Lowercarbon Capital and Plural are the co-investors in this round, alongside Niklas Zennström (Skype’s co-founder and founder of the VC Atomico), David Helgason (founder of Unity Technologies), Ross Mason (founder of MuleSoft) and Ilkka Paananen (founder of Supercell). \n\n\nThousands of authors sign letter urging AI makers to stop stealing books\n\n\nWe think the timing is correct \u2014 we are right in the middle of the biggest strike in 60 years, by releasing the research (but not the ability for anyone to create episodes of protected IP) we hope [for] the Guilds in Hollywood to negotiate strong, strong, strong protections that producers cannot use AI tools without the express permission of artists. \nAnd there are definite leaps of faith that have to be accepted for how some of this might work — for example, if a model is based on decades of in-ground storage, whether the process and product will remain durable and safe