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Generative AI, with its potential to revolutionize fields from science to art, is facing a legal hurdle. Lawsuits claim AI developers are infringing copyrights by using massive datasets in training. This article explores the potential impact of these lawsuits on the future of generative AI.

Training data scraped from the web may have been OK for the first wave of large language models, but as competition increases, more and better data will be needed.

The brilliant mathematician Avi Wigderson, the Herbert H. Maass Professor in the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, was recently and deservedly presented with the Turing Award.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly evolving from general-purpose models to specialized ones that require domain-specific data. As featured in a recent Fast Company article, Enterra Solutions is at the forefront of this shift, focusing on acquiring specialized data in areas like healthcare and finance. The company provides services to help clients identify, acquire, and leverage this data to enhance their AI capabilities, positioning themselves as a key player in the future of AI development.

Books about Leadership in Times of Crisis. During the pandemic, I became interested in how leaders have and should conduct themselves during times of crisis. Four of the volumes I read and recommend were about Winston Churchill, leaders during the 1918 flu pandemic, why leaders are needed today, and how the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius viewed leadership.

Competing Against Luck. This book, by the late Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen and his colleagues, discusses the “Theory of Jobs to Be Done” and explains why businesses need to focus on providing solutions for their clients’ challenges.

Cognitive Computing: A Brief Guide for GameChangers. In this book, Peter Fingar explains why today’s leaders need to understand what’s happening in the field of computer science.

Shareology. Bryan Kramer asserts that rising generations don’t embrace “ownership” the same way as older generations. As evidence, he discusses the rise of companies like Uber, Airbnb, and Zipcar. But he primarily argues that we are now sharing knowledge in a new way. That’s why his book focuses primarily on social media sharing. No longer, he explains, are people confined to sharing with friends and neighbors.