After Apple, Meta also withholding future AI models from EU countries

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1. After Apple, Meta also withholding future AI models from EU countries

Apple and Meta have both withheld AI features from EU countries due to regulatory uncertainties. Apple's Intelligence features are set to begin in the fall, but will not be available in EU countries.

Meta will withhold its next multimodal AI model from customers in the EU due to a lack of clarity from regulators. Both companies are playing a high-stakes poker game, hoping the EU will back down and not instigate antitrust proceedings against them for launching AI products and services in the region.

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2. Proton launches ‘privacy-first’ AI writing assistant for email that runs on-device

Proton has launched an AI-enabled writing assistant called Proton Scribe, designed to assist users in composing emails with simple prompts, redrafting them, and proofreading them before sending. The tool, built on Mistral 7B, is designed to address concerns about data privacy.

Proton plans to make the tool available under the open source GPL-3.0 license, making it easier to perform third-party security and privacy audits. The tool can also be configured to run on Proton's servers.

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3. Shipping giant CMA CGM signs AI deal with Google

French shipping and logistics company CMA CGM has partnered with Alphabet's Google to accelerate the deployment of AI solutions across its global operations. The partnership aims to increase efficiency and reduce delivery times by optimizing routes, container handling, and inventory management, while minimizing costs and carbon emissions.

Google France CEO Sébastien Missoffe said the partnership would help CMA CGM grow. CMA CGM's media arm will use Goole AI-based management tools to predict and plan operations at its warehouses.

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4. Shipping giant CMA CGM signs AI deal with Google

The Neo4j LLM Knowledge Graph Builder is an AI tool that converts unstructured data into organized information using machine learning models. The tool uses OpenAI, Gemini, Llama3, Diffbot, Claude, and Qwen models to process various material formats, producing a complex entity network and lexical graph.

The program is versatile in configuring extraction schemas and provides post-extraction cleanup functions. It works well with long-form English text but not with tabular data. The application is adaptable with a Python FastAPI backend and a React-based front end, and can be deployed locally using Docker Compose.

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5. What Kamala Harris has said about AI, tech regulation, and more

Vice President Kamala Harris may become the Democrats' new nominee after President Joe Biden drops out of the race. Born in Oakland, Harris has a long relationship with the tech industry and has been endorsed by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.

Critics argue she didn't do enough to curb tech giants' power, but she has been willing to criticize tech CEOs and call for more regulation. Harris has also spoken about the potential for regulating AI and has been less vocal on issues around cryptocurrency.

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