Tesla will launch its Robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, but faces intense competition with Waymo and Zoox. Meanwhile, Deeser flags AI-generated music to protect artist loyalty, and Openai's new hardware venture will encounter legal challenges. The race for AI innovation is intensifying.
Austin will become a hub for Robotaxis
Tesla recently began offering its Robotaxi services in a US city in Austin, Texas. “Congratulations to @tesla_ai Software & Chip Design Team for the successful launch of @robotaxi!!” Musk posted on X. The kickoff will employ the Model Y Sports Utility vehicle, rather than the much-anticipated Cybercab of Tesla, which is still under development. Tesla initially deploys only 10-20 vehicles, aiming to demonstrate that the vehicle can safely navigate real-world traffic. That's not the only Robotaxi that's currently exploring the city of Austin. Waymo, Alphabet's driver car unit, is expanding within the city through its partnership with Uber, but Amazon's Zoox is also testing it there, Bloomberg reported.
The French Streaming Service Deezer warns users when they come across music identified as being fully generated by artificial intelligence, AFP reports. Deezer said in January that in an April statement it received 10,000 AI track uploads per day, with over 20,000 or about 18% of all music being added to the platform. The company said it “want to make sure that loyalty is not going to the artist” with tracks generated from short text prompts entered into music generators like Suno and Udio. The AI track has not been removed from Deezer's library, but instead has been demoed to avoid unfairly reducing the royalties of human musicians. Albums containing suspected tracks created this way are flagged with a notification that says “AI-generated content.”
Openai's AI hardware has been caught
The emerging partnership between Openai CEO Sam Altman and legendary iPhone designer Jony Ive fell into a legal hurdle after a US judge ruled that marketing a new venture had to temporarily suspend marketing in order to develop a new artificial intelligence hardware product. Openai announced last month that it would purchase IO products, a product and engineering company co-founded by IO, but it quickly faced trademark complaints from startups under a similarly sounding name that also develops AI hardware that it pitched to Altman's private investment company and IVE design company in 2022.
