In this article: According to a new report by The Information, Sam Altman is considering making OpenAI a for-profit company that the current non-profit board wouldn’t control. One option being considered is making OpenAI a for-profit benefit corporation, also known as a B-Corp. https://www.neowin.net/news/sam-altman-says-openai-could-become-a-for-profit-meaning-it-could-eventually-ipo
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In this article: An app called Butterflies puts a new spin on how we interact with AI. With Meta and others making similar moves, social media is about to get a lot weirder. So far, generative AI has been mostly confined to chatbots like ChatGPT. Startups like Character.AI and Replika are seeing early traction by […]
In this article: The technology can: Streamline mundane campaign tasks. Create fake images, videos, or audio. It has been used in some national races in the US and more widely in elections globally. Despite its potential to mislead, regulatory efforts have been: Piecemeal or delayed. Possibilityt of greater impactf on lower-profile races down the ballot. […]
In this article: Color Health is collaborating with OpenAI to speed up cancer patients’ access to treatment. Their new copilot application uses GPT-4o to: Identify missing diagnostics. Create tailored workup plans. Enable healthcare providers to make evidence-based decisions about cancer screening and treatment. Color Health has been improving access to healthcare for a decade. […]
In this article: Meta Platforms was hit with 11 complaints on Thursday over proposed changes that would see it use personal data to train its artificial intelligence models without asking for consent, which may breach European Union privacy rules. https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/meta-hit-with-11-eu-complaints-over-use-of-personal-data-to-train-ai-models-124060600257_1.html
In this article: Pope Francis challenged leaders of the world’s wealthy democracies on Friday to keep human dignity foremost in developing and using artificial intelligence, warning that such powerful technology risks turning human relations themselves into mere algorithms. Francis brought his moral authority to bear on the Group of Seven, invited by host Italy to address a special […]
In this article: As India concluded the world’s largest election on June 5, 2024, with over 640 million votes counted, observers could assess how the various parties and factions used artificial intelligence technologies – and what lessons that holds for the rest of the world. But, despite fears of widespread disinformation, for the most part the campaigns, candidates and activists used […]
In this article: Meta says Europe risks taking a step back in AI innovation and competition, but activists hail a victory for user privacy. https://techmonitor.ai/technology/ai-and-automation/data-privacy-meta-ai-europe-cancellation
In this article: The Council has today adopted an amendment to the regulation on the European High-Performance Computing (EuroHPC) joint undertaking to expand its objectives to include the development and operation of ‘AI factories’. AI factories are entities which provide an AI supercomputing service infrastructure. The amended regulation will make the EU’s supercomputing capacity further […]
In this article: If federal regulation doesn’t occur, states will take control, making it increasingly difficult to be compliant. https://www.globest.com/2024/06/18/new-problem-for-ai-is-state-regulation/?slreturn=2024061860159
