Geopolitics

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Italy Boots ChatGPT: Italy blocked ChatGPT for alleged privacy violations.
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Italy Boots ChatGPT: Italy blocked ChatGPT for alleged privacy violations.

Italy blocked ChatGPT after determining that it violates European Union laws. The Guarantor for the Protection of Personal Data suspended access to ChatGPT for 20 days after saying that OpenAI enables underage children to use the chatbot, distributes misinformation about people...

April 12, 20232 min read
Italy Boots ChatGPT: Italy blocked ChatGPT for alleged privacy violations.
Geopolitics

Italy Boots ChatGPT: Italy blocked ChatGPT for alleged privacy violations.

Italy blocked ChatGPT after determining that it violates European Union laws. The Guarantor for the Protection of Personal Data suspended access to ChatGPT for 20 days after saying that OpenAI enables underage children to use the chatbot, distributes misinformation about people...

April 12, 20232 min read
Restricted Chips Slip Through: Loopholes help Chinese companies get U.S. chips.
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Restricted Chips Slip Through: Loopholes help Chinese companies get U.S. chips.

Chinese companies have found loopholes to sidestep United States limits on AI chips. Facing severe limits on U.S. exports of high-performance chips, Chinese AI firms are purchasing them through subsidiaries and using them through cloud services, the Financial Times reported.

March 29, 20232 min read
Restricted Chips Slip Through: Loopholes help Chinese companies get U.S. chips.
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Restricted Chips Slip Through: Loopholes help Chinese companies get U.S. chips.

Chinese companies have found loopholes to sidestep United States limits on AI chips. Facing severe limits on U.S. exports of high-performance chips, Chinese AI firms are purchasing them through subsidiaries and using them through cloud services, the Financial Times reported.

March 29, 20232 min read
New Rules for Military AI: China, U.S., and other nations want limits on military AI.
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New Rules for Military AI: China, U.S., and other nations want limits on military AI.

Nations tentatively agreed to limit their use of autonomous weapons. Representatives of 60 countries endorsed a nonbinding resolution that calls for responsible development, deployment, and use of military AI. Parties to the agreement include China and the United states but not Russia.

February 22, 20232 min read
New Rules for Military AI: China, U.S., and other nations want limits on military AI.
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New Rules for Military AI: China, U.S., and other nations want limits on military AI.

Nations tentatively agreed to limit their use of autonomous weapons. Representatives of 60 countries endorsed a nonbinding resolution that calls for responsible development, deployment, and use of military AI. Parties to the agreement include China and the United states but not Russia.

February 22, 20232 min read
Ukraine's Lost Harvest Quantified: AI Analysis Shows Ukraine War Grain Farming Impacts
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Ukraine's Lost Harvest Quantified: AI Analysis Shows Ukraine War Grain Farming Impacts

Neural networks are helping humanitarian observers measure the extent of war damage to Ukraine’s grain crop. Analysts from the Yale School of Public Health and Oak Ridge National Laboratory built a computer vision model that detects grain-storage facilities in aerial photos.

November 2, 20222 min read
Ukraine's Lost Harvest Quantified: AI Analysis Shows Ukraine War Grain Farming Impacts
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Ukraine's Lost Harvest Quantified: AI Analysis Shows Ukraine War Grain Farming Impacts

Neural networks are helping humanitarian observers measure the extent of war damage to Ukraine’s grain crop. Analysts from the Yale School of Public Health and Oak Ridge National Laboratory built a computer vision model that detects grain-storage facilities in aerial photos.

November 2, 20222 min read
No More GPUs: Confronting the Fear of a Global Chip Shortage
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No More GPUs: Confronting the Fear of a Global Chip Shortage

Advanced AI requires advanced hardware. What if the global supply of high-end AI chips dries up? Most of the world’s advanced AI processors are manufactured in Taiwan, where tension with mainland China is rising.

October 26, 20222 min read
No More GPUs: Confronting the Fear of a Global Chip Shortage
Geopolitics

No More GPUs: Confronting the Fear of a Global Chip Shortage

Advanced AI requires advanced hardware. What if the global supply of high-end AI chips dries up? Most of the world’s advanced AI processors are manufactured in Taiwan, where tension with mainland China is rising.

October 26, 20222 min read
AI Chips Spark International Tension: U.S. Blocks AI Chip Sales to China
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AI Chips Spark International Tension: U.S. Blocks AI Chip Sales to China

New U.S. restrictions on chip sales aim to hamper China’s AI efforts. The U.S. government published sweeping limits on sales of processors that involve U.S. designs and technology to Chinese businesses. U.S. officials stated that the restrictions are meant to prevent China from militarizing AI.

October 19, 20222 min read
AI Chips Spark International Tension: U.S. Blocks AI Chip Sales to China
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AI Chips Spark International Tension: U.S. Blocks AI Chip Sales to China

New U.S. restrictions on chip sales aim to hamper China’s AI efforts. The U.S. government published sweeping limits on sales of processors that involve U.S. designs and technology to Chinese businesses. U.S. officials stated that the restrictions are meant to prevent China from militarizing AI.

October 19, 20222 min read
Regulating AI in Undefined Terms: Experts Debate Definitions in European Union’s AI Act
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Regulating AI in Undefined Terms: Experts Debate Definitions in European Union’s AI Act

A proposed European Union law that seeks to control AI is raising questions about what kinds of systems it would regulate. Experts at a roundtable staged by the Center for Data Innovation debated the implications of limitations in the EU’s forthcoming Artificial Intelligence Act.

September 21, 20222 min read
Regulating AI in Undefined Terms: Experts Debate Definitions in European Union’s AI Act
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Regulating AI in Undefined Terms: Experts Debate Definitions in European Union’s AI Act

A proposed European Union law that seeks to control AI is raising questions about what kinds of systems it would regulate. Experts at a roundtable staged by the Center for Data Innovation debated the implications of limitations in the EU’s forthcoming Artificial Intelligence Act.

September 21, 20222 min read
The Geopolitics of GPUs: US Bans Nvidia and AMD Chip Sales to China
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The Geopolitics of GPUs: US Bans Nvidia and AMD Chip Sales to China

The ban impacts Nvidia's A100 and H100 chips, and AMD's MI250.

September 7, 20222 min read

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