Netflix is intensifying its focus on artificial intelligence in the gaming sector. Mike Verdu, who has led the company's gaming division for three years, is set to take on the role of Vice President for Generative AI in Gaming, demonstrating Netflix's determination to advance in the gaming arena. Verdu shared his vision for the new position on LinkedIn, emphasizing a "Creator First" philosophy and positioning AI as a catalyst and booster for game development. In his view, generative AI will bring revolutionary changes to game development and player experiences.

Dow Jones, the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post are suing AI-driven search startup Perplexity for using their news content to train its large language model. The publications from these two news groups accuse Perplexity of copyright infringement by generating answers to people's queries using their articles, thereby diverting traffic from the publications' websites. 'This lawsuit is brought by news publishers seeking compensation as Perplexity openly plans to provide services for free.'

Recently, a report about artificial intelligence mass-producing virtual beauty accounts 'occupying' Xiaohongshu sparked heated discussions online. Some internet users claimed to have successfully manipulated 1,327 AI-generated accounts using account matrix management software, managing to bypass the platform's review mechanisms and even gaining favor from the recommendation system. This news quickly spread across social media and the tech community, triggering widespread discussions about the boundaries of AI technology applications. However, the situation is not as simple as it seems. According to Xiaohongshu's official confirmation, this sensational news has been debunked.

Recently, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the highly anticipated SB1047 bill, which aimed to regulate the development of large AI models. This decision has sparked extensive debate in the tech and political arenas. SB1047, proposed by State Senator Scott Wiener, required companies developing AI models with a cost of at least $100 million and utilizing 10^26 FLOPS of computational power to implement safety protocols. The bill was passed by the California legislature but faced backlash from figures including OpenAI and Meta's Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun.

Amazon plans to launch a new paid version of Alexa called 'Remarkable Alexa' or 'Project Banyan' in October, aimed at competing with companies like OpenAI and Google through more advanced AI features. This upgraded voice assistant will have smarter conversational and interaction capabilities, able to recognize different voices, proactively ask users for preferences, and provide personalized assistance. One key feature is 'Smart Briefings', which offers users customized daily news summaries, although it has raised concerns about

Amazon is set to launch a fully revamped version of its Alexa personal voice assistant in October, introducing features such as the AI-generated news summary called 'Smart Briefing', which will require a subscription to access. The new Alexa aims to enhance daily engagement, particularly regarding the accuracy of political news and information security. The AI-generated news summary feature has become a focal point of user demand, with subscription costs expected to reach up to $10 per month. Additionally, Amazon plans to expand Alexa's presence in e-commerce and children's entertainment through 'Project Banyan'.

A scandal has recently emerged in Wyoming involving a journalist who resigned after using artificial intelligence to fabricate quotes and stories. Local journalist CJ Baker exposed that quotes from the Wyoming governor and local district attorney were questionable, and the sentences in the article appeared mechanical. This incident began with a report about comedian Larry Cable Guy being selected as the grand marshal of the Cody Stampede Parade. After meeting with the journalist Aaron Percha, he admitted to using AI and resigned shortly thereafter. The publisher and editor have expressed their apologies and committed to developing AI guidelines.

Google researchers warn that generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is endangering the internet with fake content, as Google plays a dual role in this 'war of truth': both as a promoter and a creator. AI misinformation, such as absurd suggestions like 'gluing pizza' or 'eating stones', ultimately requires manual removal. Abuse methods include the manipulation of human likenesses and the fabrication of evidence, primarily aimed at influencing public opinion, fraud, or profit. Although the risks do not yet pose an existential threat, they are becoming increasingly severe, with misuse cases primarily consisting of routine operations that disrupt the normal use of systems, accounting for 90%.

Llama 3.1 has been leaked! You heard that right, this open-source model with 405 billion parameters has caused quite a stir on Reddit. It might be the closest open-source model to GPT-4o to date, and even surpasses it in certain aspects.Llama 3.1 is a large language model developed by Meta (formerly Facebook). Although the official release has not yet been made, the leaked version has already stirred up the community. This model not only includes the base model but also benchmark results for 8B,

Recently, the Japanese publishing industry has issued a stern warning about AI-driven search engines, arguing that these emerging technologies are eroding the foundations of the news industry. The Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association has stated that AI search engines are exploiting the content of news media without fair compensation, a phenomenon known as "free-riding." This means that AI systems profit from news content without providing support for its creation and the news ecosy

OpenAI announced today that its new flagship model, GPT-4o mini, has been launched on Azure AI, supporting text processing capabilities, with plans to introduce image, audio, and video functionalities in the future.GPT-4o mini is significantly smarter than GPT-3.5Turbo—scoring 82% on the Massive Multitask Language Understanding (MMLU) benchmark compared to GPT-3.5Turbo's 70%—and is over 60% cheaper. This model offers an expanded 128K context window and integrates the enhanced multilingual capa

Ant Group, in collaboration with Xin京Bao and Beike Finance, has developed and launched a generative large-scale model product named "Beike Finance · Smart Guidance for ESG." This product aims to provide users with more accurate, comprehensive, and valuable analysis and interpretation of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance) reports of A-share listed companies. It can answer various user queries in real-time and offer in-depth analysis and summaries."Beike Finance · Smart Guida

In internet culture, meme generators have become a popular way for people to express emotions and viewpoints due to their humorous and satirical nature. However, with the introduction of artificial intelligence technology, the creation and dissemination of memes are undergoing a revolutionary transformation.

Reddit is taking action to prevent AI companies from scraping its content or at least requiring them to pay. Earlier this week, Reddit announced that it is changing its robots exclusion protocol, also known as its robots.txt file. This seemingly dull edit is part of a larger negotiation/battle among content owners eager for AI companies to train their language models.

Recent reports reveal that the highly regarded and well-funded AI search tool Perplexity is citing low-quality and even incorrect AI-generated garbage information from unreliable blogs and LinkedIn posts.

China's technology giant Alibaba's latest open-sourced Qwen-2-72B fine-tuned version has topped the global open source large model ranking.