One-Minute Daily AI News 7/4/2024

1. NYT: Hacker stole details about OpenAI’s AI tech, but the company kept it quiet.[1]
2. Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines.[2]
3. Forestay, Europe’s newest $220M growth-stage VC fund, will focus on AI.[3]
4. Kenya’s government has raised concerns about risks associated with use of artificial intelligence (AI) as youth-led, anti-government protests continue across the nation.[4]

Sources:

[1] https://www.neowin.net/news/nyt-hacker-stole-details-about-openais-ai-tech-but-the-company-kept-it-quiet/

[2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/04/japan-train-robot-maintain-railway-lines

[3] https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/04/forestay-europes-newest-220m-growth-stage-vc-fund-will-focus-on-ai/

[4] https://www.semafor.com/article/07/04/2024/kenya-protesters-us-ai-in-anti-government-battle