After five days with the flu, I'm slowing coming online…Terrible timing with all the AI news and so many fun holiday festivities! To celebrate being back, I had @ChatGPTapp make me an image of "Santa with the flu."
@martyswant
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Microsoft’s AI Chat API Brings Ads to Publisher Bots
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Axel Springer also was one of the first partners for Microsoft's chat API for publishers, which integrated chat ads into @BILD
's “Hey" bot back in September. https://
digiday.com/media/microsof
t-heralds-a-new-age-of-ai-copilots-across-hardware-software-and-advertising/
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CMA Investigates Microsoft OpenAI Merger Competition Impact UK
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Here’s the full CMA statement about Microsoft & OpenAI and if it “resulted in a relevant merger situation and, if so, the impact that the merger could have on competition in the UK.” This is like a pre-investigation before any official first phase of an antitrust investigation.
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OpenAI Files Trademark Applications for GPT-6 GPT-7
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Scoop: @OpenAI submitted U.S. trademark applications for “GPT-6” and “GPT-7″ back in October. That’s one of the many things I found while spending way too much time in @uspto
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Sam Altman on ChatGPT Free Model and Internet Advertising Issues
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Yesterday’s episode of @Trevornoah
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UK Antitrust Scrutiny on Microsoft OpenAI Partnership
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Microsoft is reportedly once again coming under the antitrust scrutiny — this time potentially in the UK over its ties with OpenAI. Here’s the Bloomberg report:
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University AI Policy Shifts: Minnesota’s Move Signals Broader Trend
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I wonder how many other universities will make similar moves to Minnesota’s within the next year.
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Google Files AI Studio Trademark Ahead Gemini Launch
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Ahead of its Gemini debut, Google filed a trademark application yesterday for "Google AI Studio." (This year, Microsoft, Meta, Coca-Coca, Dash, HP & Limewire have all announced their own "AI Studio" platforms.) Here's a link to Google's @uspto submission: https://
tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=98
299425&caseSearchType=US_APPLICATION&caseType=DEFAULT&searchType=statusSearch
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Google Debuts Gemini AI Model to Rival OpenAI GPT-4
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Big AI news today from Google, which just debuted its new Gemini model to compete with others like OpenAI’s GPT-4. https://
blog.google/technology/ai/
google-gemini-ai/
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Meta and IBM Launch AI Alliance Coalition for Responsible AI
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Tech giants have formed yet another coalition for focused on “safe, responsible AI.” The newest — called the AI Alliance — is led by Meta and IBM but includes 50 “founding members and collaborators.” https://
thealliance.ai/news