U.S. Politics Goes Generative: U.S. Republicans released the first AI generated attack ad.
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U.S. Politics Goes Generative: U.S. Republicans released the first AI generated attack ad.

A major political party in the United States used generated imagery in a campaign ad. The Republican Party released a video entirely made up of AI-generated images.

May 3, 20232 min read
Hinton Leaves Google With Regrets: Why Geoffrey Hinton, one of the “Godfathers of AI” resigned from Google
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Hinton Leaves Google With Regrets: Why Geoffrey Hinton, one of the “Godfathers of AI” resigned from Google

A pioneer of deep learning joined the chorus of AI insiders who worry that the technology is becoming dangerous, saying that part of him regrets his life’s work.

May 3, 20231 min read
Hinton Leaves Google With Regrets: Why Geoffrey Hinton, one of the “Godfathers of AI” resigned from Google
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Hinton Leaves Google With Regrets: Why Geoffrey Hinton, one of the “Godfathers of AI” resigned from Google

A pioneer of deep learning joined the chorus of AI insiders who worry that the technology is becoming dangerous, saying that part of him regrets his life’s work.

May 3, 20231 min read
Eyes on the Olympics: The 2024 Paris Olympics may have AI surveillance.
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Eyes on the Olympics: The 2024 Paris Olympics may have AI surveillance.

French lawmakers said “oui” to broad uses of AI-powered surveillance. France’s National Assembly authorized authorities to test systems that detect unlawful, dangerous, or unusual behavior at next year’s Summer Olympics in Paris. The bill will become law unless the country’s top court blocks it.

April 19, 20231 min read
Eyes on the Olympics: The 2024 Paris Olympics may have AI surveillance.
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Eyes on the Olympics: The 2024 Paris Olympics may have AI surveillance.

French lawmakers said “oui” to broad uses of AI-powered surveillance. France’s National Assembly authorized authorities to test systems that detect unlawful, dangerous, or unusual behavior at next year’s Summer Olympics in Paris. The bill will become law unless the country’s top court blocks it.

April 19, 20231 min read
AI Trends Tracked: 2023's AI trends from Stanford's AI Index
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AI Trends Tracked: 2023's AI trends from Stanford's AI Index

Stanford’s sixth annual AI Index takes stock of a rapidly growing field. The sprawling, 386-page report from the Institute for Human-Centered AI presents the past year’s developments in AI based on a wide variety of sources including benchmarks, papers, market research, job listings, and polls.

April 12, 20232 min read
AI Trends Tracked: 2023's AI trends from Stanford's AI Index
Tech & Society

AI Trends Tracked: 2023's AI trends from Stanford's AI Index

Stanford’s sixth annual AI Index takes stock of a rapidly growing field. The sprawling, 386-page report from the Institute for Human-Centered AI presents the past year’s developments in AI based on a wide variety of sources including benchmarks, papers, market research, job listings, and polls.

April 12, 20232 min read
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.
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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
What Americans Want From AI: Pew survey asks 11,000 Americans about AI.
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What Americans Want From AI: Pew survey asks 11,000 Americans about AI.

Adults in the United States tend to view AI’s medical applications favorably but are leery of text and image generation. Pew Research Center polled 11,004 U.S. adults for their opinions of AI in science, healthcare, and media.

March 29, 20232 min read
What Americans Want From AI: Pew survey asks 11,000 Americans about AI.
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What Americans Want From AI: Pew survey asks 11,000 Americans about AI.

Adults in the United States tend to view AI’s medical applications favorably but are leery of text and image generation. Pew Research Center polled 11,004 U.S. adults for their opinions of AI in science, healthcare, and media.

March 29, 20232 min read
Runaway LLaMA: How Meta's LLaMA NLP model leaked
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Runaway LLaMA: How Meta's LLaMA NLP model leaked

Meta’s effort to make a large language model available to researchers ended with its escape into the wild. Soon after Meta started accepting applications for developer access to LLaMA, a family of trained large language models...

March 15, 20232 min read
Runaway LLaMA: How Meta's LLaMA NLP model leaked
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Runaway LLaMA: How Meta's LLaMA NLP model leaked

Meta’s effort to make a large language model available to researchers ended with its escape into the wild. Soon after Meta started accepting applications for developer access to LLaMA, a family of trained large language models...

March 15, 20232 min read
Deep (Learning) State: How Romania is using NLP as a political advisor.
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Deep (Learning) State: How Romania is using NLP as a political advisor.

Meet the Romanian government’s automated political adviser. The Prime Minister of Romania launched ION, a system that summarizes and organizes public comments for cabinet ministers, Politico.eu reported.

March 8, 20231 min read
Deep (Learning) State: How Romania is using NLP as a political advisor.
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Deep (Learning) State: How Romania is using NLP as a political advisor.

Meet the Romanian government’s automated political adviser. The Prime Minister of Romania launched ION, a system that summarizes and organizes public comments for cabinet ministers, Politico.eu reported.

March 8, 20231 min read

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