Apparently, when it comes to copyright law, Microsoft never got the memo.
According to Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft’s CEO of AI, as reported by writer Sean Endicott: “With respect to content that is already on the open web, the social contract of that content since the 90s has been that it is fair use.
“Anyone can copy it, recreate with it, reproduce with it. That has been freeware, if you like. That’s been the understanding.”
The only currently ‘in-dispute’ exception to Microsoft’s ‘I’ll-help-myself, thanks’ perspective, according to Suleyman, are Web sites and publishers that explicitly state on their Web sites “do not scrape or crawl me for any other reason than indexing me so that other people can find that content.”
And according to Suleyman, even that warning is a ‘gray area’ that he believes will wind up in the courts.
Really?
That’s news to me.
Perhaps Sulyman should visit the U.S. Copyright Office on the Web, whose history domain documents that the first copyright law was enacted in the U.S. in 1790.
In other news and analysis on AI writing:
*In-Depth Guide: Snapshot on the Big Four in AI Writing: Writers looking for the latest on AI writing from the Big Four — OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Facebook parent Meta — can check-out this latest update.
The piece offers perspectives on the tech from a number of digitally oriented businesses based in India.
Observes Sajal Gupta, chief executive, Kiaos Marketing, a digital marketing consultancy: “The key is to integrate AI so seamlessly into your toolkit that it appears as natural as it possibly can.
“From a consumer’s perspective, if the tools are implemented well, the experience will only improve.”
*Google Adding It’s New AI to Gmail, Other Products: Many Gmail users already have access to new generative AI from Google, which they can use for auto-writing text, summarizing an email thread, searching through their inbox using AI — and more.
Powered by Google’s Gemini AI engine, the new feature can be found on Gmail’s side panel and can be activated with a click.
Roll-out of the new AI — which will also be popping up in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive — should be complete by the close of July
*Microsoft Adds ChatGPT Competitor to its AI Offerings: Making good on its commitment to featuring a wide spectrum of AI services throughout its product line, Microsoft is integrating Writesonic into its Azure cloud infrastructure.
The ChatGPT competitor — which specializes in content creation and search engine optimization — gets to showcase its chops to businesses already using Azure.
*ChatGPT Competitor Gets an Upgrade: AI writing pioneer Writer has just launched an upgrade capable of ingesting and analyzing a document of up to 10 million words.
Observes Deanna Dong, product marketing lead, Writer: “We know that enterprises need to analyze very long files, work with long research papers, or documentation. It’s a huge use case for them.”
Also new with the upgrade is added transparency into what Writer’s AI is going.
Observes writer Michael Nunez: “The system shows users the steps the AI takes — including how it breaks down queries into sub-questions and which specific data sources it references.”
*Multi-Faceted AI Copywriter for Marketing Released: Given that automated AI writing is essentially a commodity now, startups specializing in AI marketing tools are increasingly coming out with offerings that do much more.
Singapore-based Addlly AI is no exception.
The company just released a beefed-up automated writing tool that is able to reference brand data — and incorporate analytical insights gleaned from social listening –as it creates copy for marketers.
Observes Tina Chopra, CEO, Addlly AI: “By merging cutting-edge AI technology with valuable data insights, we help businesses produce content that’s not just fast and more targeted, but also highly relevant and impactful.”
*New AI-Automated Email Service Launches: CallSine is offering a new email marketing service that uses customer data to auto-generate highly personalized email marketing pitches.
Observes Logan Kelly, president, CallSine: “Unlike generic AI tools, we build a detailed knowledge base about your company and prospects.
“This allows us to use AI to generate truly relevant and tailored messaging beyond acknowledging a prospect’s standard profile information.”
*New AI-for-Lawyers Startup Wins a Trial Run: Legal tech AI service Leya — which offers lawyers auto-writing of draft contracts and similar AI services — has scored a tryout with law firm Bird & Bird.
Observes Karen Jacks, chief technology officer, Bird & Bird, added: “This proof of concept trial with Leya is the latest addition to our GenAI toolkit and will be an important part of our five-year strategy as we guide organizations through a world shaped by technology, innovation and regulation, and driving the transformation of legal services delivery.”
*Growing Pains: Another Unsupervised AI News Site Goes Rogue: When will they learn?
Tennis tournament Wimbeldon became the latest organization to realize that while AI auto-written content sure is convenient — it still needs human supervision right now.
Wimbledon’s blunder: It’s AI-powered ‘Catch-Me-Up’ news services — designed to auto-write pre-and-post-match player profiles with AI-generated stories and analysis — began spitting-out error-ridden copy on its first day of use.
Observes writer Emine Sinmaz: “The new offering on Wimbledon’s app and website described the former US Open champion Emma Raducanu as the British No 1, although she is the No 3. The 21-year-old who grew up in Bromley was also described as having won 11 matches so far this year, when she has had 14 triumphs.
“It also described a clash between 35-year-old Zhang Shuai, a two-time doubles grand slam champion from China who is on a losing streak, and Russia’s Daria Kasatkina, 27, as an “eagerly anticipated encounter between two up-and-coming players.”
As many have uttered down through the ages: Trust — by verify.
*AI Big Picture: ChatGPT Maker Gets Real About AI and the Military: AI users concerned that increasing breakthoughs in AI may be falling into the wrong hands should be cheered by the appointment of Paul M. Nakasone — a former director of the U.S. National Security Agency — to the board of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.
Granted, many ‘effective altruists’ are sure to decry the new presence of a military perspective on AI’s board.
But there are plenty of others who believe the U.S. needs to continually ‘what-if’ how AI may be used nefariously and how to protect against it — given that there are plenty of rogue nations already deeply engaged in the pursuit.
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An inverter is a device to change DC current to AC. It can be used for example to run devices during electric outages or remote areas without electrical service. For example at a remote area if you have solar panel to supply electricity, it would be a DC voltage. You need an inverter to modify this current to an AC current, to power your tools, devices, appliances or equipment, most of which are made to run on AC current, due to its inherent efficiency over DC current when transmitting electricity to power or homes, offices and factories.
An inverter changes the DC current direction, to match the sinusoidal waveform and frequency (as in 50 Hz) of an AC current.
In one sentence, how does an inverter work?
An inverter, has especially arranged paths of current to flow, and does this conversion by rapidly turning on and off the switches on these paths to generate current in wave form, (AC), from steady current (DC).
The components used in an inverter typically are:
Capacitors: They are a passive component of a circuit, which store and release energy when needed in order to smooth out fluctuations.
Transistors: Acts as an on or off switch to control the output
Inductors: Also a passive component like capacitor, an inductor helps stabilizing current and voltage fluctuations, working together with capacitors, by complementing each other.
Controller: It controls the on and off status if switches in a desired pattern, to generate the frequency of AC current we want.
Note that, above we said capacitors and Inductors both help stabilize voltage and current. So how do they exactly differ here, in other words why do we need both ?
Capacitors and Inductors basically complement each other here, for overall efficiency and stability of the circuit.
Capacitors store energy in their electric field. This makes them inherently good for dealing with abrupt voltage changes or fluctuations in other words, voltage regulation, to maintain steady voltage. This change can happen quickly because capacitors have low impedance at high frequencies, and this makes capacitors good at filtering high-frequency noise.
On the other hand inductors are very good at dealing with current changes because they store energy in their magnetic field during current flow. When the current changes, it is countered by the already existing current because of the magnetic field of the inductor, which tends to resist this change at first, and then gradually, smoothly allows it. In other words, inductors are used in current regulation to maintain a steady output of current. This ensures that unstable loads and current spikes are prevented. Because of the inherent slow synchronization nature of inductors with changes in current, in other words because inductors have low impedance at low frequencies, they are good at filtering low frequency noises.
Therefore, together, capacitors and inductors filter noise in voltage and current and smooth those out. This improves the efficiency of the inverter, significantly reduce power losses and ensures that the inverter can deliver stable voltage and current, which is safe to use.