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Apple, Nvidia Are in Talks to Invest in OpenAI

Apple and Nvidia are in talks to invest in OpenAI as part of a fundraising round that would value OpenAI at above $100 billion. It is an unusual move for Apple, as the company doesn't usually invest in startups. Nvidia has stepped up its investment activity in the past two years, putting its money into AI-related companies. OpenAI is one of the largest users of Nvidia's AI chips.

California legislature passes controversial “kill switch” AI safety bill 

SB-1047 passed the California State Assembly by a 45-11 vote. It now faces just one more procedural state Senate vote before heading to the governor's desk. The bill asks AI model creators to implement a 'kill switch' that can be activated if a model starts introducing novel threats to public safety and security. It has been criticized for focusing on risks from an imagined future AI rather than real present-day harms like deepfakes or misinformation.

Other News

• OpenAI and Anthropic have signed deals granting the US government early access to conduct safety testing on their new AI models before they're released to the public.

• Meta's Llama large language models have been downloaded almost 350 million times, with approximately 20 million of those downloads taking place in the last month alone.

• Google Meet's new AI-powered feature, “take notes for me,” has started rolling out today, summarizing meetings for Google Workspace customers with specific add-ons and initially announced at the 2023 Cloud Next conference.

• Anthropic has published the system prompts for its latest AI models, including Claude 3 Opus, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Claude 3.5 Haiku, to demonstrate transparency and ethical practices.

• The new Alexa AI, set to launch around mid-October, will feature a "Smart Briefing" that provides daily, AI-generated news summaries based on user preferences.

• OpenAI, Adobe, and Microsoft now back a California bill that mandates tech companies to add watermarks to AI-generated content, with the bill set for a final vote in August.

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