Verse, a new AI-powered creative app, is aiming to help Gen Z users create hyper-visual and expressive content. The iOS app allows users to design and publish multimedia content on an interactive canvas with the help of an AI assistant. You can create a mini website, called a Verse, for things like moodboards, greeting cards, […]
Senate leaders ask FTC to investigate AI content summaries as anti-competitive
A group of Democratic senators is urging the FTC and Justice Department to investigate whether AI tools that summarize and regurgitate online content like news and recipes may amount to anti-competitive practices. In a letter to the agencies, the senators, led by Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), explained their position that the latest AI features are hitting […]
OpenAI, Adobe and Microsoft support California bill requiring watermarks on AI content
OpenAI, Adobe and Microsoft have thrown their support behind a California bill requiring tech companies to label AI-generated content, according to letters from the companies viewed by TechCrunch. The bill is headed for a final vote in August. AB 3211 requires watermarks in the metadata of AI-generated photos, videos and audio clips. Lots of AI […]
Story raises $83M at a $2.25B valuation to build a blockchain for the business of content IP in the age of AI
Companies like OpenAI, Anthropic and Stability AI have faced a lot of heat over how they have scraped and mis-used intellectual property owned by others when training and operating their foundational AI models. Now, a startup called Story that is building a blockchain-based platform to help IP owners track usage more effectively is announcing $ […]
OpenAI signs deal to train on Condé Nast content, surface stories in ChatGPT
OpenAI has inked a deal with Condé Nast — the publisher of storied outlets such as The New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Bon Appétit and Wired — to surface stories from Condé Nast properties in OpenAI’s AI-powered chatbot platform ChatGPT and its search prototype SearchGPT. The specific terms of the partnership weren’t disclosed. But in […]