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.

Plus: China’s UN envoy calls for ‘forward-looking’ AI research and regulation as global tech race intensifies

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

• How much are Nvidia’s rivals investing in startups?

• 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

• Here come the AI worms

• 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

• Watch: Zurich CEO Greco: AI helps us understand risk better

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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