OpenAI faces a crisis as staff considers joining Microsoft after CEO Sam Altman’s removal. Altman, now with Microsoft, plans to lead a new AI research team. OpenAI staff intends to follow, emphasizing board resignation. Microsoft reaffirms commitment to collaboration amid industry challenges.
A Bank of Korea study warns that almost four million jobs in South Korea could be replaced by AI in the next two decades, with high-income professionals at greater risk. While AI creates new opportunities, job transitions may pose challenges for workers, especially in concentrated fields.
UN Chief Guterres urges global AI threat response at the AI Safety Summit in the UK. Western governments and AI firms agree on new safety testing amid concerns over job displacement and geopolitics.
The summit aims for a united global strategy and includes notable figures like Elon Musk. Future AI safety summits are planned.
Elon Musk predicts an AI-driven “age of abundance” with a “universal high income” and warns about “humanoid robots” lacking off switches during a conversation with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at an AI summit in the UK.
Fears of AI harming humanity prompt calls for regulation. London summit addresses AI risks: job loss, copyright, disinformation, fraud, and the need for responsible AI use.
The UK is hosting a summit on AI, with leaders and experts discussing the challenges of advanced AI. Concerns include job loss and cybersecurity. Some find the summit’s focus too alarmist, preferring to address existing issues like transparency and bias in AI.
Alphabet’s quarterly profit was US$19.7 billion, driven by ads, YouTube, and cloud services. Google Cloud missed revenue expectations, causing a 5% share price drop.
Microsoft reported a net income of US$22.3 billion, with Azure cloud growing by 29%, exceeding expectations and leading to a 3% share price increase.
AI, like ChatGPT, raises concerns in publishing about copyright, content quality, and authorship. Legal challenges and AI’s impact on translation and nuanced writing persist. Some see potential in AI for specific genres, while transparency measures are being introduced.
Music publishers sue AI company Anthropic for using copyrighted lyrics in AI responses, seeking damages of up to tens of millions of dollars.
Foxconn and Nvidia team up to build AI-powered data centers for advanced manufacturing, including electric cars. This shift diversifies Foxconn’s role beyond electronics assembly. Challenges arise with US export restrictions on chips to China.