The company is reportedly working to address issues raised.
Hard to say who was more dramatic, tech CEOs or the US Senators they were called to account by in a televised hearing. The sparring took place in front of an audience of parents who said their children were harmed or even killed as a result of platform engagement with social media. The proposed law at the center is the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which may have surprised some by garnering endorsements for passage from the likes of Microsoft, X and Snapchat. But then the question that even many... Read More >
Business processes using generative AI grew by 400% in 2023, according to work automation platform Workato. While operations roles are automating more processes than any other group, the leading adopters specifically of generative AI are RevOps and IT. The citizen developer trend continues to grow with 44% of automated processes developed outside IT (although IT plays coach for many of those).
Disney has agreed to license more than 200 characters, costumes, and environments (but not voices or talent likenesses) to OpenAI for Sora, its gen AI video platform. This is highly unusual for Disney, which generally sues AI models for copyright infringement; in fact, it sued Google for that a day before announcing the OpenAI deal. Disney will also invest $1 billion in OpenAI, nicely illustrating how very eager they are to join the AI party.