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title: "AI round-up: week of August 7th"
description: See what’s what around the world of AI from the week of August 7th.
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# [AI round-up: week of August 7th](https://www.akhia.com/insights/benthinking/ai-round-up-week-of-august-7th)

 Written by [Ben Brugler](https://www.akhia.com/insights/benthinking/author/ben-brugler) | Aug 9, 2023 8:55:53 PM

Is it just me or does it feel like the world of AI sped up this last week?

## Here is this week's AI Roundup

“This is the worst version of AI we’ll ever use.”

*-Paul Roetzer, Marketing AI Institute*

## News:

**August 9, 2023 from Techspot**: [Websites can now block OpenAI’s web-crawling bot](https://www.techspot.com/news/99722-websites-can-finally-block-openai-web-crawling-bot.html)

**August 9, 2023 from Consequence**: [Google in talks with Universal and Warner to develop an AI-generated music tool](https://consequence.net/2023/08/google-universal-warner-ai-deepfakes/)

→Gonna be honest…not sure I understand all of this one.

**August 8, 2023 from Reuters**: [Disney creates a task force to explore AI](https://www.reuters.com/technology/disney-creates-task-force-explore-ai-cut-costs-sources-2023-08-08/)

→Stuff just got real.

**August 7, 2023 from CNBC**: [Zoom can now train its AI using some customer data](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/07/zoom-ai-tools-trained-using-some-customer-data.html?mc_cid=f16cd36f80&mc_eid=3842841185)

→Make sure you read your terms of agreement!

## Perspectives:

**August 9, 2023 from CNN**: [Pope warns about dangers of AI](https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/09/tech/pope-francis-ai/index.html)

**August 7, 2023 from akhia**: [MAICON AI conference recap](https://essentials.akhia.com/2023/08/maicon-ai-conference-recap/)

## Resources:

*If you missed it, I posted this on LinkedIn. You will want to bookmark it.*

**From the U.S. Copyright Office**: [Copyright and AI resource center.](https://copyright.gov/ai/)

**August 9, 2023 from Greg McKeow**n: [Using the Power of AI to Build a Routine](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/1-minute-wednesday-161-unleashing-power-ai-build-routine-greg-mckeown/?trackingId=L2Ppd7diQLKoDsKG9MeoUg%3D%3D)

**July 30, 2023 from Shelly Palmer**: [Prompting for Artistic Creation (Shelly Palmer)](https://shellypalmer.com/2023/07/prompting-for-artistic-creation/)

→A resource guide on how to use Midjourney for creative output

**March 2023 from Microsoft**: [Introducing Copilot](https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/03/16/introducing-microsoft-365-copilot-your-copilot-for-work/)

→Yes, it’s an older article. But worth sharing if you haven’t seen it in motion. Check out the 90-second video.

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