Most Read: Amazon Expands Just Walk Out Technology to NFL Football Stadiums, Colleges; Apple Unveils iPhone 16 Built for AI; Apple Intelligence Coming to Product Lineup

Here are the most-read stories on AI Business this week.

Amazon Expands Just Walk Out Technology to NFL Football Stadiums, Colleges

With the start of football season and a new school year, Amazon is bringing its Just Walk Out AI-powered shopping technology to about two dozen new locations at NFL stadiums and U.S. college campuses.

The checkout-free system, which launched in 2018, is being deployed at seven new stores at Commanders Field in Washington, D.C. and six additional locations at Lumen Field in Seattle — bringing the total at the home of the Seahawks to 15, the most of any venue in the world.

Amazon is also opening a radio-frequency identification (RFID) store there that enables the checkout-free purchase of soft items, like clothing, hats and other fan gear. The Baltimore Ravens’ home of M&T Bank Stadium is getting its first location, too.

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Apple Unveils iPhone 16 Built for AI; Apple Intelligence Coming to Product Lineup

Apple is bringing artificial intelligence to its product line, starting with the unveiling of the new iPhone 16 and its new personal intelligence system announced Monday.

The company’s Apple Intelligence will power the new models with an “easy-to-use personal intelligence system that understands personal context to deliver intelligence that is helpful and relevant while protecting user privacy,” Apple said. 

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The personal intelligence system is scheduled to roll out next month for the iPhone, iPad and Mac with iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.1 with more features to follow. 

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What the EU AI Act Means for American Businesses

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer a concept confined to science fiction. It's an integral part of our daily lives, from the moment we use a web browser, to the playlists our music services curate for us, to the recommendations we receive on our banking apps for a new credit card or account. AI's influence is everywhere and it’s only growing.

Generative AI platforms like ChatGPT and Google Gemini have brought AI even closer to home, empowering individuals and businesses alike to harness its power in ways that were unimaginable just a few years ago. The push toward greater AI integration is increasing: according to a recent Pega survey, 92% of global business leaders and even 96% of those in the U.S., plan to increase their use of AI over the next five years, with many recognizing the transformational potential AI holds for their organizations. But with this rapid adoption comes a critical question: How can we ensure that AI is used responsibly and ethically?

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Volvo to Use Nvidia Chips in Future Vehicles

Volvo has announced it is extending its agreement to use Nvidia chips in its cars over the coming years.

The news was announced at the launch of the new EX90 electric SUV, hailed as the Swedish automaker’s first software-defined vehicle.

The EX90 is built around the Nvidia Orin system-on-a-chip (SoC), capable of more than 250 trillion operations per second (TOPS).

Running Nvidia Drive Orin OS, the core compute architecture orchestrates all of the EX90’s functionality, ranging from powering the deep learning capabilities that underpin its AI-based active safety and driving assistance features, to supporting the development of autonomous driving capabilities.

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NaNoWriMo Sparks Controversy by Refusing to Condemn AI Writing Tools

As fall approaches, aspiring novelists clear their social calendars to dedicate themselves to National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), the international creative writing event in which participants attempt to write a 50,000-word manuscript during November. It has been running since 1999 and launched as a U.S.-based nonprofit organization in 2005.

As AI, particularly generative AI, has been playing a growing role in many creative pursuits, participants have been calling for clarification on NaNoWriMo’s stance.

On Aug. 31, event organizers posted a blog post stating: “We believe that to categorically condemn AI would be to ignore classist and ableist issues surrounding the use of the technology and that questions around the use of AI tie to questions around privilege.”

Read on to find out how what the writing community had to say