📰 AI.News Roundup: Week Ending June 23rd

Kelly Stocker_s8klrg

Here's more news than you can actually use but there were a LOT of things happening this week. 

• In the race to compete with OpenAI, Anthropic released Claude 3.5 Sonnet. The startup says this upgraded member of the Claude 3 family of models solves math, coding, and logic problems better than commonly used benchmarks. It is also said to be generally faster, better at understanding nuances in language, and has a better sense of humor.
• Decagon is providing companies with AI agents that mimic human-like interactions for customer support. They use their own advanced models and other AI tools to train these chatbots by studying company databases and past customer chats.
• An FTC blog post warns AI companies not to make false claims about their products. They've cracked down on companies violating advertising rules, urging transparency. It advises clearly labeling sponsored content and being open about how chatbots collect and use data, citing past actions involving companies like Ring and Alexa.

The latest news

• OpenAI competitor Anthropic announces its most powerful AI yet (CNBC)

• Writer triples revenue and expands to 250 customers as demand for enterprise AI soars (VentureBeat)

• OpenAI Co-Founder, Who Helped Oust Sam Altman, Starts His Own Company (The New York Times)

• Decagon emerges from stealth to provide ‘human-like’ AI agents, transforming customer support for enterprises (VentureBeat)

• Augie Studio aims to become the Canva for AI video creation for marketers and enterprise (VentureBeat)

• Llama 3 earns early enterprise wins as open-source AI expands (CIO Dive)

• Oracle APEX gets AI assistants to help with low-code enterprise app development (VentureBeat)

Industry trends

• AI is replacing human tasks faster than you think (CNN)

• Europe Scrambles for Relevance in the Age of AI (WIRED)

• In spite of hype, many companies are moving cautiously when it comes to generative AI (TechCrunch)

• Nvidia’s New Sales Booster: The Global Push for National AI Champions (WSJ)

• The Big AI Question: Are You Ready to Pay for It? (WSJ)

• AI will make money sooner than you’d think, says Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez (The Verge)

Responsible AI

• AI regulation hits wall in the House (Axios)

• The Jobs Most at Risk From AI (Newsweek)

• Thomson Reuters CEO: AI guardrails remain unclear—but all companies can start by pledging to protect their customers’ data privacy (Fortune)

• Succor borne every minute (FTC)

• Publishers Target Common Crawl In Fight Over AI Training Data (Wired)