After a stunning year in the progression of Artificial Intelligence, Bill Gates is eyeing 2024 and further escalations in the technology. The Microsoft co-founder said he believes AI advances next year will set the stage “for a massive technology boom later this decade”. We cover this story in our weekly AI Digest, along with an analyst’s view that the Axel Springer/OpenAI content licensing deal is “a model for everyone else”. Readers can also subscribe for free to PA’s weekly AI Digest newsletter, which is published every Friday, featuring a wider selection of stories on this fast-evolving sector.