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đ¤ Why ex-con Martin Shkreli is launching an AI startup
PLUS: Elon is...suing Microsoft...maybe?
We donât want to go all clickbait on you, butâŚ
you wonât believe who has a new AI startup.
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đ Martin Shkreli, of all people, has an AI startup
Introducing Dr. Gupta: DrGupta.ai
The worldâs first physician chatbot.
â Martin Shkreli (e/acc) (@marty_catboy)
12:49 PM ⢠Apr 20, 2023
SoâŚcanât say we were expecting that.
Martin Shkreli is back. Yes, that Martin Shkreli. The same Martin Shkreli who hiked the price of a life-saving drug by 5000%. The same pharmaceutical executive who went to jail for securities fraud.
He got out of prison last year, and is now debuting a new AI startup.
And, of course, itâs a healthcare startup.
Dubbed DrGupta.ai, they call it âthe worldâs first physician chatbot.â
The pitch? Most healthcare costs are too expensive, with physicians' resources stretched thin. A large part of healthcare involves decisions and requests that AI could handle.
Enter Dr Gupta.
The UI appears to be a chatbot-style interface where you ask medical questions to an AI doctor.
Shkreliâs premise is sound. His past isâŚtroubling, and unethical. But heâs undeniably smart.
Weâre curious to see where this goes.
đŹ Elon says Microsoft illegally used Twitterâs data for AI training
They trained illegally using Twitter data. Lawsuit time.
â Elon Musk (@elonmusk)
8:25 PM ⢠Apr 19, 2023
We know, we know, weâre sick of covering him too. But there are real implications here.
Hereâs what happened.
Twitter: You want to use our API? $42k / month, please
Microsoft: no
Elon Musk: Well, you used Twitter data to train GPT, so, Iâll sue!
There, youâre caught up.
Itâs not even clear if what Microsoft did was illegal.
Whatâs clear is data ownership now actually matters.
Data really is the new oil.
𤯠F1 champion Michael Schumacher sues German magazine over AI interview

Source: CNN
Turns out, there might be consequences for spreading AI-generated fake news.
Michael Schumacher is one of, if not the greatest to ever drive in Formula One. Since a serious skiing accident in 2013, he has been completely out of the public eye.
So, imagine our surprise when an interview with him popped up.
A German magazine ran a front page article titled âMichael Schumacher, the first interviewâ.
"No meagre, nebulous half-sentences from friends. But answers from him! By Michael Schumacher, 54!"
Turns out, those answers were AI-generated.
The family is obviously suing; Schumacher lives a famously private life.
Itâs not clear what the magazine thought would be the best-case scenario from a stunt like this.
Maybe next time, pick someone whoâs less likely to be angry?
AndâŚnow would be a good time to lawyer up. Maybe an AI lawyer?
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â Sam Altman (@sama)
10:11 PM ⢠Apr 20, 2023
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