-
OpenAI opens Dublin office, adding Europe presence
OpenAI has offices in San Francisco and London. Now it has one in Dublin. OpenAI has posted job openings in Dublin and its other 2 locations. OpenAI chief strategy officer Jason Kwon told Reuters that Dublin was a good location to interact with Europe on the regulatory and business fronts. Read more
-
Schumer’s Senate AI Insight meeting with Elon Musk and AI tech execs starts off well
By all accounts, the AI Insight Forum organized by Sen. Chuck Schumer with leading AI tech leaders and executives was very productive. There reportedly was a consensus about the need for some government regulation of AI, as the leaders all raised their hands in the affirmative to a question by Schumer. The Senator planned to Read more
-
Copyright Office denies Jason Allen was author of Theatre D’Opera image, prompt engineered on Midjourney (PDF download)
The U.S. Copyright published a second decision rejecting the registration of an image prompt-engineered on Midjourney. The first decision involved Kristina Kashtanova’s images in her graphic novel Zarya of the Dawn; the Office ruled that the images lacked human authorship or the “traditional elements of authorship,” despite Kashtanova’s development, through hundreds of prompts, of a… Read more
-
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to hold secret meeting with AI leaders – list
Fascinating to see that U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is convening meetings with AI executives and leaders. The meeting is behind closed doors and not open to the public. The meeting is called the AI Insight Forum. Among the expected attendees are: It’s unclear whether Geoffrey Hinton, AI scientist and so-called “Godfather of AI,” is Read more
-
US Copyright Offie notice of inquiry re: AI and copyright (NOI pdf)
The Copyright Office issued a notice of inquiry regarding many (excellent) questions related to copyright and AI, from copyrightability to infringement. Easy to read version of Copyright Office NOI on AI Federal Register version of Copyright Office NOI on AI Deadlines to submit to Copyright Office Wednesday, October 18, 2023: Initial written comments are due Read more