Join leaders in Boston on March 27 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. Abacus AI, the startup building an AI-driven end-to-end machine learning(ML) and LLMOps platform, has dropped an uncensored open-source large language model (LLM) that has been tuned to follow system prompts – in all scenarios. Officially […]
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Apple’s $1.9B EU fine for app store barriers could foreshadow gaming changes
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. The European Commission fined Apple $1.9 billion (1.8 billion euros) today for putting barriers in place for music apps in its app store. The fine validated antitrust concerns raised by Spotify about […]
Read MoreJudge dismisses most of Sarah Silverman’s copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI
It’s been a pretty good week over at OpenAI, so far. Despite a small protest outside its headquarters last night, the company shipped an update to ChatGPT to give it persistent memory, and yesterday, it saw most of the class-action copyright infringement lawsuit filed against it by comedian Sarah Silverman over allegedly copying her 2010 […]
Read MoreJury awards Skillz $42.9M in patent infringement trial
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. A jury has awarded Skillz a $42.9 million judgment in its patent infringement lawsuit against rival AviaGames. The jury found that Skillz provided a preponderance of evidence that AviaGames willfully infringed one […]
Read MoreAnthropic hits back at music publishers in AI copyright lawsuit, accusing them of ‘volitional conduct’
Anthropic, a major generative AI startup, laid out its case why accusations of copyright infringement from a group of music publishers and content owners are invalid in a new court filing on Wednesday. In fall 2023, music publishers including Concord, Universal, and ABKCO filed a lawsuit against Anthropic accusing it of copyright infringement over its […]
Read MoreWhy NYT vs. OpenAI will be the copyright fight to watch in 2024 | The AI Beat
Join leaders in San Francisco on January 10 for an exclusive night of networking, insights, and conversation. Request an invite here. No matter which side you think will win the battle, there is no doubt that the New York Times’ new lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement, filed last Wednesday, will be one […]
Read MoreJury hands Epic win in antitrust case against Google
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Epic Games won big in court today as the jury in its antitrust case ruled that Google has been operating an illegal monopoly with its Google Play app store and billing service. […]
Read MoreEx-Xsolla exec files whistleblower lawsuit against payment firm over alleged financial crimes
Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the brightest minds of the gaming industry? Consider getting a custom GamesBeat sponsorship. Learn more. Xsolla, the global payment handler for game transactions, has been sued by a former accounting vice president who alleges the company mishandled $40 million. Emil Aliyev, former vice president of […]
Read MoreGM driverless car subsidiary Cruise suspended by California DMV
VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed – An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Network and learn with industry peers. Learn More Driverless cars from General Motors (GM) subsidiary Cruise, built atop the 2021 acquisition of startup Voyage, are a common sight in San Francisco these days, as that is where the company is testing and […]
Read MoreA 14-year trademark battle over the name ‘Edge’ in gaming nears its close
Fourteen years ago, Tim Langdell and his Edge Games became a pariah of the game industry. His firm was branded a “trademark troll” in a naming dispute with Mobigame and its president David Papazian over the names Edge and Edge Games in the game business. Langdell’s Edge Games started making games in the 1980s, but […]
Read MoreUh-oh! Fine-tuning LLMs compromises their safety, study finds
VentureBeat presents: AI Unleashed – An exclusive executive event for enterprise data leaders. Network and learn with industry peers. Learn More As the rapid evolution of large language models (LLM) continues, businesses are increasingly interested in “fine-tuning” these models for bespoke applications — including to reduce bias and unwanted responses, such as those sharing harmful […]
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