OpenAI extends share sale opt-in for employees; iA Writer can track what ChatGPT wrote

📱Montana Republicans’ attempt to ban TikTok just hit a big-sky snag. Link

• A federal judge blocked Montana's law banning TikTok, preventing its scheduled enforcement on January 1.

• The judge ruled the ban unconstitutional, criticizing its apparent focus on China rather than genuine consumer protection.

• Montana lawmakers expressed concerns about Chinese government access to user data, motivating the TikTok ban.

• TikTok welcomed the decision, emphasizing the law's unconstitutionality; however, the legal challenge is ongoing, awaiting a final ruling.

🤖 OpenAI gives employees extra month to opt into plan to sell shares.

• OpenAI extends share sale deadline to January 5 amid uncertainties.

• Initial concerns arose after CEO's firing and re-hiring.

• Despite investor hesitations, demand rebounded post-Sam Altman's reinstatement.

• Extended deadline gives employees an extra month; if successful, OpenAI could become one of the world's most valuable startups at an $86 billion valuation.

📝 iA Writer can now track what you or ChatGPT wrote. Link

• iA Writer 7 introduces a feature to distinguish AI-generated text, allowing users to mark it in grey while keeping their original text in black.

• iA Writer advocates using AI as a "dialog partner" to enhance thinking and writing, avoiding a complete takeover as a "ghostwriter."

• Manual steps are often required for the application to recognize AI-generated text, including including the original prompt or using manual selection options.

• The authorship feature is currently available on iA Writer's Mac, iOS, and iPadOS apps, with plans for expansion to Windows and Android.

🖼️ Generating AI images uses as much energy as charging your phone, study finds. Link

• Generating AI images equals smartphone charging energy, per a Hugging Face and Carnegie Mellon study.

• Carbon footprint of AI models mainly comes from usage, not training.

• Larger generative AI models are 30 times more energy-intensive than task-specific ones.

• Daily use emissions of popular AI models can quickly exceed training emissions, highlighting the need for awareness in minimizing AI's carbon footprint.

⚖️ Microsoft is facing another antitrust case - this time from Google. Link

• Google urges UK antitrust regulator to act against Microsoft, alleging unfair cloud computing business practices.

• Microsoft and Amazon face global scrutiny for their dominant market share in cloud computing.

• Google claims Microsoft's licensing practices hinder competition, discouraging customers from choosing alternative cloud services.

• Google submits six recommendations to the CMA, including improvements in interoperability and a ban on Microsoft withholding security updates from customers switching providers.

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