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Apple to reveal 'Apple Intelligence'

Apple to reveal 'Apple Intelligence'

Adobe users are outraged over vague new policy

Saeed Ezzati
June 09, 2024

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Watch Apple kick off WWDC 2024 right here

Apple will kick off its weeklong Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2024) event with the customary keynote at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT on June 10. The presentation will focus on the company’s software offerings and the developers that power them, including the latest versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS. You can watch the stream on Apple’s events page or YouTube, though the latter might experience some lag.

In recent years, critics have pointed out that Apple has lagged behind Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI in generative AI research. CEO Tim Cook has been promising to address this concern, and there’s no better platform than WWDC at Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino. Rumors suggest a potential deal with OpenAI to enhance Apple's AI capabilities, branded as Apple Intelligence. However, it’s noted that not all recent Apple devices will support this new system, with many speculations about AI enhancements in iOS 18 and a possible revitalization of Siri.

Hardware announcements have not always been a staple of WWDC, though recent years have seen some significant reveals like Apple Silicon updates and last year’s Vision Pro debut. This year, however, rumors indicate it might be a quieter year for hardware amidst pressures from the mixed reality reception and the discontinuation of the electric car project. The focus will be on software, with iOS 18 taking the spotlight and macOS 15 bringing design changes, including updates to the Calculator app. Many of iOS 18’s AI features are expected to be integrated into macOS 15 as well.

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Buzzy AI Search Engine Perplexity Is Directly Ripping Off Content From News Outlets

AI-powered search startup Perplexity is facing accusations of plagiarizing content from news outlets like Forbes, CNBC, and Bloomberg through its Perplexity Pages feature. This feature allows users to curate content on specific topics, but many posts curated by Perplexity's team closely mirror original articles without proper attribution. While Perplexity includes small, often overlooked logos linking to the original sources, the posts themselves do not mention the publications by name. Forbes, for instance, found that its exclusive reporting on Eric Schmidt’s drone project was reproduced with minimal changes, including the use of a slightly modified Forbes illustration.

In response to the backlash, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas acknowledged on social media that the Pages feature has "rough edges" and promised improvements. He emphasized that Perplexity aims to clearly cite sources, a practice he claims is better handled by Perplexity than by most other chatbots. However, critics argue that the current attribution method is insufficient and fails to respect the intellectual property rights of journalists and their publications. This controversy comes as Perplexity seeks to raise $250 million in venture capital, with notable investors like Jeff Bezos and Jeff Dean backing the company.

Perplexity's new Pages feature, launched in May 2024, was intended to help its 15 million users create visually appealing articles and detailed reports. However, many of these pages appear to have been created by Perplexity’s team rather than its users, raising ethical concerns about content reproduction and proper attribution. Despite Srinivas's assertion that the platform provides links to sources after every AI-generated sentence, the ease with which Perplexity’s users can share these aggregated articles on social media has drawn criticism for undermining the original reporting and visibility of the news outlets involved.

Adobe users are outraged over vague new policy's AI implications

Adobe users are expressing outrage and confusion over changes to the company's Terms of Service, which imply that user content, even unpublished and in-progress projects, might be used to train AI models. The updated terms, which have been in effect since February 17, 2024, mention that Adobe's automated systems may analyze user content and fonts using machine-learning techniques to improve services and software. This vague language has led to concerns about privacy and the potential misuse of users' creative work as training data for Adobe's AI tools without credit or compensation. Artists, including those handling confidential information, are particularly alarmed, as expressed by users like @SamSantala on social media.

In response to the backlash, Adobe has clarified that it does not train its Firefly AI models on unpublished user content and only uses publicly available content stored in the Creative Cloud. Content made public by users, such as contributions to Adobe Stock or Adobe Express, may be used to train algorithms and enhance products and services. Despite these assurances, the controversy highlights the murky issue of gathering training data for AI models and the challenges in preventing unauthorized works from being included, thereby undermining Adobe's claims of ethical AI features and eroding customer trust.

While Adobe's new policy does not conclusively indicate privacy invasions, the broad terms and references to machine learning for tool improvement have raised valid concerns among users. The updated terms suggest that Adobe might access user content to address issues like fraud, security, and legal violations, but the lack of explicit mention of Firefly or AI training data adds to the unease. At a time when privacy concerns are heightened, Adobe's ambiguous language has triggered a backlash among its user base, prompting the company to issue clarifications and updates.