Daily AI NEWS - July 17, 2024
YouTube, Breach, and Job Security

An investigation by Proof News revealed that Apple, Nvidia, and Anthropic have used thousands of YouTube videos to train their AI systems. Content creators claim their work was employed without their knowledge.

These companies are typically secretive about their data sources, raising concerns among professional content creators. The use of data from videos frustrates many, as evidenced by the reaction to EleutherAI's data practices.

According to the Proof News report, Apple utilized the subtitles from 173,536 YouTube videos for AI training, again highlighting issues of consent and transparency in the AI industry.

A hacker group called “NullBulge” alleges it has stolen over 1 terabyte of Disney’s internal Slack messages and files. The data, taken from nearly 10,000 channels, supposedly includes login credentials, code, images, and information on unreleased projects.

The hacktivists say their actions are a protest against AI-generated art, aiming to defend artists from generative AI. NullBulge claims this breach highlights the vulnerabilities in corporate communication platforms like Slack.

UK regulators are looking more closely at Microsoft’s AI investments. The hiring of Inflection AI staff earlier this year will be probed under merger rules in the UK.

Microsoft's investment into Inflection AI will get a full-blown UK antitrust probe, after the watchdog said it needed to take a closer look at the hiring of former employees from the artificial intelligence startup.

Yandex co-founder Arkady Volozh has unveiled his new AI company, Nebius Group, in the Netherlands, focusing on building a cloud service platform for AI model training. This move comes after Volozh fought off sanctions and evicted squatters from his Amsterdam townhouse. Europe's reaction to his past remains uncertain.

Ex-OpenAI and Tesla engineer Andrej Karpathy announced Eureka Labs, an AI-native school that aims to create a “teacher+AI symbiosis” by scaling human-written educational materials with AI assistants, promising a revolution in education technology.

The gaming industry is facing various obstacles, among them being the rise of AI. It's no secret that AI is increasing job anxiety within the sector. AI technologies are capable of automating tasks that were previously handled by humans, leading to concerns over job security among professionals.

In a related development, a recent poll showed that two-thirds of people believe AI systems like ChatGPT possess some form of consciousness or feelings. This perception could affect how people interact with AI, potentially leading to a change in the dynamics between humans and machines.