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The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has initiated investigations against Open-AI, parent company of ChatGPT, regarding a possible breach of data protection regulations. Other countries such as France, Germany, Italy, the United States, and China have also expressed intent to pass laws to regulate this new technology. AEPD is pushing the European Data Protection Committee to discuss the issue and form a working group. Open-AI seeks to find the balance between its AI-based works and privacy regulations.

Microsoft has taken the lead in Artificial Intelligence (AI) with ChatGPT, overtaking Google who have been careful in adopting AI technologies. Microsoft has integrated OpenAI's AI language models into Bing search engine and Edge browser, allowing the Redmond-based giant to take the lead. Google's response was the introduction of chatbot, Bard, based on Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA). It has triggered suspections that Google had been overly cautious in getting their tech ready, while their rival Microsoft had pushed on. Details have emerged on Google's efforts to prevent harm from AI, with reports of employees reviewing the company's AI products and reducing the potential risks for launch. Microsoft, however, has been mum about ethical and security issues, keeping a minimum size executive team and canning employees who raised a concern. The goal for Microsoft is to lead the AI competition - something which is clear from an email seen by The New York Times, delivered by the giants technology executive, Sam Schillace.

OpenAI, the company powered by AI experts Sam Altman, Elon Musk & Greg Brockman, has found itself in the middle of a potential data violation inquiry by the AEPD. In response, the European Data Protection Committee is taking action with the mission to maintain data protection regulations. UMG, Apple Music & Spotify have warned against the use of AI and Google has followed in its steps. Read here to find out more.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is joining the race to capitalize on OpenAI's popular ChatGPT technology, introducing two new large-language models, Titan, to generate text, web search personalization, summarizing content and writing blog drafts. Additionally, AWS customers can now access AI models from SenseTime, AI21 Labs, Anthropic & Stability AI through its Bedrock service. With Amazon's In-house AI hardware helping customers to reduce ML costs, its large-language models are already being used by the company's retail website & Alexa voice assistant.

US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer proposes an AI regulation framework to protect US values & interests in the wake of ChatGPT's 100 million MAUs. The framework sets out 4 main stipulations it seeks to apply to ensure AI is responsibly & fairly used.