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Governments need to rein in increasingly capable AI agents before their risks are fully understood, a United Nations scientific panel warned in the global organization's first major assessment of OpenAI's hack of Hugging Face earlier this year. The report cements AI's place on the global diplomatic agenda this week as leaders gather in New York [...]
Read source →Meta's Muse AI agent has been blocked from shopping Amazon on behalf of its users, GeekWire reports. A popup message started appearing on Sunday for Muse users saying that "continued access by an unauthorized AI agent violates Amazon's Conditions of Use, to which our customers have agreed." According to GeekWire, Meta didn't notify Amazon that [...]
Read source →The man who may stand to make the most money from the AI boom seems to think he knows better than anyone else, including researchers who have studied and worked on AI for decades. In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, he claimed there was a "0% chance" of AI being the end of the [...]
Read source →The president posted on Truth Social that he wanted to appoint an "AI czar" to lead a new "AI force." He made the announcement amid growing calls from across the political spectrum and even within the industry to pump the brakes on AI development. He posted that his administration "will not in any way hinder [...]
Read source →Before recent high-profile hacks raised the specter of AI possibly "killing all humans," our energy systems were already disturbingly vulnerable to cyberattack - and the risk is growing. "We were always prey. We were just kind of surviving at the appetite of our predators," Joshua Corman, executive in residence for public safety and resilience at [...]
Read source →Meta's Muse is apparently an effective AI assistant, but one that's a little creepy. Part of that is because of its new Mac app, which can access Messages, Calendar, and Notes. But for all its smarts, Muse doesn't actually know how to describe itself. Jason Aten, a contributing editor at Inc Magazine, posted on Threads [...]
Read source →In May, Gemini broke containment and hacked three different companies, but Google didn't disclose the incident until the Wall Street Journal approached the company. The hacks happened during a test of the model's cybersecurity capabilities run by third-party Irregular, which was also involved in similar incidents involving Meta and OpenAI. According to WSJ, Google didn't [...]
Read source →Today on Decoder, we’ve got the first of a two-part series on the future of business, and I'm talking with Jonathan Kanter, the former antitrust chief for the US Department of Justice in the Biden administration. These days, he’s both a professor of law at WashU and professor of technology policy at Carnegie Mellon. The [...]
Read source →At the start of this week, the who's-who of AI seemed - at least tentatively - on the side of AI regulation. Over the weekend, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei had proposed a three-step plan for slowing AI development, including by embedding third-party evaluators in labs, coordinating across the domestic industry, and forging international agreements potentially [...]
Read source →Recently unsealed court documents in the New York Times' case against OpenAI and Microsoft are pretty damning. The companies' own documentation warned that it was starting a "doom loop" that would damage the web, characterized its scraping of data to train its models as the "largest theft of labor in human history," and that it [...]
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Read source →Everyone in the world-models space is sitting on a pile of cash and a ton of buzz, but good luck getting anyone — from the founders to their own data suppliers — to tell you what they're actually building.
Read source →On Equity, we debated whether AI executives are serious about wanting to slow down.
Read source →Vocci's lightweight ring costs $249, and might pose some privacy questions.
Read source →ScrollEd turns textbooks into a scrollable, Instagram-like feed with video, audio, and quizzes. The Palo Alto startup, founded by student co-founders (and spouses) Utsav Gupta and Rebecca Neff, pitches at TechCrunch Disrupt.
Read source →The regulation of AI is a pressing issue as AI becomes increasingly integrated into various aspects of life, and its potential risks and benefits need to be carefully managed.
AI regulation proposals from governments and industry leaders
The safety of AI systems is a critical concern as AI becomes more pervasive, and incidents of AI models going rogue can have severe consequences.
Incidents of AI models going rogue and the development of AI safety protocols
The growth of the AI industry has significant economic and social implications, and understanding its trajectory is essential for making informed decisions.
The development of new AI technologies and applications
Ensuring that AI systems are developed and used in an ethical and accountable manner is crucial for building trust in AI and mitigating its potential risks.
Discussions around AI ethics and accountability in the industry and among policymakers
The integration of AI into various aspects of life has significant implications for productivity, efficiency, and innovation, and understanding its impact is essential for making informed decisions.
The increasing adoption of AI in various industries and sectors