AI and society

AI supercomputers are a new national priority

Summary Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang expects demand for the company’s products to increase as countries around the world invest in building their own AI infrastructure. Countries such as India, Japan, France, and Canada have recognized the importance of investing in their own AI capabilities and are building AI infrastructures to better integrate AI into their …

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Italy puts ChatGPT on notice for alleged privacy missteps (yes, again)

Summary Italy’s data protection authority, Garante, has accused OpenAI of violating European privacy laws with ChatGPT and has given the company 30 days to respond. The accusation follows a months-long investigation after Italy initially blocked access to the chatbot over privacy concerns. OpenAI had announced measures to address those concerns, but the latest decision suggests …

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White House responds to AI-faked Taylor Swift nudes, calls for regulation

Summary White House says AI-faked nude photos need independent legal regulation. The U.S. government has taken a stand after AI-faked nude photos of Taylor Swift appeared on X. In a statement, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called the incidents “alarming” and reiterated the need for legal action. She emphasized the role of social media …

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Binoculars is the most powerful AI text detector with over 90% accuracy

Summary Binoculars is currently the most powerful detector of AI-generated text. According to the team behind the method, Binoculars detects AI text with over 90% accuracy. Language model detectors are specialized algorithms for recognizing text generated by ChatGPT or other text generators. This task has become more difficult — and at the same time more …

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New Hampshire voters receive AI-generated Biden robocalls urging them to skip the primary

Summary Voters in New Hampshire received phone calls over the weekend from a presumably AI-generated voice. The voice claimed to be US President Biden and urged voters not to vote in the primary. The voice reportedly told those called that “your vote makes a difference in November, not this Tuesday.” The call was spoofed to …

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This German open-source LLM can out-reason GPT-3.5, proving sauerkraut might be brain food

DiscoLM German 7b is an open-source German language model based on Mistral. The model is optimized for German texts and understands, generates, and interacts effectively with German-language content, but also retains its English language capabilities and is supposed to be particularly good at translation tasks. In MT Bench, DiscoLM German 7b lags behind GPT-3.5 in …

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Leaked EU AI Act has good news for open-source AI in Europe

Euractiv journalist Luca Bertuzzi has leaked the final text of the EU AI Act. The final yes/no vote is expected to take place in the Committee of Permanent Representatives (COREPER) in early February. It seems there is good news for open-source AI: Third parties will be exempt from certain compliance requirements if they provide AI …

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WHO publishes new guidelines for multimodal AI models in medicine

Summary The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new guidelines on the ethics and governance of large multimodal models (LMMs). The guidelines include more than 40 recommendations for governments, technology companies and healthcare providers to ensure the appropriate use of large multimodal AI models (LMMs) to promote and protect public health, according to the WHO. …

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French lawmakers push to update EU copyright rules for the age of generative AI

Summary A commission of the French National Assembly proposes changes to the EU Copyright Directive to accommodate generative AI. On January 18, a committee of the French National Assembly published an opinion recommending amendments to the EU Copyright Directive to take account of generative AI and regular reviews of EU AI law. The High Commission …

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Open source AI models pose no greater risks than closed models

Summary Are open-source AI models more dangerous than closed models like GPT-4? A new study says no, and offers recommendations for policymakers. Open Foundation Models (OFMs) offer significant benefits by fostering competition, accelerating innovation, and improving the distribution of power, concludes a study by the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. In the study, the …

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