Week 26: What's Happening in AI
In this week's edition, we cover FTC rule changes to combat deepfakes, a new announcement from large AI companies committed to fighting election misinformation, and more.
Policy
United States
Federal Regulation
The FTC announced its intention to modify impersonation rules to combat deepfakes. The rule seeks to
“make it unlawful for a GenAI platform to provide goods or services that they know or have reason to know are being used to harm consumers through impersonation.” And, a new bipartisan AI working group in the U.S. House of Representatives will coordinate with the Senate on AI policy.
U.S. State Regulation
N.Y. governor wants to criminalize deceptive AI. And, an interesting opinion piece from Vox: Can California show the way forward on AI safety?
Europe
European Union
Concerned about competition, E.U. antitrust chief aims to scrutinize AI-related M&A deals. ICYMI this is part of a larger regulatory trend in the E.U. - last month, the E.U. announced investigations into large company investments in AI startups.
Asia
As US-China tensions rise, Japan is investing $67B in semiconductors to insulate the Japanese economy. And Hong Kong is reviewing copyright law to include creators who use AI.
AI development + deployment
Chips
Microsoft Develops AI Server Gear to Lessen Reliance on Nvidia
SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son is reportedly seeking $100B to build new AI chip venture
Governance
Where AI is going
Security
Future of Work
New applications
OpenAI Unveils A.I. That Instantly Generates Eye-Popping Videos
Google’s Chess Experiments Reveal How to Boost the Power of AI
Competition
Raises and releases
Raises: Bioptimus raises $35 million seed round to develop AI foundational model focused on biology, Moonshot AI raises US$1 billion in funding round led by Alibaba and VC HongShan
Releases: Google’s Flagship AI Model Gets a Mighty Fast Upgrade, Google releases 'open' AI models after Meta
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