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OpenAI announced this week that it was removing Skye, one of the voices used by its new GPT-4O model, because users found the voice uncannily similar. Scarlett Johansson’s AI character The actress released a statement saying she hired legal counsel to inquire about how the voice was developed. While the company claims the voice was not based on Johansson’s voice, the actress said OpenAI had previously approached her about using her voice for the model.

The US Justice Department and 30 state attorneys general filed suit Against Live Nation EntertainmentTicketmaster’s parent company has been sued for alleged monopolistic practices. US Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a press conference that Live Nation “stifles its competition.” The lawsuit comes as legislators take a closer look at the giant’s control over the entertainment industry, prompted by Taylor Swift’s disappointing attempts to get fans to pay for tickets. To buy Eras Tour tickets At the end of 2022.

Techstars also had a big change this week. CEO Maelle Gavet announced she is leaving the company At the end of the month, co-founder and board chairman David Cohen will replace him. Gavet’s leadership style has been the subject of controversy during his tenure. A TechCrunch investigation found allegations that “Autocratic and punitive” Culture which led to migration of large number of workers.

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Slack might be training its AI based on your messages: Slack is using its own user data to train some of its new AI services. If you don’t want your data to be part of a training set, you’ll need to email Slack to opt out. Read more

Humane may be looking for a buyer: Following the tumultuous launch of Humane’s $700 AI Pin, Bloomberg reports that the company is considering selling it — and has put its price at between $750 million and $1 billion. Read more

Microsoft Build explores AI-first hardware: At its annual developer conference, Microsoft launched Copilot+ PC and announced new AI capabilities for Windows, including an upcoming “recall” feature. Read more

Spotify tests Spanish-speaking AI DJ: Spotify is developing an alternative version of its AI DJ feature that will speak in Spanish. A reference to “DJ Livi” was spotted in the app’s code by tech veteran and reverse engineer Chris Messina. Read more

Free laundry hack? Two UC Santa Cruz students discovered a security flaw that could allow anyone to avoid paying for laundry provided by more than one million internet-connected laundry machines. Read more

Meme Lords for Biden: President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign is looking to hire a meme manager to appeal to young voters. Read more

Increase in ChatGPT App Revenue: OpenAI’s GPT-4O launch has generated the company’s biggest revenue growth on mobile yet, despite the model being available for free on the web. The app earned $4.2 million on the App Store and Google Play after launch. Read more

FCC takes action on AI-generated political ads: The FCC has set a requirement that AI-generated content in political ads must be disclosed. The proposal would apply to “cable operators, satellite TV and radio providers,” but not streamers or YouTube. Read more

The secret to getting into Y Combinator: Y Combinator accepts less than 1% of the applications it receives. In a conversation with General Catalyst’s Teresa Carlson, CEO Garry Tan reveals the “secret formula” for joining the startup accelerator. Read more

Adobe vs iOS Emulator: Adobe threatened legal action against retro game emulator Delta because it believed the app’s logo was too similar to its own logo. Delta’s icon was supposed to be a stylized Greek letter delta, but it has updated the logo to avoid any problems. Read more

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Meta’s AI Council lacks diversity: Meta has announced a new AI advisory council – and it consists entirely of white men. Unfortunately, that’s not so surprising. Dominique-Madori Davis, Amanda Silberling and Kyle Wiggers explain how women and people of colour have played a key role in the AI ​​revolution, even if they continue to be overlooked. Read more

Reasons behind OpenAI resignations: OpenAI’s Superalignment team was formed to develop ways to control and run “superintelligent” AI systems. The company prevented the team from doing that work and limited its resources, forcing several team members to resign, including co-leader John Leakey. Read more