Keep Open Source Free!: Regulators threaten to restrict open source development. That would be a huge mistake.
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Keep Open Source Free!: Regulators threaten to restrict open source development. That would be a huge mistake.

This week, I’m speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in San Francisco, where leaders in business and government have convened to discuss AI and other topics.

November 15, 20233 min read
Keep Open Source Free!: Regulators threaten to restrict open source development. That would be a huge mistake.
Tech & Society

Keep Open Source Free!: Regulators threaten to restrict open source development. That would be a huge mistake.

This week, I’m speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) and Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in San Francisco, where leaders in business and government have convened to discuss AI and other topics.

November 15, 20233 min read
AI Safety Summit Mulls Risks: Countries and tech giants collaborate on global AI safety regulation.
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AI Safety Summit Mulls Risks: Countries and tech giants collaborate on global AI safety regulation.

An international conference of political leaders and tech executives agreed to regulate AI. 28 countries including China and the United States as well as the European Union signed a declaration aimed at mitigating AI risks. 

November 8, 20232 min read
AI Safety Summit Mulls Risks: Countries and tech giants collaborate on global AI safety regulation.
Tech & Society

AI Safety Summit Mulls Risks: Countries and tech giants collaborate on global AI safety regulation.

An international conference of political leaders and tech executives agreed to regulate AI. 28 countries including China and the United States as well as the European Union signed a declaration aimed at mitigating AI risks. 

November 8, 20232 min read
Generative AI as Development Platform: All the new models and products announced by OpenAI during DevDay
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Generative AI as Development Platform: All the new models and products announced by OpenAI during DevDay

OpenAI added new features designed to help developers build applications using its generative models. OpenAI introduced a plethora of capabilities at its first developer conference in San Francisco.

November 8, 20232 min read
Generative AI as Development Platform: All the new models and products announced by OpenAI during DevDay
Tech & Society

Generative AI as Development Platform: All the new models and products announced by OpenAI during DevDay

OpenAI added new features designed to help developers build applications using its generative models. OpenAI introduced a plethora of capabilities at its first developer conference in San Francisco.

November 8, 20232 min read
Cruise Control: Cruise shuts down self-driving cars due to California safety concerns.
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Cruise Control: Cruise shuts down self-driving cars due to California safety concerns.

The state of California pulled the parking brake on Cruise driverless vehicles. The DMV suspended Cruise’s permit to operate vehicles in the state without safety drivers. The General Motors subsidiary responded by halting its robotaxi operations across the United States.

November 1, 20232 min read
Cruise Control: Cruise shuts down self-driving cars due to California safety concerns.
Tech & Society

Cruise Control: Cruise shuts down self-driving cars due to California safety concerns.

The state of California pulled the parking brake on Cruise driverless vehicles. The DMV suspended Cruise’s permit to operate vehicles in the state without safety drivers. The General Motors subsidiary responded by halting its robotaxi operations across the United States.

November 1, 20232 min read
White House Moves to Regulate AI: All about the U.S. executive order on AI use and development
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White House Moves to Regulate AI: All about the U.S. executive order on AI use and development

U.S. President Biden announced directives that control AI based on his legal power to promote national defense and respond to national emergencies. The White House issued an executive order that requires AI companies and institutions...

November 1, 20233 min read
White House Moves to Regulate AI: All about the U.S. executive order on AI use and development
Tech & Society

White House Moves to Regulate AI: All about the U.S. executive order on AI use and development

U.S. President Biden announced directives that control AI based on his legal power to promote national defense and respond to national emergencies. The White House issued an executive order that requires AI companies and institutions...

November 1, 20233 min read
No Jobs for Humans: Will the dominance of AI in the workplace leave enough jobs for people?
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No Jobs for Humans: Will the dominance of AI in the workplace leave enough jobs for people?

AI is taking over the workplace. Will there be enough jobs left for people? Workers of all kinds are on the firing line as large language models, text-to-image generators, and hardware robots match their performance at a lower cost.

October 25, 20232 min read
No Jobs for Humans: Will the dominance of AI in the workplace leave enough jobs for people?
Tech & Society

No Jobs for Humans: Will the dominance of AI in the workplace leave enough jobs for people?

AI is taking over the workplace. Will there be enough jobs left for people? Workers of all kinds are on the firing line as large language models, text-to-image generators, and hardware robots match their performance at a lower cost.

October 25, 20232 min read
Data Disappears: Creative workers don't want AI developers to train models on their work
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Data Disappears: Creative workers don't want AI developers to train models on their work

The latest advances in AI are built on freely available training data. What will happen if it becomes off-limits? Creative workers don’t want AI developers to train models on their works without permission or compensation, or at all. Data is vanishing as they scramble to lock it down. 

October 25, 20232 min read
Data Disappears: Creative workers don't want AI developers to train models on their work
Tech & Society

Data Disappears: Creative workers don't want AI developers to train models on their work

The latest advances in AI are built on freely available training data. What will happen if it becomes off-limits? Creative workers don’t want AI developers to train models on their works without permission or compensation, or at all. Data is vanishing as they scramble to lock it down. 

October 25, 20232 min read
Criminals Unleashed: When AI falls in the hands of lawbreakers and wrongdoers
Tech & Society

Criminals Unleashed: When AI falls in the hands of lawbreakers and wrongdoers

Do the latest machine learning models constitute a supercharged tech stack for cybercrime? Innovations like text generation, voice cloning, and deepfake videos give scammers powerful new ways to gain their victims’ trust and infiltrate their systems. They threaten to bring on an epidemic of e-fraud.

October 25, 20231 min read

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