One-Minute Daily AI News 10/18/2024

1. Congressional leaders negotiating potential lame-duck deal to address AI concerns.[1]
2. Meta AI Releases Meta Spirit LM: An Open Source Multimodal Language Model Mixing Text and Speech.[2]
3. Pope Francis and the Vatican just created an “AI Bible” reshaping faith in the Digital Age.[3]
4. Mitsubishi showcases AI-powered combat drones.[4]

Sources:

[1] https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/18/congress-ai-schumer-00184430

[2] https://www.marktechpost.com/2024/10/18/meta-ai-releases-meta-spirit-lm-an-open-source-multimodal-language-model-mixing-text-and-speech/

[3] https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/pope-francis-and-the-vatican-just-created-an-ai-bible-reshaping-faith-in-the-digital-age/

[4] https://defence-blog.com/mitsubishi-showcases-ai-powered-combat-drones/