Tougher US Trade, META’s AI, Spotify’s AI DJ, and TikTok in the EU

🇺🇸🔧 Sources indicate the US is contemplating tougher trade rules if companies like Tokyo Electron and ASML continue providing China with access to advanced chip technology. [link]

🇪🇺🤖 Meta announces it will withhold future multimodal AI models in the EU due to a perceived lack of regulatory clarity. The company will continue to offer text-only models. [link]

🤖📜 OpenAI researchers reveal an algorithm that enables LLMs to better explain themselves to users and improve the legibility of their outputs. [link]

🎧🤖 Spotify introduces a Spanish-speaking AI DJ, available in beta for Premium customers in regions where the English-language DJ is offered, as well as in Spain and Latin America. [link]

🇪🇺⚖️ The EU's General Court has ruled that TikTok is sufficiently large to fall under the DMA, dismissing ByteDance's challenge. ByteDance retains the option to appeal to the European Court of Justice. [link]

📱🎨 Microsoft has officially released its AI-powered Designer app on iOS and Android, enabling users to create images, stickers, and more, building on the existing web client. [link]

📊🔍 Meta has initiated a small pilot program allowing select researchers to access Instagram data for up to six months to study the app's impact on teens and young adults. [link]