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April 29, 2023, 12:20 AM

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Reuters:
EU lawmakers push forward an AI Act draft, which includes requiring companies deploying generative AI tools to disclose copyrighted material used for training  —  Companies deploying generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, will have to disclose any copyrighted material used to develop their systems …
Stephen Graves / Decrypt:
Bluesky sees an influx of new users including @dril and AOC; some have adopted “skeeting” to mean posting on the Jack Dorsey-backed decentralized social network  —  Instead of “tweeting,” the influx of new Bluesky users has coined a new term for sharing their thoughts on the decentralized social media app.
Kelvin Chan / Associated Press:
ChatGPT is available again in Italy after OpenAI met regulator Garante's demands, including a form for EU users to object to having their data used for training  —  ChatGPT's maker said Friday that the artificial intelligence chatbot is available again in Italy after the company met the demands …
TechCrunch:
Docs and sources: OpenAI closed a $300M+ share sale at a $27B-$29B valuation; backers include Tiger Global, Sequoia, a16z, Thrive, K2 Global, and Founders Fund  —  Updated to note that the Microsoft investment closed in January.  The money from VCs reported here, part of a tender offer, is separate to that.
New York Times:
Sources: Elon Musk shut off OpenAI's access to Twitter's data in December 2022, believing that the $2M/year licensing fee that OpenAI was paying wasn't enough  —  The billionaire plans to compete with OpenAI, the ChatGPT developer he helped found, while calling out the potential harms of artificial intelligence.
Reuters:
Didi, in its first annual report since its US delisting, reports 2022 net revenue down 19% YoY to ~$20.37B and a net loss of ~$3.44B, down from ~$7.13B in 2021  —  Chinese ride hailing giant Didi Global on Saturday reported a 19% year-on-year fall in 2022 revenue, as the country's COVID lockdowns and a regulatory crackdown took a toll.
Financial Times:
A profile of Sarah Cardell, the UK CMA's CEO who played a key role in shaping the mergers policy that led to the agency blocking Microsoft's Activision takeover  —  Former corporate lawyer has attracted the ire of the US group by blocking its $75bn acquisition of Activision
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