Thailand’s KBank Starts $100m Fund Targeting AI and Web3 Thailand-based Kasikornbank (KBank), one of the major banks in South East Asia, has launched a fund worth $100m targeting AI and Web3 globally.

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and other tech leaders in closed Senate session about AI Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., hosted the panel of tech, labor and civil rights leaders as part of the Senate’s inaugural “AI Insight Forum.”

Tech leaders want ‘balanced’ AI regulation in private Senate meeting Photo by Chip Somodevilla / Getty ImagesTech leaders called for regulation that balances innovation and safety as the Senate conducted one of the many “insight forums” to inform potential rulemaking. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) invited leaders in the AI space, including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Microsoft …

Amazon Launches Generative AI Tool To Generate Listing Content via @sejournal, @kristileilani Amazon’s latest generative AI tool for sellers aims to simplify the product listing process by generating listing content off of brief descriptions. The post Amazon Launches Generative AI Tool To Generate Listing Content appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Elon Musk calls for federal department of AI after Capitol Hill summit Tesla CEO Elon Musk called for a federal Department of AI in a conversation with reporters following a Capitol Hill hearing.

Amazon rolls out generative AI tool to help sellers write product listings The company has been experimenting with AI applications for its e-commerce business, including using the technology to summarize product reviews.

Stability AI releases AI audio platform Photo by Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto via Getty ImagesStability AI, a company mostly known for AI-generated visuals, launched a text-to-audio generative AI platform called Stable Audio. Stable Audio uses a diffusion model, the same AI model that powers the company’s more popular image platform, Stable Diffusion, but trained with audio rather than i…

Apple’s iPhone 15 launch focused heavily on AI — even though the tech giant didn’t mention it For the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, Apple unveiled the S9 chip. The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max meanwhile are powered by the A17 Pro chip.

What’s with all these low quality posts these days? AI bot-farming or what? Title is usually something inane, followed some human-esque discussion prompt. New band, what are your favourite track orders of X album, etc And the username is always, always a totally not bot-generated variation of Word-WordNumber. The hell is going on? submitted by /u/thedellis

How AI Could Make a Full Episode of Law & Order — and Destroy TV submitted by /u/World-Tight

More companies commit to the White House AI safety accord Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeCompanies like Adobe, IBM, and Nvidia promised the White House they would develop safe, secure, and trustworthy AI, the second such agreement the Biden administration negotiated with AI developers. Other companies that committed to the White House include Cohere, Palantir, Salesforce, Scale AI, and Stabilit…

Alibaba CEO warns of being ‘displaced’ if the Chinese tech giant doesn’t keep up in AI The new CEO Eddie Wu is laying out his strategic priorities for Alibaba.

Advocates urge Chuck Schumer to tackle AI’s climate impact Image: Hugo Herrera / The VergeA coalition of environmental, tech, and anti-hate speech groups sent a letter to Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today demanding that the Democratic leader craft policy to address the growing impact AI could have on climate change. Companies should be required to disclose the environmental impact of developing energy…

Google Launches Digital Futures Project To Study Impact Of AI via @sejournal, @kristileilani Explore Google’s new initiative, the Digital Futures Project, which aims to tackle AI’s societal challenges to ensure responsible AI development. The post Google Launches Digital Futures Project To Study Impact Of AI appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Oracle comes up short on revenue but touts AI cloud contracts Larry Ellison pointed to a doubling in the amount of money that artificial-intelligence development companies have agreed to spend on Oracle cloud services

YouTube Announces AI-Powered Creative Guidance In Google Ads via @sejournal, @kristileilani Discover how Google’s new Ai-powered creative guidance for Google Ads could revolutionize YouTube ad campaigns, increase conversions, and decrease ad costs. The post YouTube Announces AI-Powered Creative Guidance In Google Ads appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Discusses Ethics & Global Scale Of Changes AI Brings via @sejournal, @martinibuster Sam Altman on ethics that will define AI, importance of access to GPT-4 even if it’s used in ways he disagrees with The post OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Discusses Ethics & Global Scale Of Changes AI Brings appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Benchmark’s Bill Gurley says Meta’s Llama AI model has the ‘most momentum’ Gurley said the open-source nature of Meta’s product is threatening to other leaders in the AI space.

AI Is Killing Crypto Venture Capital Interest Scandals like FTX drove away VCs, leading to a collapse in venture funding. Now, artificial intelligence is soaking up the capital still available in an uncertain macro environment, says Chris Coll-Beswick, at Transcend Labs, a startup accelerator.

AI voices are taking over the internet Illustration by Samar Haddad / The VergeYou may not think of it this way, but you probably hear AI voices all the time. When you’re talking to Alexa or Siri, that’s a model trained on human speech to be able to say almost anything. Did you ever have a celebrity give you directions on Waze? AI. And every time you watch TikTok and you hear that sl…