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OpenAI GPT-4o to Google's Gemini: All the major AI updates this week

AI voice assistants stole the show this week as tech companies made major announcements.

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Which European country is investing more in artificial intelligence?

Europe faces challenges in the adoption of artificial intelligence, including regulatory barriers and a shortage of skilled professionals. The Next Generation EU has committed €4.4 billion to AI initiatives, with two Southern European countries leading the way.

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UK regulator looks into Microsoft and Amazon’s AI partnerships

The UK competition regulator identified an “interconnected web” of over 90 partnerships and “strategic investments” involving AI companies.

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Chatbots providing 'unintentional' misinformation ahead of EU election

Google has introduced more restrictions after a new study showed Europe's most used AI chatbots were providing inaccurate election-related answers.

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Deepfake porn to become a crime in UK in 'first-of-its-kind' law

The amendment to the country’s Criminal Justice Bill will make adults who create deepfake porn “face the consequences of their actions”.

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This French start-up may have solved AI’s copyright training issues

The Common Corpus aims to create a space for open science.

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OpenAI unveils AI voice cloning tech but limits availability

OpenAI’s Voice Engine was first developed in late 2022.

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Open source AI is getting an official definition. Here’s why

AI companies that claim they are open source, such as Musk’s latest AI venture, open source the weights but not the data they are trained on nor the training process.

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Romanian agency uses AI to help farmers get EU funding

Romania’s Rural Investing Finance Authority (AFIR) is streamlining the grant submission process for farmers by using AI to do their administrative work.

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Could the EU AI Act actually stifle innovation? New study says yes

"The EU’s AI Act needs to be closely monitored to avoid overburdening innovative AI developers... with unnecessary red tape," one industry body warns.

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Who is Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's new AI chief?

Who is the DeepMind co-founder and why might his appointment shake up the AI industry? Euronews Next looks at Microsoft’s newest hire.

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These are 5 new jobs coming to Europe thanks to AI

Looking to build a career in the world's fastest-growing technology? These are five new potential fields of work coming to Europe in light of the EU AI Act.

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"Shame must change sides": a Belgian model warns about deepnudes

Julia, 21, has received fake nude photos of herself generated by artificial intelligence. The phenomenon is exploding.

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OpenAI partners with European media giants Le Monde and El Pais

The deal comes as various copyright lawsuits mount against AI companies, including the current one against OpenAI by the New York Times.

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AI model recommended Black defendents 'be sentenced to death'

Large language models (LLMs) are more likely to criminalise users that use African American English, the results of a new Cornell University study show.

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This AI malware worm can steal private data and send spam emails

Researchers have created an artificial intelligence (AI) worm that can infiltrate your emails and access data without you ever needing to click.

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Can AI companies legally mine the Internet for training content?

Have AI companies already won on copyright issues? Some experts say they may have, though it may be decided on a case-by-case basis.

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US regulators declare AI-generated robocalls illegal

A US agency has said that robocalls that are AI-generated are now illegal.

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EU countries approve technical details of AI Act

EU countries today agreed on the technical details of the AI Act, the world's first attempt to regulate the technology according to a risk-based approach, following a political agreement in December. It now needs a sign-off from EU lawmakers before the rules enter into force.

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Commission’s staffing and financing of AI Office raises eyebrows in capitals

The European Commission’s plan to hire some 100 staff members for its new AI Office and finance it with a reshuffled budget from the Digital Europe Program has raised questions from EU member states, according to minutes of a meeting seen by Euronews.