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? OpenAI accidentally deleted potential evidence in NY Times copyright lawsuit?

Lawyers for The New York Times and Daily News, which are?suing?OpenAI for allegedly scraping their works to train its AI models without permission, say OpenAI engineers accidentally deleted data potentially relevant to the case.

? How a digital “you” can sit through your agonizing web conference calls

Now you can appear to be on a Zoom call in your office, even when you’re sipping a margarita in a hammock far, far away. Courtesy of a months-old startup called?Pickle, its pitch is simple: submit a five-minute-long training video of yourself to create an avatar, and 24 hours later, ostensibly, you’re ready to go.?

? OpenAI is funding research into ‘AI morality’

OpenAI is funding academic research into algorithms that can predict humans’ moral judgements.

In a filing with the IRS, OpenAI Inc., OpenAI’s nonprofit org, disclosed that it awarded a grant to Duke University researchers for a project titled “Research AI Morality.” Contacted for comment, an OpenAI spokesperson pointed to a?press release?indicating the award is part of a larger, three-year, $1 million grant to Duke professors studying “making moral AI.”

? Fondo wants to mitigate the American accountant shortage with its AI bookkeeping service

Despite all the talk of doom and gloom about the economy, entrepreneurship?is actually on the rise?in the U.S.: In 2024, an average of 430,000 new business applications were submitted every month, marking a 50% rise from 2019.

? LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman warns against Elon Musk’s ‘conflict of interest’ in setting AI policies

Reid Hoffman, co-founder at LinkedIn and Inflection AI, shared his expectations for the incoming Trump administration in an?opinion piece?for the Financial Times.

? Taking a cue from X, Threads tests AI-powered summaries of trending topics

As the Twitter-like social network?Bluesky?sees a?significant surge?in users this month, Meta’s own X competitor Threads has been rapidly building out its platform. On Friday, Instagram head Adam Mosseri?announced?that Threads will start testing AI-powered summaries of what people are discussing on the platform in the app’s “Trending now” section in the U.S.