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AI News Weekly - Issue #438: OpenAI’s new for-profit plan leaves many unanswered questions - May 8th 2025
Powered by wellows.com Welcome Interested in sponsorship opportunities? Join the AI conversation and transform your advertising strategy with AI weekly sponsorship aiweekly.co In the News OpenAI’s new for-profit plan leaves many unanswered questions OpenAI has abandoned its controversial restructuring plan. In a dramatic reversal, the company said Monday it would no longer try to separate control of its for-profit arm from the non-profit board that currently oversees operations. engadget.com Sponsor Skip the Manual Work – Start With Real Patterns Using KIVA, the AI SEO Agent by Wellows KIVA transforms your keyword and content strategy by extracting hidden gems from GSC data, mapping search intent, and analyzing PAA questions. With LLM-powered pattern analysis across 5 models and automatic content outline generation, you'll create intent-aligned content in minutes, not weeks. Try KIVA for free wellows.com In The News UAE to teach its children AI The United Arab Emirates looks set to integrating AI education in its schools’ curricula, meaning all children from kindergarten to high school will learn about the technology, how it can be used day-to-day, and the best ways to implement the various types of models. artificialintelligence-news.com The Download: stereotypes in AI models, and the new age of coding What’s new? AI models are riddled with culturally specific biases. A new data set, called SHADES, is designed to help developers combat the problem by spotting harmful stereotypes and other kinds of discrimination that emerge in AI chatbot responses across a wide range of languages. technologyreview.com Applied use cases Agatha Christie, Who Died in 1976, Will See You in Class An avatar of the long-dead British novelist is “teaching” an online writing course. But do we want to learn from a digital prosthetic built by artificial intelligence? nytimes.com How CSOs should use AI for sustainability: KPMG’s US ESG lead KPMG’s Maura Hodge outlines some business opportunities for how companies can use artificial intelligence to aid their sustainability goals. google.com Beatles producer discusses the use of AI in music Beatles producer Giles Martin told Sky News the use of AI is 'a question of the artists' wishes' and should be used 'with a sense of ownership'. sky.com Ethics The use of AI in courts: a warning Civil litigation—for example, where a person sues another person or challenges a public body—is largely a game of costs. Cases settle or parties capitulate not directly because of the merits of the case, but because of the costs risks for the parties of continuing. prospectmagazine.co.uk OpenAI vs China: New ‘OpenAI for Countries’ Program Teams Up with Governments for AI Infrastructure Growth OpenAI has announced a new global initiative called “OpenAI for Countries”, designed to transform how artificial intelligence is delivered worldwide. techi.com Trump admin to roll back Biden’s AI chip restrictions On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced plans to rescind and replace a Biden-era rule regulating the export of high-end AI accelerator chips worldwide, Bloomberg and Reuters reported. arstechnica.com Robotics Amazon makes ‘fundamental leap forward in robotics’ with device having sense of touch Amazon said it has made a “fundamental leap forward in robotics” after developing a robot with a sense of touch that will be capable of grabbing about three-quarters of the items in its vast warehouses. theguardian.com Hugging Face releases a 3D-printed robotic arm starting at $100 Hugging Face, the startup best known for the AI developer platform of the same name, is selling a programmable, 3D-printable robotic arm that can pick up and place objects and perform a few other basic chores. techcrunch.com Copyright: Kawasaki, Author provided (no reuse) A robot that you ride like a horse is being developed. Kawasaki has recently revealed its computer-generated concept for the Corleo, a “robotic horse”. The video shows the automated equine galloping through valleys, crossing rivers, climbing mountains and jumping over crevasses. theconversation.com Research AI vision system reveals bird wings evolved for heat regulation, not just flight For centuries, scientists have observed that animals in warmer climates have longer limbs—a pattern known as Allen's Rule. Long attributed to the need to maintain body temperature, the precise mechanism that ga
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OpenAI’s new for-profit plan leaves many unanswered questions
OpenAI has abandoned its controversial restructuring plan. In a dramatic reversal, the company said Monday it would no longer try to separate control of its for-profit arm from the non-profit board that currently oversees operations.
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In The News
UAE to teach its children AI
The United Arab Emirates looks set to integrating AI education in its schools’ curricula, meaning all children from kindergarten to high school will learn about the technology, how it can be used day-to-day, and the best ways to implement the various types of models.
artificialintelligence-news.com
The Download: stereotypes in AI models, and the new age of coding
What’s new? AI models are riddled with culturally specific biases. A new data set, called SHADES, is designed to help developers combat the problem by spotting harmful stereotypes and other kinds of discrimination that emerge in AI chatbot responses across a wide range of languages.
Applied use cases
Agatha Christie, Who Died in 1976, Will See You in Class
An avatar of the long-dead British novelist is “teaching” an online writing course. But do we want to learn from a digital prosthetic built by artificial intelligence?
How CSOs should use AI for sustainability: KPMG’s US ESG lead
KPMG’s Maura Hodge outlines some business opportunities for how companies can use artificial intelligence to aid their sustainability goals.
Beatles producer discusses the use of AI in music
Beatles producer Giles Martin told Sky News the use of AI is 'a question of the artists' wishes' and should be used 'with a sense of ownership'.
Ethics
The use of AI in courts: a warning
Civil litigation—for example, where a person sues another person or challenges a public body—is largely a game of costs. Cases settle or parties capitulate not directly because of the merits of the case, but because of the costs risks for the parties of continuing.
OpenAI vs China: New ‘OpenAI for Countries’ Program Teams Up with Governments for AI Infrastructure Growth
OpenAI has announced a new global initiative called “OpenAI for Countries”, designed to transform how artificial intelligence is delivered worldwide.
Trump admin to roll back Biden’s AI chip restrictions
On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced plans to rescind and replace a Biden-era rule regulating the export of high-end AI accelerator chips worldwide, Bloomberg and Reuters reported.
Robotics
Amazon makes ‘fundamental leap forward in robotics’ with device having sense of touch
Amazon said it has made a “fundamental leap forward in robotics” after developing a robot with a sense of touch that will be capable of grabbing about three-quarters of the items in its vast warehouses.
Hugging Face releases a 3D-printed robotic arm starting at $100
Hugging Face, the startup best known for the AI developer platform of the same name, is selling a programmable, 3D-printable robotic arm that can pick up and place objects and perform a few other basic chores.
Copyright: Kawasaki, Author provided (no reuse) A robot that you ride like a horse is being developed.
Kawasaki has recently revealed its computer-generated concept for the Corleo, a “robotic horse”. The video shows the automated equine galloping through valleys, crossing rivers, climbing mountains and jumping over crevasses.
Research
AI vision system reveals bird wings evolved for heat regulation, not just flight
For centuries, scientists have observed that animals in warmer climates have longer limbs—a pattern known as Allen's Rule. Long attributed to the need to maintain body temperature, the precise mechanism that gave rise to this pattern has remained poorly understood.
Future Directions and Innovations in Wearable Technologies
This report explores the integration of smart textiles and wearable technologies in health and fitness. It examines how these innovations enable real-time physiological monitoring, enhance physical performance, and support disease prevention, while addressing challenges related to design, effectiveness, and large-scale adoption.
A framework for thinking about and deploying ethics in AI
Many codes of ethics on Artificial Intelligence (AI), although well-intentioned, have been proposed at a high level of abstraction without much thought to implementation.
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