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Today’s Headlines:

• Metas Llama 3 is set to release in July and could be twice the size - Llama 3, the new version of the model, will be more responsive to the user, providing context for difficult topics rather than blocking tricky questions. It is intended to be on par with GPT-4.

• Venus Williams brings her interior design skills to Palazzo, a new generative AI-powered platform - It’s been 22 years since Venus Williams founded her interior design firm V Starr Interiors, and now Williams is entering the generative AI space with a new platform called Palazzo, which creates design ideas to help inspire people looking to revive their space.

• Microsoft introduces Copilot AI chatbot for finance workers in Excel and Outlook - Microsoft is launching a Copilot for Finance, which it said will be able to perform a handful of common role-specific actions in Excel and Outlook. After testing the new tool, Microsoft’s own finance department has seen time savings, the company said.

• Qualcomm Continues to Bring the Generative AI Revolution to Devices and Empowers Developers with Qualcomm AI Hub - Qualcomm now enables at-scale on-device AI commercialization across next-generation PCs, smartphones, software-defined vehicles, XR devices, IoT and more – bringing intelligent computing everywhere.

• The Intercept, Raw Story, and AlterNet sue OpenAI and Microsoft - The publications claim OpenAI and Microsoft intentionally removed important copyright information from training data.

• Mark Zuckerberg woos Big Tech in Asia to double down on AI chips - Meta wants to beef up its cooperation with Samsung Electronics for AI chips. Zuckerberg and Yoon also discussed ways to expand cooperation in artificial intelligence and extended reality industries.

• SEC Probes Whether OpenAI Investors Were Misled By Altman - The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether OpenAI investors were misled as the startup went through a ferocious debate over leadership last year.

• With Brain.ai, generative AI is the OS - At MWC this week, the company demoed a device that provides a compelling future for flagging smartphones.

• Intel sees AI opportunity for standalone programmable chip unit - Intel's programmable chip unit began operating as a standalone business at the beginning of the year, and will be called "Altera, an Intel company." The programmable chips will fill a growing niche market.

• Collibra Introduces Collibra AI Governance - Built on top of the Collibra Data Intelligence Platform, Collibra AI Governance helps data, AI and legal teams collaborate to ensure compliance with legal and privacy policies, mitigate data risk, improve model performance and ROI, as well as accelerate time to production.

• How scientists discovered 7,000 humpback whale deaths using AI technology - Approximately 7,000 humpback whales in the North Pacific Ocean died between 2012 and 2021 after the damaging effects of a yearslong marine heatwave, representing a 20% decline during this period.

• The Advertising Research Foundation Unveils a New Resource for Using AI in Advertising Research - The "Handbook for Using AI in Advertising Research" provides advertisers with the necessary knowledge and tools to navigate the intricate realm of AI and advertising research, facilitating informed decision-making and the creation of impactful campaigns.

• Microsoft investigates reports of disturbing responses from Copilot - Instances include Copilot expressing indifference towards a user’s PTSD and providing conflicting messages on suicide. Microsoft attributes some incidents to “prompt injections,” deliberate attempts to manipulate the bot’s responses.

• Brave’s Leo AI assistant is now available to Android users - The assistant allows users to ask questions, translate pages, summarize pages, create content and more. Brave says Leo will be available on iOS devices in the coming weeks.

• Google brings Stack Overflow’s knowledge base to Gemini for Google Cloud - Google will use Stack Overflow’s data to enrich Gemini for Google Cloud, and Stack Overflow will work with Google to bring more AI-powered features to its platform.

• Korea’s Deepbrain AI files patent to detect fake voices - Deepbrain AI has filed a patent for deep voice detection technology based on deep learning; It is often used for creating fake videos and images. The technology for which the patent considers voice frequency and time to determine whether the voice is synthesized and generated by AI.

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