training program. Link

• 100,000 California residents to receive AI training through this initiative.

• Program aims to provide technical guidance, mentorship, and access to advanced hardware.

• Part of Governor Newsom's executive order to make California a leader in AI and technology.

• Focus on training students, educators, and workers; supporting job creation; and using AI to solve challenges.

🤖 X's AI bot 'Grok' briefly pushes unsubstantiated Trump claims. Link

• Grok summarized trending posts claiming Trump was missing "dentures" during Musk interview.

• The AI-generated summary was quickly removed by X, with the link now leading to a blank page.

• 5 state secretaries recently asked Musk to fix Grok after it posted election misinformation.

💰 Microsoft expands AI offerings for federal agencies. Link

• Azure GPT-4 and Azure OpenAI Service now approved for FedRAMP High environments.

• Federal agencies can access generative AI capabilities within Azure Government platforms.

• Microsoft commits to delivering more advanced AI capabilities across classification levels in coming months.

💻 Akeana unveils new RISC-V chip designs after raising $100M+. Link

• Launches customizable IP solutions for various semiconductor markets, from microcontrollers to cloud computing.

• Offers three processor lines: 100 Series, 1000 Series, and 5000 Series, along with Processor System IP.

• Aims to outperform established competitors in the RISC-V ecosystem with high-performance designs.

⚖️ Judge allows artists' lawsuit against AI companies to proceed. Link

• Class action lawsuit against Stability, Runway and DeviantArt can move forward, but only partially.

• Artists allege AI companies illegally trained models on copyrighted works.

• Some claims dismissed, others survived - case could go to trial, potentially costly for AI firms.

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