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Week in review 23.01: Polish AI startup valued at a billion dollars; genAI and copyright laws
Polish startup ElevenLabs among the so-called unicorns, Elon Musk's visit to Poland, and further copyright infringements by generative AI. What else have we lived through in the past week?
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The Polish AI startup ElevenLabs has become a unicorn after securing funding from Sequoia, pushing its valuation over $1 billion. The company uses AI to replicate voices in nearly 30 languages.
Elon Musk visited Poland, attended a conference of the European Association of Jews in Krakow, and discussed anti-Semitism on the internet with American right-wing columnist Ben Shapiro.
The Digitized Weekly Review covered ongoing copyright infringement lawsuits against generative AI, tips for creating a CV using AI, and job hunting in the game development industry.
A KPMG study revealed that 68% and 69% of company presidents in Poland and globally, respectively, consider AI a key development area.
The Institute of Media Monitoring is developing an advanced system for categorizing media content, tailored to individual client needs, with EU funding of 4 million zlotys.
According to Dun & Bradstreet Poland, companies run by women showed a 33% increase in revenue in their 2022 financial statements, with net profit growth at 78%.
German branches of Porsche, Deutsche Telekom, and the Luxembourg fund DTCP are planning to create a VC fund focusing on investments in software companies in the mobility and connectivity sectors.
The Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) has been established as the main supervisor of the cryptocurrency market in Poland, with the power to impose financial sanctions and criminal penalties.
The European Union Parliament has approved a directive to improve product labeling and ban marketing messages that falsely imply a product's eco-friendliness.
The Japanese government plans to regulate social media to curb disinformation and defamation, basing its solutions on EU regulations.
Huawei has announced HarmonyOS NEXT, a new operating system that is completely independent of Android, set to debut in the fourth quarter of 2024.
The Polish Agency for Enterprise Development has released a report as part of the inno_LAB project, which analyzes technological and socio-economic trends from developed countries to introduce innovations and improve quality of life in Poland.
Generative artificial intelligence-based chatbots have become significant tools in daily work, including job hunting.
For those interested in the Polish gaming industry, it's crucial to identify your strengths and desired future development direction. The gaming industry offers a wide range of roles.
A Polish AI startup called ElevenLabs has secured another round of funding, including from the Sequoia fund, which has pushed its valuation beyond the magical barrier of a billion dollars, and the company itself has joined the narrow circle of so-called unicorns. You can read more about this in the Weekly News Review section.
The above information also coincided with Elon Musk's visit to Poland. The billionaire visited, among other places, the site of the former Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau and took part in a conference of the European Association of Jews in Krakow. The main point of the event was Musk's discussion with American right-wing columnist Ben Shapiro about anti-Semitism on the Internet.
In this issue of the Digitized Weekly Review, we also write about further lawsuits for copyright infringement by generative AI, good practices for creating a CV using artificial intelligence, and job hunting in the gamedev industry.
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Weekly News Review
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Generative AI. Will copyright infringement lawsuits bury its future?
Last year's boom in generative AI based on large language models has raised a number of fundamental questions about the practical use of these technologies. Some of the most important are the limits of copyright and the extent to which companies like OpenAI can use human creativity to train their tools. The importance of these issues for the entire market is evidenced by the successive lawsuits that have been filed in courts over the past twelve months. You can read more about this in our analysis.
KPMG Report: Generative AI is the main investment priority of Polish companies
Generative artificial intelligence currently occupies a leading position in the investment strategies of company presidents in Poland and around the world. According to a KPMG study, respectively 68% and 69% of them consider AI to be a key area of development, despite ongoing economic uncertainty. According to Polish leaders, the biggest benefits are personalization of services and creation of new products, and on the international arena - primarily financial aspects, such as profitability growth. In addition, 88% of respondents from Poland believe that the lack of appropriate regulations governing genAI is a barrier to the success of their organization.
Another Polish AI startup has become a unicorn
ElevenLabs, a Polish start-up using artificial intelligence software to replicate voices in nearly thirty languages, has secured a new round of funding, which valued the company, operating for just two years, at around one billion dollars - reports Rzeczpospolita via Bloomberg. This is at least the third Polish company in the exclusive group of so-called unicorns.
DPD's AI chatbot went crazy. It insulted a customer and wrote a poem about its uselessness
The incident was revealed by a DPD customer, Ashley Beauchamp, a pianist and conductor from London, who published screenshots of his exchange with the company's chatbot on the X platform. According to Beauchamp's account, the whole situation started from his own frustration. The man expressed dissatisfaction during the conversation with the bot, writing: "this is completely useless!" and demanded contact with a real employee. When the chatbot informed that it was not able to fulfill this request, Beauchamp began to experiment, asking the AI to tell a joke among other things.
Media review powered by AI. Innovative tool from IMM
The Institute of Media Monitoring is working on an advanced system for categorizing media content, which will be tailored to the individual needs of clients. This groundbreaking project, the first in Poland, received EU funding of 4 million zlotys. The IMM project focuses on targeting, i.e. adapting content to the client's preferences. The developed system will analyze user choices and build individual profiles based on this, adjusting the presented information. The system will automatically identify the topics of monitored materials, grouping them according to the interests of clients.
Business and startups in Poland
Companies of Polish businesswomen with the highest revenue totaling 127 billion PLN
According to new data from Dun & Bradstreet Poland, companies run by women showed a 33 percent increase in revenue in their latest financial statements for 2022. Their net profit growth was at the level of 78 percent. Companies run by women constitute 27 percent of all companies registered in our country at the beginning of 2024. Women dominate in the sectors of clothing production, social assistance, and healthcare.
Porsche and partners are building a new venture capital fund
German branches of Porsche, Deutsche Telekom and the Luxembourg fund DTCP are reporting to the Polish UOKiK their intention to concentrate entities in order to create a VC fund focusing mainly on investments in companies operating in the field of software in the areas of mobility and connectivity.
Law
The KNF will take over supervision of the cryptocurrency market in Poland. What will change?
The establishment of the Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) as the main supervisor of the cryptocurrency market in Poland is a response to the regulation of the European Parliament and the EU Council from May 2023. It is not only about strengthening the legal framework for crypto assets, but also increasing investor protection. Among the new powers of the KNF will be the ability to impose financial sanctions and criminal penalties on entities and individuals operating in the cryptocurrency sector.
Ban on greenwashing. The Union wants to ban unauthorized use of terms like "natural"
The European Union Parliament approved on Wednesday, January 17, a directive that will improve product labeling and ban marketing messages that create the appearance of a product's eco-friendliness. This is to protect consumers from choosing brands that base their marketing on greenwashing. According to the new regulations, it will be forbidden to place information on packaging such as "environmentally friendly", "natural", "biodegradable", "climate neutral" or "ecological", unless the manufacturer has appropriate evidence for such a thesis.
Japanese government wants to regulate social media
Elon Musk after visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau: I aspire to be a Jew
American billionaire Elon Musk visited the site of the former Nazi extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Musk was accompanied on his private visit by the chairman of the European Jewish Association, Rabbi Menachem Margolin, journalist Ben Shapiro and Holocaust survivor Gidon Lev. In the afternoon, Elon Musk participated in a conference of the European Jewish Association in Krakow. The main point of the conference was his discussion with right-wing journalist Ben Shapiro about anti-Semitism on the Internet.
HarmonyOS NEXT. Huawei is getting rid of Android in its new operating system
HarmonyOS NEXT is a new operating system from Huawei, which is 100% independent of Android. Its debut is announced for the fourth quarter of 2024.
A-commerce, deep tech, AI. Map of innovative trends according to PARP
The Polish Agency for Enterprise Development has issued a report "Monitoring trends in innovation" as part of the inno_LAB project. Its aim is to analyze technological and socio-economic trends from developed countries in order to introduce innovations and improve the quality of life in Poland. Among the most important trends are: the development of startups, competition in quantum technology and so-called a-commerce.
Digitized editorial team recommends
How to write a CV using AI? 3 good practices and one we strongly discourage
Chatbots based on generative artificial intelligence have now become some of the most important tools supporting daily work. Here's how to use them sensibly also when looking for it. When writing a CV, it is worth paying attention to:
How to pass the first level, or looking for a job in gamedev
How to start working in Polish gamedev? Is it really a land flowing with milk and honey and what advice do people associated with the industry for years have for you? We look at work in the Polish segment of the gaming market and suggest how to make a name for yourself in it.
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To pass the titular first level, you should first answer the question, in what exactly are you good at or in which direction would you like to develop in the future. Creating or publishing games is a very complex process requiring both soft skills and targeted specializations.
Among them are programmers, graphic designers, game designers, animators, testers, producers, scrum masters, marketers, community managers or data analysts. And this is just a slice of the positions that actually occur in Polish and foreign gamedev. Defining your space in a well-functioning organization is therefore the first step to working in the gaming industry.
Editor-in-chief of Digitized. He has been associated with journalism for almost a third of his life; he worked for the Polish editions of Playboy, CKM and Esquire magazines, as well as Well.pl and naTemat.pl services. In his texts, he tries to understand reality and describe it objectively. He remains skeptical about many phenomena, but is not afraid to admit a mistake and change his mind. A native of Warsaw. Privately, he is a seeker of sense in nonsense and order amidst entropy. He likes wise words.
How to start working in the Polish gamedev? Is it really a land flowing with milk and honey and what advice do people associated with the industry for years have for you? We look at the work in the Polish segment of the game market and suggest how to make a name for yourself in it.
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