Europe agrees landmark AI regulation deal
After more than 37 hours of negotiations this week Europe has reached a provisional deal on European Union rules governing the use of artificial intelligence, making it the first major world power to enact laws on the matter.
The deal requires AI systems to comply with transparency obligations, conduct model evaluations, and assess and mitigate systemic risks. Governments can only use real-time biometric surveillance in public spaces in certain circumstances, and the use of cognitive behavioural manipulation, facial scrapping, social scoring, and biometric categorisation systems is banned.
Consumers will have the right to launch complaints and receive meaningful explanations, and fines for violations will range from 7.5 million to 35 million euros.
The legislation is expected to enter into force early next year once both sides formally ratify it.
After more than 37 hours of negotiations this week Europe has reached a provisional deal on European Union rules governing the use of artificial intelligence, making it the first major world power to enact laws on the matter.
The deal requires AI systems to comply with transparency obligations, conduct model evaluations, and assess and mitigate systemic risks. Governments can only use real-time biometric surveillance in public spaces in certain circumstances, and the use of cognitive behavioural manipulation, facial scrapping, social scoring, and biometric categorisation systems is banned.
Consumers will have the right to launch complaints and receive meaningful explanations, and fines for violations will range from 7.5 million to 35 million euros.
The legislation is expected to enter into force early next year once both sides formally ratify it.
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OpenAI Unveils App Store for Custom Chatbots
OpenAI said on Wednesday that it was opening an app store for people to share customized versions of its popular chatbot, ChatGPT.
The GPT Store, as it’s called, lives in a new tab in the ChatGPT client on the web, and features a range of GPTs developed both by OpenAI’s partners and the wider dev community. GPT users can browse popular and trending GPTs on the community leaderboard, which is organized into categories like lifestyle, writing, research, programming and education.
Building GPTs doesn’t require coding experience, and GPTs can be as simple or complex as a developer wishes. Devs can simply type the capabilities they want their GPT to offer in plain language and OpenAI’s GPT-building tool, GPT Builder, will attempt to make an AI-powered chatbot to perform those.
Source: TechCrunch
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OpenAI said on Wednesday that it was opening an app store for people to share customized versions of its popular chatbot, ChatGPT.
The GPT Store, as it’s called, lives in a new tab in the ChatGPT client on the web, and features a range of GPTs developed both by OpenAI’s partners and the wider dev community. GPT users can browse popular and trending GPTs on the community leaderboard, which is organized into categories like lifestyle, writing, research, programming and education.
Building GPTs doesn’t require coding experience, and GPTs can be as simple or complex as a developer wishes. Devs can simply type the capabilities they want their GPT to offer in plain language and OpenAI’s GPT-building tool, GPT Builder, will attempt to make an AI-powered chatbot to perform those.
Source: TechCrunch
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Voice AI startup ElevenLabs gains unicorn status
ElevenLabs has developed AI models and tools for creating AI-generated voices with different languages, accents and emotions. On Monday it raised $80 million in Series B funding from investors led by venture capitalist Andreessen Horowitz along with entrepreneurs Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, with participation from Sequoia Capital among others.
That marks a jump from the valuation in its previous funding around in 2023, showed data from PitchBook, reflecting expectations for a surge in adoption of AI voice generation by firms as varied as games giants and movie studios.
Source: Reuters
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ElevenLabs has developed AI models and tools for creating AI-generated voices with different languages, accents and emotions. On Monday it raised $80 million in Series B funding from investors led by venture capitalist Andreessen Horowitz along with entrepreneurs Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross, with participation from Sequoia Capital among others.
That marks a jump from the valuation in its previous funding around in 2023, showed data from PitchBook, reflecting expectations for a surge in adoption of AI voice generation by firms as varied as games giants and movie studios.
Source: Reuters
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Apple Overhauls App Store in Europe
An EU law forced Apple to loosen its grip on the App Store.
Apple on Thursday announced major changes to the App Store and other services for consumers in Europe. Users of iPhones and iPads in the 27-nation bloc will for the first time be able to use alternative app stores to download games, productivity tools and other apps. Despite of this, Apple can moderate and choose which stores are allowed to compete with their App Store.
Banks and shopping services can offer their own payment methods inside their apps. People who buy new iPhones in the future will also see a new menu for downloading alternative browsers to Apple’s Safari, such as Chrome and Firefox.
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An EU law forced Apple to loosen its grip on the App Store.
Apple on Thursday announced major changes to the App Store and other services for consumers in Europe. Users of iPhones and iPads in the 27-nation bloc will for the first time be able to use alternative app stores to download games, productivity tools and other apps. Despite of this, Apple can moderate and choose which stores are allowed to compete with their App Store.
Banks and shopping services can offer their own payment methods inside their apps. People who buy new iPhones in the future will also see a new menu for downloading alternative browsers to Apple’s Safari, such as Chrome and Firefox.
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