AI Weekly: Apple sued, papal thoughts and bank bots

STORY: From how big claims landed Apple in court, to what the new pope thinks about bots, this is AI Weekly.Apple is being sued by shareholders who allege it overstated its progress on AI.:: AppleA suit filed in San Francisco accused the tech giant of falsely leading investors to believe the tech would be a big feature of its iPhone 16.But Apple later delayed the rollout of some promised AI upgrades, which the plaintiffs say sparked a share tumble and cost them billions.The firm didn’t respond to a request for comment on the case.Anthropic has a partial legal win to celebrate, however.A federal judge ruled that it didn’t break copyright law by using books to train its bots without permission from authors.But the same judge said its copying and storage of some 7 million pirated books was an infringement.A December trial will now determine what penalty Anthropic must pay.Pope Leo has offered his thoughts on AI.The new pontiff spoke at a Vatican event attended by lawmakers from 68 nations.He said the impact of the new tech on young people was a key concern:”It must not be forgotten that artificial intelligence functions as a tool for the good of human beings – not to diminish them, not to replace them. What is emerging is in fact a significant challenge, one that calls for great attention and foresight in order to project, also in the context of new scenarios, healthy, fair and sound lifestyles, especially for the good of younger generations.”SoftBank is pitching plans for a $1 trillion AI and robotics complex in Arizona.That’s according to Bloomberg.It says the Japanese investor wants to create a U.S. version of China’s vast Shenzhen manufacturing hub.SoftBank reportedly wants to involve chips titan TSMC, but it’s not clear if the Taiwan firm is interested.And Goldman Sachs says it’s rolling out its AI assistant companywide in a bid to boost productivity.It joins other banks in seeking a boost from the bots.Citigroup is already using AI to do tasks like summarizing documents.And Morgan Stanley has a chatbot to help financial advisers talk to clients.