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: Midjourney starts training video models in January, v6 updates coming soon
Midjourney will start training video models in January. This was announced by Midjourney CEO David Holz in an "Office Hour" Discord session. Holz already mentioned in the past that Midjourney is also working on 3D and video generation. It will be interesting to see if Midjourney can gain a qualitative edge in video generation because it builds on a mature image model. Meta has achieved something similar with Emu Video, which is based on the Emu image model and performs better in user preference tests than other current video models. Further updates to Midjourney v6 with improved text rendering and prompt following will be released starting next week. Features from v5, such as inpainting, will also be gradually added to v6.
Read full article about: News/Media Alliance backs New York Times in AI copyright lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft
The News/Media Alliance has voiced support for the New York Times in its lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, alleging that they unlawfully used millions of the Times's copyrighted works in their products. Alliance President and CEO, Danielle Coffey, emphasized the importance of fair use and compensation for quality journalism used by AI developers. A white paper released by the Alliance in October echoed these concerns, highlighting the heavy reliance on journalistic content to train AI models. The Alliance represents over 2,200 news, magazine, and digital media organizations.
"We are at a point where the question is not whether quality journalism should be compensated, rather a question of how much."
Danielle Coffey, Alliance President and CEO
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Source: News/Media Alliance
Read full article about: xAI follows OpenAI and Anthropic with benefit corporation structure
Elon Musk's AI startup, xAI, has incorporated as a for-profit benefit corporation in Nevada, to "create a material positive impact on society and the environment, taken as a whole." The move mirrors the structure of AI companies OpenAI and Anthropic. As a benefit corporation, xAI is committed to operating in the best interests of all stakeholders, including employees and others it deals with. Nevada law requires xAI to have an outsider assess its compliance with its commitment to a positive impact on society and the environment annually and to publish a report outlining its public impact. In November, xAI began rolling out its chatbot, Grok, to users on Musk's social media platform, X. The company also recently disclosed plans to raise at least $1 billion.
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Source: The Information