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1. xAI, Elon Musk’s AI startup, launches an API

Elon Musk's xAI has launched an API for Grok, its flagship generative AI model, which powers features on X. The API has a single model, "grok-beta," priced at $5 per million input tokens or $15 per million output tokens.

The API supports function calling, connecting Grok models to external tools and hints at vision models capable of analyzing both text and images. xAI is aiming to catch up to competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic in the generative AI race.

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2. Miscrosoft’s new autonomous agents scale your team

Microsoft is introducing new agentic capabilities in its Dynamics 365 platform, aiming to accelerate business results and empower teams. The company will introduce ten new autonomous agents in Dynamics 365, ranging from simple prompt-and-response to fully autonomous, to build capacity for sales, service, finance, and supply chain teams.

These agents, which draw on work data in Microsoft 365 Graph, systems of record, Dataverse, and Fabric, can support various tasks, such as lead generation, processing sales orders, and automating supply chains. The new agents are designed to help sales, service, finance, and supply chain teams drive business value.

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3. Rupert Murdoch’s news outlets sue Perplexity AI for allegedly engaging in ‘massive freeriding’

Rupert Murdoch's Dow Jones and the New York Post have sued Perplexity, an AI company, for illegally scraping their reporting and diverting traffic to their own platforms.

The companies claim Perplexity trained its answer machine with copyrighted material, using scraped human-created news content to generate responses. News publishers argue that AI scraping poses an existential threat to their business.

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4. It's now illegal to post fake AI-generated product reviews

The Federal Trade Commission has implemented new guidelines to combat misleading online product reviews. The guidelines prohibit businesses from using AI tools to create fake testimonials or product reviews, and penalize those who misrepresent their experience or knowledge of the product.

The guidelines also address reviews and testimonials that misrepresent the authenticity of the reviewer or the business's products or services. The new regulations aim to improve the online product review landscape.

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5. Elon Musk, Tesla and WBD sued over alleged ‘Blade Runner 2049’ AI ripoff for Cybercab promotion

Elon Musk, Tesla, and Warner Brothers Discovery have been sued for alleged copyright infringement of images from the film "Blade Runner 2049" to promote Tesla's robotaxi concept. The lawsuit, filed by Alcon Entertainment, alleges that Musk and the defendants requested permission to use an iconic still image from the film during an event promoting the Cybercab, Tesla's concept of a dedicated robotaxi.

The suit claims that Alcon refused all permissions and used an AI-generated faked image, resulting in a massive economic theft. The suit claims that Musk had no credible reason for showing the image during the event.

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