AI Update - Wednesday, July 31, 2024
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A lot of?AI bills ?are flying around Congress these days, and OpenAI is throwing its weight behind some of them.
OpenAI endorsed three Senate bills on Tuesday which could shape the federal government’s stance on artificial intelligence. One of the bills – the Future of AI Innovation Act – would formally authorize the United States AI Safety Institute as a federal body that sets standards and guidelines for AI models.
The European Union has kicked off a consultation on rules that will apply to providers of general-purpose AI models (GPAIs) — such as Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI — under the bloc’s?AI Act , its risk-based framework for regulating applications of artificial intelligence. Lawmakers want the Code of Practice to help ensure “trustworthy” GPAIs by providing developers with guidance on how to comply with their legal obligations.
Canva has acquired?Leonardo.ai , a generative AI content and research startup, as the company looks to broaden the scope of its AI tech stack.
The financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but Canva co-founder and chief product officer Cameron Adams said it’s a mix of cash and stock. All of Leonardo.ai ’s 120 employees will be joining Canva, including the executive team.
It’s not uncommon for developers working at companies of a certain size to have trouble keeping track of all the software dev-related tasks and bugs that need to be addressed. According to a 2024 survey by Dynatrace, 88% of tech leaders say that the?complexity of their tech stacks increased in the past year , and that this increased complexity has made it difficult to deliver a satisfactory customer experience.
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AI agents are?all the rage ?right now, and?Tezi , an early stage startup is working on one to help HR teams find the perfect candidates for a job opening. The startup claims this bot will sift through resumes to find the ones that match the hiring criteria, find time on the recruiter’s calendar to set up an interview and send out the email to the candidate.
OpenAI began rolling out ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode on Tuesday, giving users their first access to GPT-4o’s?hyperrealistic audio responses . The alpha version will be available to a small group of ChatGPT Plus users today, and OpenAI says the feature will gradually roll out to all Plus users in the fall of 2024.
AI hardware is all the rage in startup land — though receptions have thus far been mixed. Two notable examples,?Rabbit ?and?Humane , released devices to disappointing results.?a16z-backed Limitless ?and?Exor-backed Bee AI , meanwhile, are working on their own screenless AI wearables.
Perplexity AI will soon start sharing advertising revenue with news publishers when its chatbot surfaces their content in response to a user query, a move that appears designed to assuage critics that have?accused the startup ?of plagiarism and unethical web scraping.?