The European Union is urging the implementation of more safeguards against the risks posed by generative AI tools to free and fair debate in democratic societies, especially during elections. The EU's values and transparency commissioner has highl…
The rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are causing concern as humans struggle to understand and control this evolving technology. Many people believe that since humans invented AI, they should be able to regulate and manage it for thei…
China's AI industry relies on student interns who work as data annotators, performing crucial tasks to train machine learning models. These interns, recruited from vocational schools, face poor working conditions and subminimum wages. Recent regul…
A recent paper challenges assumptions about the energy use of AI models, finding that AI systems emit significantly fewer carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) compared to humans when producing text or images. The authors emphasize the importance of measu…
AI systems like large language models (LLMs) are good at generating sentences but do not understand the meaning of the language. LLMs have shown emergent abilities and can be used as aids to brainstorming. GPT-4, an LLM, has been found to beat humans …
Founders and venture capitalists who flocked to artificial-intelligence startups are learning that turning the chatbot buzz into successful businesses is harder than it seems. Source https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-startup-buzz-is-facing-a-reality-check…
The US Copyright Office has ruled that AI-generated art cannot be copyrighted, raising questions about whether AI-generated art should be excluded from copyright protection. The Copyright Office argues that AI-generated art is a 'merely mechanical…
75% of Americans believe that AI will decrease the total number of jobs in the next 10 years, according to a survey by Bentley-Gallup Business in Society study. Younger Americans are less pessimistic about AI compared to older age groups. Majorities b…
Intel has announced a new chip, called 'Meteor Lake', that will allow laptops to run generative artificial intelligence chatbots without relying on cloud data centers. This will enable businesses and consumers to test AI technologies without s…
Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind, believes that concerns about the existential risks of AI are a distraction from more practical issues such as privacy and bias. He is confident that governments can effectively regulate AI using frameworks tha…
