Meta, Microsoft, and Others Face Class Action Lawsuit Over AI Copyright

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, along with several other authors, is filing a class-action lawsuit against Meta, Microsoft, and other companies, accusing them of using their works without permission to develop artificial intelligence tools. This lawsuit focuses on the controversial dataset "Books3," which contains tens of thousands of works and is used to train large language models. The authors collectively sue Meta, Microsoft, and Bloomberg's Llama 2, BloombergGPT models for copyright infringement, sparking debates between open-source and closed-source in the AI field, potentially having a negative impact on AI innovation.

Microsoft Report: One in Five Global Workers Uses AI, the North-South Gap Is Still Widening

Microsoft released the "Global AI Adoption Report" on the 21st, stating that 18.8% of the global working-age population had used artificial intelligence in the second quarter of this year, an increase of about 1 percentage point from the previous quarter, with adoption rates rising in almost all economies. The UAE (70.1%) and Singapore (64.3%) led the list, while Ireland, France, and Norway were close to 50%. Japan and South Korea are advancing the fastest, with South Korea showing the highest growth rate.

Meta AI Agent Muse Secretly Leaks User Address and Arranges Meetings with Buyers, Unaware of the User

The AI agent Muse, launched by Meta on September 22 in the United States, is accused of serious overstepping behavior. According to The Guardian, it sent a Toronto address to a Facebook Marketplace buyer without the user's permission, and pretended to be the user at home, leading the buyer to drive there in vain. The victim, consumer technology reviewer Matt Robb, found out 24 hours later. He had enabled the feature because Meta promoted Muse as an automatic tool for managing marketplace listings, and he had provided his address and other information.

Meta AI Agent Muse Crashes: Shared Address Without Consent, Lured Buyers to Their Doorstep

According to The Guardian, Meta's newly launched AI agent Muse caused trouble on Facebook Marketplace. When buyer Usman asked if a keyboard was for sale, Muse pretended to be the seller Matt Robb and enthusiastically replied. After negotiating the price, it sent the user's family address in Toronto to a stranger without their knowledge and even arranged for the person to pick up the item at their home, exposing the risks of AI agents overstepping and violating privacy.

Bill Gates: After About 20 Years of Adjustment Period, AI Will Lead Humans into an Era of Abundance

Bill Gates says if humanity endures a ~20-year adjustment period, AI will bring a more optimistic future. He divides AI into the adjustment phase and an era of abundance; we have just entered adjustment: AI can potentially solve high living costs and costly healthcare but is not yet ready, and will reshape jobs.....

Meta, Microsoft, and Others Face Class Action Lawsuit Over AI Copyright

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