Month: April 2024
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Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Mercury News and others sue OpenAI and Microsoft — will likely be be consolidated with NYT case
A group of publishers including, among others, the Chicago Tribune and San Jose Mercury News, filed a copyright lawsuit agianst Microsoft and OpenAI in the Southern District of New York on Tuesday.
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UK competition authority CMA launches triad of AI investigations: Microsoft-Mistral, Microsoft-Inflection, Amazon-Anthropic
The UK Competition & Markets Authority has launched inquiries into Microsoft’s partnership with French AI company Mistral, its recruitment of former Inflection employees, and Amazon’s partnership with Anthropic.
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UK regulator’s update paper on AI Foundation Models: understandable fears, but unsupported by evidence
While the CMA’s general concerns over dynamics previously seen in technology markets are legitimate, the update paper, on top of generally recognizing the enormous benefits of AI innovation, summarizes trends that could also be interpreted as signs of fierce competition among large technology corporations that creates opportunities for newcomers.
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The mutually beneficial relationship between AI and standards: a bird’s-eye view
This article refers to some recent news such as U.S. cooperation agreements with European partners and Google’s new membership in the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC), but primarily it is meant to provide a timeless overview and to be referenced in future standards-related contexts. Policy makers around the globe have started to make rules for…