Eight US newspapers sue OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement

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1. Eight US newspapers sue OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement

Eight US newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune, Denver Post, and others, are suing OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement. The lawsuit alleges that the tech companies have been using millions of copyrighted articles without permission or payment to train their artificial intelligence chatbots. The lawsuit was filed in a New York federal court.

The newspapers are owned by Alden Global Capital and are part of a larger lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft. In December, the New York Times sued both companies on similar grounds, alleging that the creation and training of ChatGPT involved illegal use of copyrighted material.

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2. Amazon Q, a generative AI-powered assistant for businesses and developers, is now generally available

Amazon Q, a generative AI-powered assistant for businesses and developers, is now generally available. AWS has announced that Amazon Q generates highly accurate code, tests, debugs, and has multi-step planning and reasoning capabilities.

It also makes it easier for employees to get answers to questions across business data by connecting to enterprise data repositories. Amazon Q Developer allows developers to spend more time coding and less time on maintenance, while Amazon Q Business empowers employees to be more data-driven and make better decisions. The service is expected to help customers' employees become more than 80% more productive at their jobs.

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3. France's Mistral AI seeks funding at $5 bln valuation

French tech startup Mistral AI is seeking funding at a $5 billion valuation, according to The Information. The company is in talks with investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Ventures, and Microsoft Corp. 

Mistral's existing investors include Microsoft, which has also backed OpenAI. In February, Microsoft invested $16 million in Mistral and partnered with them to make its artificial intelligence models available through its Azure cloud computing platform.

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4. Amazon sales soar with boost from artificial intelligence and advertising

Amazon's Q1 2024 earnings report showed a 13% increase in overall revenue, surpassing Wall Street expectations of $142.65bn. The company's focus on artificial intelligence and advertising sales contributed to the increase. AWS revenue increased 17% year-over-year to $25bn, accounting for 62% of total operating profit.

The company's AI-focused strategy has boosted its cloud-computing sector, which had slowed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. As Amazon ramps up its AI capabilities, it will need to spend more on infrastructure.

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5. Apple hires employees from Google to build its AI and machine learning team

Apple has reportedly hired dozens of artificial intelligence experts from Google, according to a report by the Financial Times. The analysis showed that Apple has been hiring at least three dozen specialists from Google to expand its AI and machine learning operations. Most of the company's AI team operates from California and Seattle, but Apple has also expanded a major base in Zurich, Switzerland.

The company's Zurich operations have been kept quiet, with neighbors unaware of the lab's existence. Apple's creation of an AI system called ReALM (Reference Resolution as Language Modeling) could revolutionize voice assistant interactions and potentially reshape the commerce landscape.

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