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A few days after OpenAI announced a set of privacy controls for its generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, the service has been made available again to users in Italy — resolving (for now) an early regulatory suspension in one of the European Union’s 27 Member States, even as a local probe of its compliance with the region’s data protection rules continues.

At the time of writing, web users browsing to ChatGPT from an Italian IP address are no longer greeted by a notification instructing them the service is “disabled for users in Italy”. Instead they are met by a note saying OpenAI is “pleased to resume offering ChatGPT in Italy”.

The pop-up goes on to stipulate that users must confirm they are 18+ or 13+ with consent from a parent or guardian to use the service — by clicking on a button stating “I meet OpenAI’s age requirements”.

Amazon is building a more “generalized and capable” large language model (LLM) to power Alexa, said Amazon CEO Andy Jassy during the company’s first-quarter earnings call yesterday. An LLM, like ChatGPT, is a deep learning algorithm that can recognize, summarize and generate text and other content based on knowledge from enormous amounts of text data.

Jassy said that although Amazon has had an LLM powering Alexa, the tech giant is working on one that is more capable than the current one. The Amazon executive believes that the addition of an improved LLM will help Amazon work toward its goal of building “the world’s best personal assistant,” but acknowledged that it will be difficult to do so across many domains.

“I think when people often ask us about Alexa, what we often share is that if we were just building a smart speaker, it would be a much smaller investment,” said Jassy during the call. “But we have a vision, which we have conviction about that we want to build the world’s best personal assistant. And to do that, it’s difficult. It’s across a lot of domains and it’s a very broad surface area. However, if you think about the advent of Large Language Models and generative AI, it makes the underlying models that much more effective such that I think it really accelerates the possibility of building that world’s best personal assistant.”

Duolingo is a leading educational technology company specializing in app-based learning. It’s also a pioneer in the field of educational artificial intelligence (AI) and recently partnered with OpenAI in order to become one of the first to offer GPT-4, its latest language model, to its customers.

OpenAI’s GPT technology has recently become familiar to millions, thanks to its ChatGPT app, which is said to have built the fastest-growing user base of all time.

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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek discussed opportunities and concerns surrounding the integration of AI into the music platform, during its Q1 2023 earnings call.

With AI technology advancing rapidly, music industry players and streaming services face complex questions about copyright, ownership, and the balance between innovation and artist protection.

This was Spotify’s first earnings call following the removal of “Heart on My Sleeve,” an AI-generated track mimicking Drake and The Weeknd that racked up millions of plays on the platform.

Another fact-based warning about current AI. Not future, but currently.

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Top Apple engineers left the company late last year to join Google as concerns grow that the iPhone maker is falling behind on AI.

Critics are not fully convinced though.

Earlier this month, the New York Police Department (NYPD) announced the induction of two robotic dogs into its force, a move that was opposed by rights activists citing surveillance concerns. Now an incident of a garage collapse where a robotic dog was used in search and rescue operations is being hailed by the City Mayor Eric Adams as justification for its use, The New York Times.

The robotic dogs inducted belong to Boston Dynamics, which Interesting Engineering has extensively covered over the years. Their robotic dog, dubbed Spot, has been designed for use in adverse situations and is equipped with abilities and sensors.

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This week saw the release of two dummy ads, one for an American beer and another for a pizza brand.

Collaborative working between humans and robots can help companies capitalize on the best qualities of both, according to new research.