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Toward Managing AI Bio Risk: Over 150 scientists commit to ensure AI safety in synthetic biology research.
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Toward Managing AI Bio Risk: Over 150 scientists commit to ensure AI safety in synthetic biology research.

Scientists pledged to control their use of AI to produce potentially hazardous biological materials.

April 3, 20242 min read
Toward Managing AI Bio Risk: Over 150 scientists commit to ensure AI safety in synthetic biology research.
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Toward Managing AI Bio Risk: Over 150 scientists commit to ensure AI safety in synthetic biology research.

Scientists pledged to control their use of AI to produce potentially hazardous biological materials.

April 3, 20242 min read
India Warns Devs — No Unreliable AI: India advises pre-approval for new AI deployments by tech firms.
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India Warns Devs — No Unreliable AI: India advises pre-approval for new AI deployments by tech firms.

India advised major tech companies to seek government approval before they deploy new AI models.

March 14, 20242 min read
India Warns Devs — No Unreliable AI: India advises pre-approval for new AI deployments by tech firms.
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India Warns Devs — No Unreliable AI: India advises pre-approval for new AI deployments by tech firms.

India advised major tech companies to seek government approval before they deploy new AI models.

March 14, 20242 min read
Competition Heats Up in AI Chips: Huawei rises as key AI chip supplier amid U.S. export bans.
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Competition Heats Up in AI Chips: Huawei rises as key AI chip supplier amid U.S. export bans.

Huawei is emerging as an important supplier of AI chips. Amid a U.S. ban on exports of advanced chips to China, demand for Huawei’s AI chips is so intense that the company is limiting production of the chip that powers one of its most popular smartphones so it can serve the AI market.

February 22, 20242 min read
Competition Heats Up in AI Chips: Huawei rises as key AI chip supplier amid U.S. export bans.
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Competition Heats Up in AI Chips: Huawei rises as key AI chip supplier amid U.S. export bans.

Huawei is emerging as an important supplier of AI chips. Amid a U.S. ban on exports of advanced chips to China, demand for Huawei’s AI chips is so intense that the company is limiting production of the chip that powers one of its most popular smartphones so it can serve the AI market.

February 22, 20242 min read
U.S. Restricts AI Robocalls: U.S. cracks down on AI-generated voice robocalls to combat election interference.
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U.S. Restricts AI Robocalls: U.S. cracks down on AI-generated voice robocalls to combat election interference.

The United States outlawed unsolicited phone calls that use AI-generated voices. 

February 14, 20242 min read
U.S. Restricts AI Robocalls: U.S. cracks down on AI-generated voice robocalls to combat election interference.
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U.S. Restricts AI Robocalls: U.S. cracks down on AI-generated voice robocalls to combat election interference.

The United States outlawed unsolicited phone calls that use AI-generated voices. 

February 14, 20242 min read
Deep Learning Rocks: How 2023’s soundtrack became AI-generated
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Deep Learning Rocks: How 2023’s soundtrack became AI-generated

Fans of AI-driven music pressed play, while a major recording company reached for the stop button. AI grabbed listeners by the ears when it helped produce a new single by The Beatles, mimicked the voices of beloved stars, and generated music from text prompts.

December 20, 20232 min read
Deep Learning Rocks: How 2023’s soundtrack became AI-generated
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Deep Learning Rocks: How 2023’s soundtrack became AI-generated

Fans of AI-driven music pressed play, while a major recording company reached for the stop button. AI grabbed listeners by the ears when it helped produce a new single by The Beatles, mimicked the voices of beloved stars, and generated music from text prompts.

December 20, 20232 min read
High Anx-AI-ety: A recap of 2023's battle between AI doomsday warnings and regulatory measures
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High Anx-AI-ety: A recap of 2023's battle between AI doomsday warnings and regulatory measures

Angst at the prospect of intelligent machines boiled over in moves to block or limit the technology. Fear of AI-related doomsday scenarios prompted proposals to delay research and soul searching by prominent researchers. Amid the doomsaying, lawmakers took dramatic regulatory steps. 

December 20, 20232 min read
High Anx-AI-ety: A recap of 2023's battle between AI doomsday warnings and regulatory measures
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High Anx-AI-ety: A recap of 2023's battle between AI doomsday warnings and regulatory measures

Angst at the prospect of intelligent machines boiled over in moves to block or limit the technology. Fear of AI-related doomsday scenarios prompted proposals to delay research and soul searching by prominent researchers. Amid the doomsaying, lawmakers took dramatic regulatory steps. 

December 20, 20232 min read
Can I Use This Data?: Conflict over information sources sparked legal and business turmoil in 2023.
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Can I Use This Data?: Conflict over information sources sparked legal and business turmoil in 2023.

Information may not want to be free after all. The age-old practice of training AI systems on data scraped from the web came into question as copyright owners sought to restrict AI developers from using their works without permission.

December 20, 20232 min read
Can I Use This Data?: Conflict over information sources sparked legal and business turmoil in 2023.
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Can I Use This Data?: Conflict over information sources sparked legal and business turmoil in 2023.

Information may not want to be free after all. The age-old practice of training AI systems on data scraped from the web came into question as copyright owners sought to restrict AI developers from using their works without permission.

December 20, 20232 min read
Europe Clamps Down: The AI Act, Europe's biggest AI law, moves closer to approval.
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Europe Clamps Down: The AI Act, Europe's biggest AI law, moves closer to approval.

Europe’s sweeping AI law moved decisively toward approval. After years of debate, representatives of the European Union’s legislative and executive branches agreed on a draft of the AI Act, a comprehensive approach to regulating AI.

December 13, 20233 min read

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