EU member states signed off on the AI Act, setting the stage for the world’s first comprehensive AI rules to take effect within weeks. The EU Council’s approval today means the law will soon be published in the bloc’s official journal, with the first rules taking effect 20 days later. (View Highlight)
The AI Act tailors rules for different AI applications based on their risk to society. (View Highlight)
For example, it bans AI predictive policing, emotion recognition at school and work, and “social scoring” systems. (View Highlight)
It requires general-purpose AI providers to label deepfakes, disclose training data, and comply with copyright law. (View Highlight)
Google will soon display ads in its AI-generated summaries in search results. Google said it will soon start testing “Search and Shopping” ads in the summaries, known as AI Overviews. (View Highlight)
Microsoft unveiled Copilot Agents, which are AI business assistants that automatically perform assigned tasks in the background. Microsoft is now testing the AI agents, which “independently and proactively orchestrate tasks for you,” with plans for a public preview later this year. (View Highlight)
Microsoft launched Phi-3-vision, a compact AI model that reads text and analyzes images on mobile devices. (View Highlight)
Its new “Team Copilot” AI assistant manages meetings, projects, and tasks within Microsoft Teams. (View Highlight)
