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(Futurism) - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is warning of another way that embracing AI could doom a business.

In an interview Sunday, Nadella cautioned against sharing too much information, ranging from proprietary data to the prompts entered, with a third-party AI model. Instead, he recommended that businesses should make sure they retain all the data on how employees use AI tools so they can eventually train or fine-tune their own open-weight model.

This can be accomplished by using AI gateways, which serve as a protective intermediary. “Any firm that doesn’t have this control, I will claim will not remain a firm because you’ve essentially outsourced your thinking,” Nadella said on an episode of CNN‘s Fareed Zakaria GPS, as spotted by TechCrunch.

That’s a striking claim — and an ironic one, since outsourcing your thinking is arguably exactly the point of using AI, of which Microsoft is a leading vendor. Nadella, in a nutshell, is saying that heavily relying on proprietary AI software could also be a company’s undoing. Read more

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Washington alleges coordinated intellectual property theft targeting advanced US AI systems, escalating the role of AI from a trade tension point to a full-scale national security confrontation.

Sources: The AI Report

AI-driven market volatility has reportedly wiped half a trillion dollars off the valuation of two major tech giants, Tesla and Alphabet, signaling broader market jitters related to the AI sector.

Sources: The AI Report

Nvidia, alongside 24 other prominent tech companies including Microsoft, Meta, IBM, Dell, and Mistral, has published a three-page policy letter titled "Open Weights and American AI Leadership." The letter urges Washington policymakers to avoid premature restrictions on downloadable AI models and not to treat distillation (training one model on another's outputs) as misappropriation. Notable non-signatories include OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.

Sources: The Daily Bite by Snack Prompt, Mindstream (Mon Jul 27), The Neuron (Mon Jul 27), The Neuron (Sun Jul 26)

Artificial intelligence is now being deployed to offer free, self-guided museum tours, likely via smartphone applications, enhancing accessibility and engagement with cultural institutions by providing knowledge beyond traditional wall plaques.

Sources: Mindstream

Reports suggest that OpenAI reportedly delayed disclosing its involvement in a hack targeting Hugging Face. This development raises questions about transparency and security protocols among leading AI entities, particularly concerning data breaches and the promptness of public disclosure.

Sources: The Neuron (Mon Jul 27)

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