Here’s what is making news in AI

Spotlight – Bluesky says it won’t train AI on your posts (source The verge)

– AI startup Gendo — the Midjourney for architecture — secures fresh capital (source The Next web)

– ESPN is testing a generative AI avatar called ‘FACTS’ (source The Verge)

– Google will let you make AI clip art for your documents (source The Verge)

– OpenAI at one point considered acquiring AI chip startup Cerebras (source Techcrunch)

– Chinese autonomous driving startup Pony AI seeks up to $224M in US IPO (source Techcrunch)

– ‘AI granny’ scambaiter wastes telephone fraudsters’ time with boring chat (source Techcrunch)

– Cruise fined $500k for submitting a false report after last year’s pedestrian crash (source Techcrunch, The verge)

– Sam Altman and Arianna Huffington’s Thrive AI Health assistant has a bare-bones demo (source Techcrunch)