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Tech Leaders Once Cried for AI Regulation. Now the Message Is ‘Slow Down’
(Wired) Any dreams of a sweeping AI bill out of Congress are basically a hallucination. Read more here.
Read MoreAI Governance Appears on Corporate Radar
(Harvard Law School Forum) Only about 15% of companies in the S&P 500 provide some disclosure in proxy statements about board oversight of AI. Disclosure of board oversight of AI and directors’ AI expertise is primarily found in the information technology sector, with 38% of companies providing some level of board oversight disclosure… Read more…
Read MoreThe Worst Part of a Wall Street Career May Be Coming to an End
(NYT) Artificial intelligence tools can replace much of Wall Street’s entry-level white-collar work, raising tough questions about the future of finance. Read more here.
Read More‘Social Order Could Collapse’ in AI Era, Two Top Japan Companies Say
(WSJ) Telecommunications company NTT and leading newspaper Yomiuri will issue a manifesto calling for new laws to restrain generative AI. Read more here.
Read MoreFake AI law firms are sending fake DMCA threats to generate fake SEO gains
(Ars Technica) How one journalist found himself targeted by generative AI over a keyfob photo. Read more here.
Read MoreEU and US set to announce joint working on AI safety, standards & R&D
(TechCrunch) The European Union and the U.S. expect to announce a cooperation on AI at a meeting of the EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Council (TTC) on Friday, according to a senior commission official who was briefing journalists on background ahead of the confab. Read more here.
Read MoreAnthropic researchers wear down AI ethics with repeated questions
(TechCrunch) How do you get an AI to answer a question it’s not supposed to? There are many such “jailbreak” techniques, and Anthropic researchers just found a new one, in which a large language model (LLM) can be convinced to tell you how to build a bomb if you prime it with a few dozen…
Read MoreSure, No One Knows What Happens Next. But Past Is Prologue When It Comes To AI
(Tech Policy Press) Last month, OpenAI’s ChatGPT began responding with nonsense, and no one could explain why. The internet did its thing, and people poked fun at it, argued with each other, and then over-intellectualized what it means. Amid the chatter and the noise, an article in Fast Company by Chris Stokel-Walker titled “ChatGPT Is Behaving Weirdly (and…
Read MoreVegetables are losing their nutrients. Can the decline be reversed?
(The Guardian) A process called biofortification puts nutrients directly into seeds and could reduce global hunger, but it’s not a magic bullet Read more here.
Read MoreThe Deaths of Effective Altruism
(Wired) I’m fond of effective altruists. When you meet one, ask them how many people they’ve killed. Read more here.
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