Matthias Bastian
Matthias is the co-founder and publisher of THE DECODER, exploring how AI is fundamentally changing the relationship between humans and computers.
Read full article about: Microsoft invests more than three billion US dollars in generative AI in Sweden
Microsoft is investing $3.2 billion over two years in cloud and AI infrastructure in Sweden. The company will deploy up to 20,000 Nvidia graphics processors, likely AMD processors, and possibly its own chips in its data centers to meet the growing demand for generative AI, Reuters reports. Microsoft also plans to train 250,000 Swedes in AI skills and invest in local renewable energy. President Brad Smith announced additional investments for this fall. The investment joins multi-billion dollar investments in Germany, Spain, Japan, Southeast Asia and the U.S., totaling more than $15 billion.
Read full article about: Drake's latest hit samples AI-generated music, setting a precedent for AI in commercial music
We have the first precedent for the use of AI-generated audio in a commercial song. The song "U My Everything" by Sexy Red and Drake uses part of "BBL Drizzy" (listen below), a song generated by King Willonius using the AI tool Udio. Lawyer Donald Woodard tells Billboard that the original recording of the AI song "BBL Drizzy" is in the public domain, but that Willonius owns the copyright to the lyrics. He will receive an unknown share of the royalties. Lawyer Uwonda Carter says the ability to use AI music for free in the future could make music cheaper, but hurt "loop producers" who get a cut of the publishing money.
Just because AI music can likely be used free of charge and without copyright issues doesn't mean that AI music modelers won't face copyright lawsuits if they train their models on unlicensed material.
