📰 What's new in AI - week ending May 24

Caity Belta

Hi Folks!

Welcome to this week's industry news roundup. We scroll so you don't have to! 

We've got lots of AI news to cover, so let's dive in.

First up, News Corp, the owner of The Wall Street Journal, The Times, and The Sun, has struck a multi-year deal with OpenAI. OpenAI will use News Corp's journalistic content to train its AI models, with the goal to improve the quality and accuracy of AI-generated text with real-world news. News Corp. and OpenAI strike ‘multi-year global partnership’ deal to use journalistic content to improve ChatGPT (CNBC)

Next, NinjaTech launched autonomous AI agents that utilize AWS's Inferentia and Trainium chips instead of GPUs. These custom chips make AI and machine learning tasks better, save on costs, and use less energy. Exclusive: NinjaTech launches autonomous AI agents powered by AWS chips — not GPUs (VentureBeat)

Lastly, Amazon is planning a big upgrade for Alexa with new GenAI features. The new version, called Alexa Plus, promises to offer more natural interactions, better personalization, and improved smart home integration. Amazon plans to give Alexa an AI overhaul — and a monthly subscription price (CNBC)

More AI news below

The latest news

• Snowflake acquires TruEra to deliver LLM observability inside data cloud (VentureBeat)
• Patronus AI is off to a magical start as LLM governance tool gains traction (TechCrunch)

 Industry trends

• Rote automation is so last year: AI pushes more intelligence into software development (ZDNet)
• How Microsoft sees its Models-as-a-Service feature democratizing access to AI (VentureBeat)
• AI’s giants are still demoing stuff faster than they can ship it (Fast Company)
• AI is a black box. Anthropic figured out a way to look inside (Wired)
• AI agents vs chatbots: How LLMs are making customer service autonomous (SDxCentral)

 Responsible AI

• AI Safety Institute releases LLM safety results (TechEU)
• Attempts to regulate AI’s hidden hand in Americans’ lives flounder in US statehouses (AP)

Andy Gladstone

Interesting that news outlets, some of whom have been accused of publishing AI written articles, struck a deal with the big OpenAI to train the very platform that some of those articles were generated on! 

Brings this image to mind.