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North America:
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is concerned over the exclusion of the country’s businesses in an AI legislation testimony.
Google engineer gets indicted in a US court for selling AI trade secrets to competitors abroad.
MIT researchers make progress in developing AI models with peripheral vision. Meanwhile, MIT Technology Review publishes its assessment of Lore Machine’s new one-click GenAI solution that turns written stories into comic books.
Anthropic releases Claude 3, сlaimed to be the most advanced LLM to date, surpassing GPT-4 in terms of performance.
Europe:
In Britain, scientists from the University of York unveil an AI robot that can help people get dressed. Meanwhile, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt promises to get the nation’s AI sector £100 million in additional funding.
In France, Tesla scientist joins Paris-based Hugging Face to launch a new open robotics project. In parallel, UNESCO’s inquiry concludes that ChatGPT and Llama 2 generate sexist content.
Asia:
India announces mandatory government approval for AI model launches, with an exemption for startups. In spite of this, the nation commits a further $1.2 billion in AI investment just days later.
China voices plans to intensify efforts in quantum computing and AI. Meanwhile, Lenovo’s Head of Strategy, Linda Yao, says the company will expand its AI operations in Hong Kong.
Australia:
Australian news media are eligible to seek payment from Meta for using their content to train AI, argue experts.
