Recently, AI researchers from Stanford University and the University of Washington successfully trained an AI reasoning model named S1, with a training cost of less than $50 and very low cloud computing credits required. This research was published last Friday, indicating that S1 performs comparably to OpenAI's O1 model and DeepSeek's R1 model in mathematical and programming ability tests. The code and data for S1 have been made publicly available on GitHub for other researchers to use. The research team reported that they drew from a

Meta is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit, with the plaintiff's attorney claiming that CEO Mark Zuckerberg approved the use of a dataset containing pirated e-books and articles to train its Llama AI model. This case is one of many copyright lawsuits against several tech giants accused of using copyrighted works for AI model training without authorization. In documents filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on Wednesday evening, the plaintiffs reiterated Meta's actions from the end of last year.

Recently, a special committee report from the Australian Senate revealed that tech companies Amazon, Google, and Meta (formerly Facebook) have been ambiguous and disappointing in their approach to using Australian data to train their AI products. Committee chair and Labor Senator Tony Sheldon expressed strong dissatisfaction, stating that these multinational companies continually evade direct questions during hearings, as if they are performing a cheap magic trick, but ultimately achieving nothing.

The social networking platform X (formerly Twitter) updated its privacy policy on Wednesday, sparking widespread attention and discussion. The new policy indicates that X will, by default, allow third-party "partners" to use platform data to train AI models unless users actively choose to opt out. This move not only highlights X's efforts to seek new revenue sources but also raises concerns regarding user data privacy protection. Key changes in the new policy include: Third-party data usage: New terms allow third-party partners to use X user data, including for AI model training. Users have the option to choose.

Meta has announced that it will continue with its plan to use millions of publicly available posts from UK Facebook and Instagram users to train its artificial intelligence technology. Although this practice is largely prohibited under EU privacy laws, Meta states that it has been in active communication with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), after previously pausing similar proposals in June. The pause was due to the ICO's warnings that tech companies must respect user privacy when developing generative AI.

On August 30, Jinjiang Literature City issued a statement firmly opposing the recent AI infringement incident on the Xiaohongshu platform, emphasizing the protection of copyright for original content. In this incident, a blogger used original works on the platform to train an AI model and generate text, even establishing a group to share tutorials to attract traffic. Jinjiang Literature City believes this action severely infringes on the rights of authors and has sent a rights protection letter to the Xiaohongshu platform demanding the removal of infringing content and accounts. The platform stated it will continue to monitor such infringing behavior and resolutely protect authors' legitimate rights, explicitly indicating that it will not tolerate any theft of works.

AI startup Ema raised $36 million in Series A funding, bringing total funding to $61 million, led by Accel and Section32. Ema aims to automate tedious tasks for businesses through no-code AI agents capable of handling various functions like customer support, employee experience, sales, marketing, and compliance. Their AI agents are deployed across fintech, legal, healthcare, e-commerce, and insurance sectors, providing advanced experiences with l....

According to reports, Rain AI has recently hired a chip engineer from Apple to lead its hardware engineering team, marking the startup's second high-profile talent acquisition this month. The company, backed by Sam Altman, a former leader of the renowned Silicon Valley incubator Y Combinator, is focused on developing the next generation of artificial intelligence chips.

Reddit has reached a cooperation agreement with Google to donate $60 million annually for training artificial intelligence models. Reddit plans to submit an IPO application and will disclose financial information to potential investors. This marks the first public transaction between Reddit and a major AI company. Many AI companies are striking deals with content owners to diversify training data, raising copyright issues.

As the new year arrives, Midjourney is embroiled in controversy over its use of artists' works to train AI. Artists have reacted strongly, accusing the company of infringement and prompting legal action. Notable artists such as Banksy and Andy Warhol are involved, drawing widespread attention.

Apple is in talks with media companies such as Condé Nast, NBC News, and IAC to discuss licensing their news content and using this information to help train its generative AI systems. While Apple is negotiating with these publishers, some are cautious about the partnership. Apple is increasing its investment in artificial intelligence to catch up with competitors. The company has already released the MLX model framework for running AI models on its chips. Apple also plans to incorporate AI significantly in the upcoming major version of iOS.

Musk stated that X Company will not use any direct user information or private data to train AI models. Recently, X Company updated its privacy policy to mention the collection of biometric information from users. In response to user concerns, Musk clarified that the assertion that the updated privacy policy allows for data to train AI is incorrect. He emphasized that X Company will only use publicly available data and will not touch direct user information or private data. The new privacy policy of X Company is set to take effect at the end of September and has faced criticism from some users.