Elon Musk has moved to dismiss his lawsuit accusing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman of abandoning the startup's original mission of developing artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity. Musk launched the suit against Altman in February, and the case had been slowly working its way through the California court system. There was no indication until Tuesday that Musk planned to drop the suit; only a month ago, his lawyers filed a challenge that forced the judge hearing the case to remove himself. Musk's request for a dismissal contained no reason behind the decision. A San Francisco superior court judge was scheduled on Wednesday to hear Altman and OpenAI's argument for throwing the case out.

Elon Musk dropped a lawsuit against OpenAI one day before a judge in California state court was set to hear OpenAI's request for dismissal. Musk's suit, which was filed in February, had accused OpenAI co-founders Sam Altman and Greg Brockman of violating the company's non-profit status and instead prioritizing profits over using AI to help humanity. In the 35-page suit, Musk had alleged that OpenAI had become a "closed-source de facto subsidiary" of Microsoft, which invested 13 billion in the company and owns a 49 percent stake. Microsoft uses OpenAI's technology to power Copilot, the company's generative AI tools that are deeply integrated in products like Windows and Office. OpenAI had reportedly requested for the lawsuit to be dismissed, arguing that Musk would use any information that emerged as a result to get access to the company's "proprietary records and technology."

Yesterday, following Apple's announcement of a partnership with OpenAI to integrate support for ChatGPT into the company's devices, Elon Musk did what he always does: he tweeted. The owner of X wrote, on X, that he would ban Apple devices at his companies "If Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level.". And to that I say: Go right ahead. And while you're at it, remove your company's software from Apple's App Store too. Musk's companies (at least the major ones) currently include Tesla, SpaceX, X, X AI and Neuralink.

Some commentators are convinced these training data claims are sure winnersb; others are equally sure the use of works to train foundation models is fair use, especially if the datasets consist of digital copies of works found on the open Internet.c It may be years before courts decide these and other claims in these lawsuits. Virtually all complaints ask for awards of actual damages and disgorgement of profits attributable to infringement, prejudgment interest, attorney fees, and costs. Most ask for injunctive relief and any other remedy the court may deem just. In these respects, the complaints are quite ordinary. But three types of remedy claims merit special attention: claims for awards of statutory damages; court orders to destroy models trained on infringing works; and most bizarrely, court orders to establish a regulatory regime to oversee generative AI system operations.

Elon Musk announced Monday that he'll ban Apple devices from his companies' premises if the iPhone creator goes forward with its planned OpenAI integration. Apple held its annual Worldwide Developer's Conference Monday, and the biggest takeaway was OpenAI's ChatGPT will be paired with Apple's assistant Siri. In one example shown, Siri recommended that the iPhone user consult ChatGPT for further dinner recipe ideas, flagging all the way that these new answers were coming from OpenAI's chatbot and advising users to'check important info for mistakes'. Musk responded to the partnership on X, saying employees and visitors to his companies would'have to check their Apple devices at the door' where they will be stored in a'Faraday cage' - a cage that blocks electromagnetic fields.

Yesterday's Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote teased a lot of what users can expect this fall when big iOS, iPadOS, macOS and watchOS updates hit their devices. Changes coming include RCS support in Messages, a new Passwords app, a revamped Calculator app for iPhone and iPad and a bunch of artificial intelligence (AI) infusions across the board with the new "Apple Intelligence" system. The latter will bring some of the biggest updates to Apple devices in years, including generative AI image creation, "Genmoji" custom emojis, text summarization and even some ChatGPT integration as well. If you weren't able to catch the news live, here's a rundown of everything announced at WWDC 2024. Apple revealed its plans to incorporate AI into its operating systems at WWDC this year.

Adobe, the maker of Photoshop, Premiere, and other industry-standard tools in the Creative Suite package, has its foot in its mouth. Last week an update to the Creative Cloud terms of service set off alarms across the web as users interpreted the new wording to mean that the company was using their cloud storage files to train its generative AI systems. Not true, says Adobe in a non-apology post. According to the message from Creative Cloud design leader Scott Belsky and legal, security, and policy lead Dana Rao, it's all been a big misunderstanding. The language that customers had noticed, which said that the company's automated systems can "access, view, or listen to your Content," sure seems like the kind of thing that enables generative AI systems to be trained.

Elon Musk took aim at Apple after it announced a partnership to use OpenAI's technology on its devices. Musk took to his social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to voice concerns about Apple potentially integrating OpenAI at the operating system level, after the tie-up was announced Monday, calling the deal a security risk. "If Apple integrates OpenAI at the OS level, then Apple devices will be banned at my companies," Musk wrote. "Visitors will have to check their Apple devices at the door, where they will be stored in a Faraday cage." Apple CEO Tim Cook announced the company's new AI offering, which the company dubs "Apple Intelligence," during the tech giant's developers conference on June 10.

Following customer outrage over its latest terms of service (ToS), Adobe is making updates to add more detail around areas like of AI and content ownership, the company said in a blog post. "Your content is yours and will never be used to train any generative AI tool," wrote head of product Scott Belsky and VP of legal and policy Dana Rao. Subscribers using products like Photoshop, Premiere Pro and Lightroom were incensed by new, vague language they interpreted to mean that Adobe could freely use their work to train the company's generative AI models. In other words, creators thought that Adobe could use AI to effectively rip off their work and then resell it. None of that was accurate, Adobe said, noting that the new terms of use were put in place for its product improvement program and content moderation for legal reasons, mostly around CSAM. However, many users didn't see it that way and Belsky admitted that the company "could have been clearer" with the updated ToS.

Apple's annual developer shindig kicked off with its traditional keynote outlining all the new tricks its products will soon do. There are big changes for iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia and watchOS 11, not to mention visionOS 2. Some highlights include a standalone Passwords app, better health metrics on the Watch and Apple Intelligence, its own spin on AI. There's more to learn about, so keep reading to learn all the biggest stories from the show. Apple may integrate Google's Gemini AI into iOS in the future You can get these reports delivered daily direct to your inbox. Apple has finally bowed to pressure, bringing AI to its devices in the form of Apple Intelligence, powered by OpenAI.