ChatGPT Leads March Downloads, Meta Faces AI Challenges, and EU Data Scrutiny - Daily AI Brief #154
April 12, 2025 -
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In today's edition, ChatGPT has topped global app downloads for March 2025, showcasing its widespread adoption. Meanwhile, Meta's new AI model has ranked low on the LM Arena Benchmark, indicating challenges in performance metrics. Ireland is investigating X's use of EU data for AI training, raising questions about data privacy compliance.
Additionally, former OpenAI employees are supporting Elon Musk's lawsuit against the company's shift to a for-profit model, highlighting internal disagreements over strategic direction.
Welcome to today's AI Brief.
In today's edition, ChatGPT has topped global app downloads for March 2025, showcasing its widespread adoption. Meanwhile, Meta's new AI model has ranked low on the LM Arena Benchmark, indicating challenges in performance metrics. Ireland is investigating X's use of EU data for AI training, raising questions about data privacy compliance.
Additionally, former OpenAI employees are supporting Elon Musk's lawsuit against the company's shift to a for-profit model, highlighting internal disagreements over strategic direction.
Top stories
Former OpenAI Employees Support Lawsuit Against For-Profit Shift
Former employees of OpenAI have filed an amicus brief in support of Elon Musk's lawsuit, opposing the company's transition from a nonprofit to a for-profit structure. The brief claims this change contradicts OpenAI's original mission. Read more
Law Professors Back Authors in Copyright Suit Against Meta
A group of copyright law professors has filed an amicus brief supporting authors in their lawsuit against Meta for allegedly using their e-books to train AI models without permission. Read more
OpenAI CEO Open to Pentagon Collaboration on AI Weapons
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has expressed openness to potentially collaborating with the Pentagon on developing AI weapons, though he does not anticipate such a project in the near future. Read more
ChatGPT Tops Global App Downloads in March 2025
In March 2025, ChatGPT became the most downloaded app worldwide, with 46 million new downloads, surpassing competitors like Instagram and TikTok. The increase is linked to new features and brand recognition. Read more
Meta's Maverick AI Model Ranks Low on LM Arena Benchmark
Meta's vanilla Maverick AI model, 'Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct', ranks 32nd on the LM Arena benchmark, below competitors like OpenAI's GPT-4o and Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet, following policy changes after an experimental version was used. Read more
Ireland Investigates X's Use of EU Data for AI Training
Ireland's Data Protection Commission is investigating X for using European user data to train its AI model, Grok, to ensure compliance with GDPR regulations. Read more
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