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title: "AI round-up: Week of Sept. 25th"
description: See what’s what around the world of AI from the week of September 25th.
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# [AI round-up: Week of Sept. 25th](https://www.akhia.com/insights/benthinking/ai-round-up-week-of-sept-25th)

 Written by [Ben Brugler](https://www.akhia.com/insights/benthinking/author/ben-brugler) | Sep 28, 2023 6:26:32 PM

“So much has happened in the past week…let’s just get to it.”

–Me

## News:

**September 26 from TechCrunch:** [The writer’s strike is over. How did the AI component shake out?](https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/26/writers-strike-over-ai/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALBTLchEf8fM51k6m1a8QArU3HRToq01fpHNxLHurpCs9O2I0v1g0J-1POi5EsR6wsoiFB53mLa-sJlXha9EfwIB3MaDwgd2zjV45qyYtmpO44UcQQKObYTOgipbcrNx5uou8B6P44OUsN9gvbIn79ncAZKtTGTwmCTNAP_JRTfY)

→Still a little murky but it seems that writers will be compensated for any amount of work on a script as well as any bit of training their work provides to generative AI.

**September 25 from WSJ (subscription required):** [ChatGPT can now actually chat with you. In five different voices.](https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/chatgpt-can-now-chat-aloud-with-you-and-yes-it-sounds-pretty-much-human-3be39840?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email)

→"You got a friend in me…you gotta a friend in me!”

**September 25 from Spotify:** [Spotify is launching an AI voice translation pilot, which means your favorite podcasters may be heard in your native language.](https://newsroom.spotify.com/2023-09-25/ai-voice-translation-pilot-lex-fridman-dax-shepard-steven-bartlett/?mc_cid=3425821970&mc_eid=3842841185)

→What could your business do with this technology?

**September 25 from The Verge:** [Getty made an AI image generator that only trained on its images](https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/25/23884679/getty-ai-generative-image-platform-launch)

**September 25 from CNBC:** [Amazon is investing $4B into Anthropic](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/25/amazon-to-invest-up-to-4-billion-in-anthropic-a-rival-to-chatgpt-developer-openai.html?mc_cid=757b630a30&mc_eid=7324e2371e)

**September 21 from Microsoft:** [Copilot is here. **(READ!)**](https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2023/09/21/announcing-microsoft-copilot-your-everyday-ai-companion/)

## The ‘say what, now?’ story of the week:

**September 24 from WSJ (subscription required):** [Meta is coming for your kids! I mean, Meta to push for younger users with new AI chatbot characters.](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-ai-chatbot-younger-users-dab6cb32?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email)

## Perspectives:

**September 27 from Insider:** [Sam Altman, median humans and AGI](https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-thinks-agi-replaces-median-humans-2023-9)

→If you don’t recognize any of those terms/names, you have to read…

**September 25 from Chief Executive:** [3 questions every CEO should ask before implementing Gen AI](https://chiefexecutive.net/3-questions-every-ceo-should-ask-before-implementing-gen-ai/)

**September 23 from digitaltrends:** [Microsoft’s Copilot sounds great. Here’s why I definitely won’t use it.](https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/microsoft-copilot-sounds-great-but-i-wont-use-it/)

**September 1 from Time:** [How the AI revolution will reshape the world](https://time.com/6310115/ai-revolution-reshape-the-world/)

→Clearly not from the last week but worth including…sorry I missed it!

## Resources:

- **From The Shelly Palmer Blog: **[Can you name the top 10 GenAI Apps?](https://shellypalmer.com/2023/09/can-you-name-the-top-10-genai-apps/?mc_cid=495c819bb8&mc_eid=3842841185)
- **From CNET:** [AI glossary – basic terms you should know](https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/ai-glossary-basic-terms-all-chatgpt-users-should-know/)
- **From the U.S. Copyright Office**: [Copyright and AI resource center.](https://copyright.gov/ai/)
- **From Nieman Lab**: [AP and AI. Positioning and AP Stylebook updates.](https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/08/not-a-replacement-of-journalists-in-any-way-ap-clarifies-standards-around-generative-ai/)

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