Week 28: What's Happening in AI
Below: The EU AI Act vote gets moved up, China increases AI investment amid increasing tensions with US, the latest in chip investments, and more.
Policy
United States
Amid rising tensions with China, U.S. semiconductor company AMD was blocked from selling their made-for-China AI chip. And, a new bipartisan group pitched shortcuts to AI regulation by using existing federal bodies to govern AI.
States
Seven new state-level bills focus on AI bias vs. the other 400 bills introduced this year that focus on specific applications of AI (e.g., deepfakes, LLMs).
Europe
The European Parliament moved up the EU AI Act vote to March 13th. The regulations will go into effect in 20 days for all companies operating in the EU, if passed.
Asia
India now requires large AI companies to obtain approval before launching new models.
China is increasing domestic tech R&D investment by 10% and aims to overcome U.S. tech sanctions in response to increasing tensions with the U.S.
AI development + deployment
Governance
Google is starting to squash more spam and AI in search results. More here.
Anthropic claims its new AI chatbot models beat OpenAI’s GPT-4
Microsoft AI engineer warns FTC about Copilot Designer safety concerns
Top AI researchers say OpenAI, Meta and more hinder independent evaluations
Elon Musk sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over ‘betrayal’ of nonprofit AI mission
OpenAI’s response here
Elections
AI tools are still generating misleading election images
And: Trump supporters target black voters with AI, Political deepfakes are spreading
Watch: EI-ISAC's Andino: AI is the newest cybersecurity threat
New Report: Fake image factories (Center for Countering Digital Hate)
Chips
AI chip startup Groq forms new business unit, acquires Definitive Intelligence
Listen: How Nvidia came to rule AI
Investment
Google’s deal with Stack Overflow Is the latest proof that AI giants will pay for data
Opinion: AI has an Uber problem
Where AI is going
Security
North Korean hackers breach two South Korean chip gear makers
Palantir signs deal with Ukraine to use AI to help clear mines
New applications
Good climate solutions need good policy—and AI can help with that
AI could be the solution for bureaucracy, with Emilie Poteat from Advocate
More
Over 600 Google workers urge the company to cut ties with israeli tech conference
New Report: Edelman report on technology finds trust in AI companies declining
Raises and releases
Raises: Ema, a ‘Universal AI employee,’ emerges from stealth with $25M, Multiverse raises $27M for quantum software targeting LLM leviathans, Minimax raised $600M in a round led by Alibaba
Releases: DeepMind alums unveil Haiper
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