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5 things about AI you may have missed today: More leaders to skip UK AI Summit, Music publishers sue AI firm, more
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: More leaders to skip UK AI Summit, Music publishers sue AI firm, more

[ad_1] In what turned out to be another interesting day in the artificial intelligence universe, this emerging technology touched diverse areas from policy making to medtech. The UK's AI Summit might be in trouble. After German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Joe Biden too may skip UK PM Rishi Sunak's AI meet. In other news, three music publishers have filed a lawsuit against Anthropic AI for using their copyrighted lyrics to train its Claude chatbot. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a closer look.UK's AI Summit in troubleGerman Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, along with US President Joe Biden, are planning to skip the Bletchley Park gathering on November 1-2, Bloomberg reported as per an...
Toyota eyes lunar rover powered by regenerative fuel cell tech
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Toyota eyes lunar rover powered by regenerative fuel cell tech

[ad_1]  Toyota Motor plans to use regenerative fuel cell technology to power a manned lunar rover, executives said on Friday, raising the prospect of eventually using the moon's water ice as an energy source in the future. Japan has stepped up its space ambitions under Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. It is participating in NASA's Artemis programme and plans to have an astronaut at a lunar space station called Gateway as part of that in the latter half of the 2020's.Toyota has teamed up with Japan's space agency since 2019 to develop the manned lunar rover - which it dubbed the Lunar Cruiser - that they hope can be put on the moon in 2029."In order to conduct long-term and stable research on the surface of the moon, we are aiming to source various items on site over a long period," said Ke...
Japan privacy watchdog warns ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on user data
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Japan privacy watchdog warns ChatGPT-maker OpenAI on user data

[ad_1] Japan's privacy watchdog said on Friday it has warned OpenAI, the Microsoft-backed startup behind the ChatGPT chatbot, not to collect sensitive data without people's permission.OpenAI should minimise the sensitive data it collects for machine learning, the Personal Information Protection Commission said in a statement, adding it may take further action if it has more concerns. Regulators around the world are scrambling to draw up rules governing the use of generative artificial intelligence (AI), which can create text and images, the impact of which proponents compare to the arrival of the internet. While Japan has been on the backfoot with some recent technology trends, it is seen as having greater incentive to keep pace with advances in AI and robotics to maintain productivity ...
OpenAI CEO Plans Japan Expansion After Prime Minister Meeting
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OpenAI CEO Plans Japan Expansion After Prime Minister Meeting

[ad_1] Sam Altman, co-founder and chief executive officer of OpenAI, said the organization is looking at opening a Japan office and expanding Japanese language services after meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.“We hope to spend much more time and engage with the wonderful talent and build something great for the Japanese people,” Altman told reporters in Tokyo Monday. “It really is amazing to see the adoption of this technology in Japan.” OpenAI has set off a frenzy of interest in artificial intelligence technologies since unveiling its ChatGPT service in November. Microsoft Corp. agreed to pour $10 billion into the company and has integrated the technology into its Bing search engine. Google, the world's leading search service, has responded with AI integrations of its own. Altm...
Rajnath Singh, S Jaishankar Call On Japanese PM In Tokyo After 2+2 Talks
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Rajnath Singh, S Jaishankar Call On Japanese PM In Tokyo After 2+2 Talks

[ad_1] S Jaishankar tweeted that he called on the Japanese PM at the conclusion of 2+2 meeting.Tokyo: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar called on Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday at the conclusion of the 2+2 meeting between the two countries.Mr Jaishnakar said that he expressed confidence that the vision articulated by PM Kishida and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will be realised soon."Pleased to call on PM Fumio Kishida at the conclusion of our 2+2 meeting. Underlined the importance of closer coordination of policies and interests of India and Japan at this time," Mr Jaishankar tweeted."Expressed confidence that the vision which he and PM @narendramodi have articulated will be realised early," he added.On Thursday, the Defence...