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Recently, the AI company Anthropic invested millions of dollars to purchase and "dismantle" a large number of books for training its AI assistant Claude. This move has drawn widespread public attention and sparked heated discussions in the legal community. According to a report by the foreign media Ars Technica, Anthropic adopted a controversial method to obtain training data. They dismantled a large number of physical books, scanned them into digital files, and then destroyed the original copies. This practice was revealed in court documents.

Recently, Microsoft was accused by several renowned authors, who claim that the company used a large number of pirated books without permission to train its artificial intelligence model Megatron. The suing authors include Kai Bird, Jia Tolentino, and Daniel Okrent, who filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, arguing that Microsoft used pirated electronic versions of their works for AI training, allowing the AI to generate responses based on users' text instructions. The core issue of this lawsuit is whether the use of copyrighted materials during AI training constitutes copyright infringement.

According to media reports, the artificial intelligence startup MINIMAX is reportedly planning to go public in Hong Kong.

Sarah Frueh, CFO of OpenAI, recently revealed at the Dublin Tech Summit that the company's ongoing organizational restructuring is paving the way for a possible initial public offering (IPO). Although OpenAI is actively preparing, whether it can successfully go public depends on both the company's own preparation and the overall atmosphere of the capital market. Image source note: Images generated by AI, images authorized service provider Midjourney. Frueh mentioned Microsoft's investment in OpenAI.

The UK government recently announced the launch of an artificial intelligence tool named 'Consult'. This tool will be used to quickly analyze feedback from the public on government consultations. It is the first time this tool has been used in government consultations, aimed at saving costs and time for personnel. Initially, the Consult tool was applied by the Scottish government to collect public opinions on the regulation of non-surgical cosmetic procedures (such as lip fillers). Image source note: The image was generated by AI, with the image authorization service provider being Midjourney. According to the government's statement, Consult can...

Baidu has recently unveiled another breakthrough in AI with the launch of 'Xinxiang', a multi-agent collaboration application, and is accelerating the public adoption of 'Miaoda', injecting new vitality into AI application development. Since its debut at Baidu World Conference in November last year, 'Miaoda' has garnered significant attention for its no-code programming, multi-agent collaboration, and multi-tool invocation capabilities. In March this year, 'Miaoda' was officially opened to the public, enabling anyone to quickly generate applications through simple voice commands or text input. Baidu founder Robin Li stated: 'Globally, less than...'

ABB Group announced plans to spin off its robotics business as a 100% independent entity, intending to submit the proposal to the 2026 Annual General Meeting. The plan aims to launch ABB Robotics as an independently traded public company in the second quarter of 2026. This move is designed to provide ABB Robotics with a more focused capital structure and governance, enhancing its growth potential. ABB Chairman, Peter Voser, stated that the board believes that spinning off the robotics business will better optimize both companies for their customers.

Meta recently announced it will resume training its AI models using publicly available content from European users. This decision follows a pause last year due to data privacy concerns. Meta stated that this AI training will primarily rely on publicly shared posts and comments from adult users across the 27 EU countries. Furthermore, interactions between users and Meta AI, such as questions and queries, will also be used to train and improve its AI models. Image attribution: Image generated by AI, image licensing provided by Midj

Zhipu AI's technology team has announced the open-sourcing of its 32B and 9B GLM (General Language Model) model series, and the official launch of its new interactive platform, Z.ai. This model series includes base models, inference models, and contemplative models, all under a permissive MIT license. This grants developers extensive freedom for use and development, allowing free use for commercial purposes and free distribution.

Meta released its new flagship AI model, Maverick, on Saturday. The model ranked second in the LM Arena benchmark. LM Arena is a testing platform that relies on human raters to compare different model outputs and select their preferences. However, several AI researchers quickly discovered that the version of Maverick deployed to LM Arena appears significantly different from the version widely used by developers. Meta acknowledged in its announcement that the Maverick on LM Arena is an experimental version.