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Today’s top-3 AI updates

• Major vulnerability detected in Rabbit R1

• YouTube is negotiating licensing deals with major record labels to train its AI models

• Reddit’s upcoming changes will safeguard it against AI crawlers

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Major vulnerability detected in Rabbit R1

Developers from the community group Rabbitude discovered a major vulnerability in Rabbit's R1 AI assistant, exposing user data and chat responses. They found hardcoded API keys in Rabbit’s codebase, allowing access to all R1 responses and control over the devices. Despite being informed in mid-May, Rabbit did not act on the issue. Rabbit acknowledged the breach but claimed no customer data was leaked.

YouTube is negotiating licensing deals with major record labels to train its AI models

YouTube is negotiating with major record labels like Universal, Sony, and Warner to license music for training its AI music tools. The platform aims to pay lump sums for licensing rather than royalties. This follows concerns from artists and labels about AI's impact on music rights. Recent lawsuits by the RIAA against AI companies Suno and Udio underscore the tensions around AI-generated music.

Amazon is developing a ChatGPT rival

Amazon is developing Metis, an AI chatbot to rival ChatGPT, set to launch in September. Metis will offer text and image responses, source linking, follow-up question suggestions, and real-time data access via Retrieval Augmented Generation. It will also automate tasks, integrating with the “Remarkable Alexa” project. Powered by Amazon’s Olympus model with hundreds of billions of parameters, Metis aims to surpass current competitors.

Fund Raises

• AI drug discovery startup Formation Bio raises $372M

• AI-driven dynamic pricing startup Fetcherr raises $90M

• Synthflow raises $7.5M in seed round to further develop its AI voice assistance platform for SMEs

Quick Hits

• Video editing app Captions releases new AI-powered auto-edit feature

• NBC to launch AI-generating version of legendary sportscaster Al Michaels

• Baggu gets criticised for AI generated designs

Trending AI Tools

• Pygma - Personal AI social media manager

• AppFlowy - Open-sourced alternative to Notion, manage wiki & projects with AI

• Created By Human - AI rights licensing platform for creators

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