Microsoft announced a new Bing mobile app that includes its new chatbot and other AI-powered features. The app now lets users start chat sessions to ask questions and receive answers from the AI model. Users can also talk to the bot using their voice.
- The U.S. Copyright Office said AI-created images used in a comic book should not have been given copyright protection. The text and image arrangement in graphic novel "Zarya of the Dawn," created by artist Kris Kashtanova, still remain eligible for copyright registration, the office said.
- Science fiction publication Clarkesworld Magazine stopped accepting submissions of short stories, citing a rise in people turning in work authored by generative AI tools. In a tweet, magazine editor Neil Clarke said the problem stems from people outside the science fiction community, including "side hustlers" that claim to make money easily using ChatGPT.
- Tuesday's Supreme Court hearing about online free speech raised the issue of whether AI-powered search answers are protected under Section 230. During questioning, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch briefly mentioned tech platforms' generative AI tech as a potential example of what's not protected under the internet shield law.
- Nvidia announced an AI cloud service for customers to access its AI supercomputer capabilities through web browsers. Nvidia is launching the "DGX Cloud" service with cloud providers Microsoft, Google, and Oracle. The "AI as a service" is intended to offer more intense computing power for enterprises to develop their own AI models amid the growing enthusiasm around ChatGPT.
- Chinese regulators have ordered tech platforms to restrict ChatGPT access on their apps and services. Beijing directed WeChat owner Tencent and Alibaba-affiliate Ant Group to bar access to ChatGPT through their own services as well as third-party apps.
