Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft is adding a new key to PC keyboards for the first time since 1994 — Ars Technica
Microsoft is adding a dedicated Copilot key to PC keyboards, adjusting the standard Windows keyboard layout for the first time since the Windows key first appeared on its Natural Keyboard in 1994, writes Andrew Cunningham.
Why NYT vs. OpenAI will be the copyright fight to watch in 2024 — VentureBeat
The lawsuit maintains the defendants should be held responsible for “billions of dollars in statutory and actual damages” related to the “unlawful copying and use of The Times’s uniquely valuable works,” writes Sharon Goldman.
AI-created “virtual influencers” are stealing business from humans — Ars Technica
Brands are turning to hyper-realistic, AI-generated influencers for promotions, according to the report by Christina Criddle, FT.
Apple quietly released an open source multimodal LLM in October — VentureBeat
Researchers from Apple and Columbia University released an open source multimodal LLM, called Ferret, in October 2023, writes Sharon Goldman.
Midjourney V6 is here with in-image text and completely overhauled prompting — VentureBeat
New features include drastically improved and more realistic, highly detailed images, and the ability to have the model generate legible text within images, writes Carl Franzen.