US, Britain, EU to sign first international AI treaty: The first legally binding international AI treaty will be open for signing on Thursday by the countries that negotiated it, including European Union members, the United States and Britain, the Council of Europe human rights organisation said. Reuters

Australia proposes mandatory guardrails for AI TechRepublic

Reuters:  Snap sued by New Mexico over failure to protect children from sexual exploitation 

States are busy with new legislation regulating AI, protecting consumer privacy and promoting kids' safety online.

The 100 most influential people in AI 2024 Time

 Anthropic announced an enterprise version of its Claude chatbot.

Bloomberg: OpenAI hits 1 million paid users for business versions of ChatGPT
 
OpenAI considers pricier subscriptions to its Chatbot AI, The Information reports.

AI start-up hopes contrast with pullback in hype for listed stocks: Volatility looks like becoming the new reality in the sector on public markets. Richard Waters

Artificial intelligence could hurt oil prices over the next decade by boosting supply by potentially reducing costs via improved logistics and increasing the amount of profitably recoverable resources, according to Goldman Sachs.

The entire PC industry is counting on AI to boost the upgrade cycle and maybe even sway some Mac users over to the Windows camp.

The Internet Archive loses its appeal of a major copyright case: Hachette v. Internet Archive was brought by book publishers objecting to the archive’s digital lending library. Wired

Enjoy the ride + plan accordingly.

-Marc