News Summary: The AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium is led by Cisco and joined by Accenture, Eightfold, Google, IBM, Indeed, Intel, Microsoft and SAP. It will assess AI’s impact on technology jobs and identify skills development pathways for the roles most likely to be affected by artificial intelligence. The formation of the Consortium is catalyzed by […]
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Now with technology advances making artificial intelligence-enabled voice and images more lifelike than ever, bad actors armed with deepfakes are coming for the enterprise. “There were always fraudulent calls coming in. But the ability for these [AI] models now to imitate the actual voice patterns of an individual giving instructions to somebody with the phone […]
Japan’s largest telecommunications company and the country’s biggest newspaper called for speedy legislation to restrain generative artificial intelligence, saying democracy and social order could collapse if AI is left unchecked. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, or NTT, and Yomiuri Shimbun Group Holdings made the proposal in an AI manifesto to be released Monday. Combined with a law […]
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) unveiled legislation on Tuesday that would require companies using copyrighted material to train their generative artificial intelligence models to publicly disclose all of the work that they used to do so. The bill, called the “Generative AI Copyright Disclosure Act,” would require people creating training datasets – or making any significant changes to […]
Leaders look to cooperate on developing emerging technology Kishida touts benefits of Japan’s investments in the US https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-10/biden-kishida-meeting-ai-research-funded-by-amazon-nvidia-announced
Apple is nearing the production of M4 computer processors which would have AI processing capabilities and plans to update every Mac model with it, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The company is aiming to release the updated computers late this year and early next year, and they would […]
The Chinese government may have been tough on consumer tech platforms, but its AI regulations are intentionally lax to keep the domestic industry growing. There are patterns in how China approaches regulating tech, argues Angela Huyue Zhang, a law professor at Hong Kong University. https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/04/09/1091004/china-tech-regulation-harsh-zhang/
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is increasing scrutiny on the use of AI in the justice system, particularly in areas such as fighting drug trafficking and analyzing data evidence in legal cases. The Deputy Attorney General announced updates on corporate compliance guidelines for firms developing, selling, or implementing AI tools, which will be integrated […]
A recent poll conducted by the Artificial Intelligence Policy Institute has revealed that a significant majority of Texans support the regulation of artificial intelligence technologies and applications. The survey polled 730 voters in Texas and found that 69% of respondents believe regulating AI is currently consistent with the state’s values. This sentiment showcases a growing […]
A newly established nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting diverse perspectives in the global governance of artificial intelligence has urged the US Congress to address pressing issues concerning AI regulation. During a congressional briefing held on Capitol Hill on March 29, RegulatingAI, founded by Indian American Sanjay Puri, emphasized the importance of addressing issues such as […]
