IT Trends :: Thursday, April 27, 2006

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Deals, Contracts, Awards

Nokia, MIT Open Joint Research Lab

Mobile phone company Nokia has partnered up with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) to develop technologies for future mass markets. The new program will consist of 20 Nokia researchers and 20 MIT researchers…(InformationWeek)

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Cisco Looks to University Students for Ideas

Cisco Systems and MTV's college network, mtvU have announced a cash contest for students to create new broadband content. Cisco hopes creative college students can come up with some innovative ideas for their company's future. The "Digital Incubator" program selects 10 student groups that will each get $25,000 in cash to fund projects aimed at developing content for broadband users…(CNET News.com)

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    California AI Watermarking Bill Garners OpenAI Support

    ChatGPT creator OpenAI is backing a California bill that would require tech companies to label AI-generated content in the form of a digital "watermark." The proposed legislation, known as the "California Digital Content Provenance Standards" (AB 3211), aims to ensure transparency in digital media by identifying content created through artificial intelligence. This requirement would apply to a broad range of AI-generated material, from harmless memes to deepfakes that could be used to spread misinformation about political candidates.

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    'Early Version' of ChatGPT Windows App Now Available to Paid Users

    OpenAI has announced the release of the ChatGPT Windows desktop app, about five months after the macOS version became available.

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    California Governor Signs AI Content Safeguards into Law

    California Governor Gavin Newsom has officially signed off on a series of landmark artificial intelligence bills, signaling the state’s latest efforts to regulate the burgeoning technology, particularly in response to the misuse of sexually explicit deepfakes. The legislation is aimed at mitigating the risks posed by AI-generated content, as concerns grow over the technology's potential to manipulate images, videos, and voices in ways that could cause significant harm.

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