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META IS REPORTEDLY OFFERING MILLIONS TO USE HOLLYWOOD VOICES IN AI PROJECTS

Meta is negotiating with celebrities like Awkwafina and Judi Dench to use their voices for its AI digital assistant, seeking extensive usage rights across its platforms. Striking a deal could mean millions in fees for the actors, with safeguards from SAG-AFTRA for AI-generated likenesses. The company aims to present these AI features at its Connect conference in September, after recently canceling a celebrity voice chatbot project.

I'M SWITCHING INTO AI SAFETY

After eight years on Google's robotics team, Alex Irpan has transitioned to the AI safety team at Google DeepMind, driven by a mix of personal reasons and a belief in the importance of addressing safety challenges as AI systems advance towards superhuman capabilities. They express concerns about the reliability of current AI safety measures, the increasing risks of unchecked AI development, and their commitment to contributing to AI safety, despite the complexities and controversies surrounding the field.

WITH SMUGGLERS AND FRONT COMPANIES, CHINA IS SKIRTING AMERICAN A.I. BANS

Despite U.S. restrictions aimed at preventing the export of AI chips to China, an active black market thrives, allowing sizable transactions like a reported $103 million deal involving Nvidia chips. Efforts to circumvent bans involve creating new companies, deceptive shipping practices, and relying on international distribution gaps. The underground trade persists, catalyzing debates over the effectiveness of U.S. export controls and their impact on American tech companies versus Chinese competitors.

GPT-5: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

This in-depth analysis of OpenAI's GPT-5 explores its potential improvements in reasoning, agents, and multimodality while considering OpenAI's technical and business challenges in the competitive AI landscape. It analyzes GPT-5's anticipated advancements and market expectations, forecasting that while GPT-5 will enhance existing capabilities, it may fall short of becoming a fully autonomous AI agent. OpenAI's holistic approach is expected to push the boundaries of large language models and maintain its influence in the AI industry.

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