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Musk Launches xAI to Rival ChatGPT and Google’s Bard

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

4.14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

A.M. Edition for July 13. Elon Musk has launched his long-awaited AI startup in a bid to challenge OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Tech reporter Sam Schechner reflects on the growing AI competition and regulatory challenges, as Google expands its chatbot Bard’s reach in the EU and beyond. Plus, the FTC appeals a ruling allowing for Microsoft to move ahead with its purchase of Activision. And Hollywood actors are set to join writers on strike. Luke Vargas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0

Elon Musk wades into artificial intelligence as Google expands its AI chatbots global reach.

0:41.1

What Google is doing is really adding a bunch of capabilities to Bard, making it available

0:46.6

to hundreds of millions of more people in the EU. And what we're seeing is that they

0:51.6

still are approaching this in a somewhat cautious way.

0:54.4

Plus the FTC appeals the ruling that cleared Microsoft's deal to buy Activision and Beijing

1:00.9

puts a wind at the back of Chinese tech stocks. It's Thursday, July 13th. I'm Luke Vargas

1:06.7

for the Wall Street Journal and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines

1:11.8

and business stories moving your world today.

1:19.3

We begin in Hollywood where labor negotiations between studios and actors have stalled, clearing

1:25.6

the way for performers to join striking writers. The screen actors guild said this morning

1:31.6

that it had voted unanimously to recommend a strike which could start as early as today.

1:38.0

The issues that have led writers and actors to this point include compensation, royalties,

1:43.3

and the use of artificial intelligence during the creative process.

1:47.6

SAG recently said that residual payments aren't keeping up with the revenue that media

1:52.7

companies are generating from scripted content around the globe.

1:56.8

In response, the producers union said this morning that SAG had walked away from an offer

2:01.4

of historic pay and residual increases, as well as protections from the use of AI.

2:08.7

While staying on that topic, Elon Musk has launched a new artificial intelligence company

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