Tech & Society
World Powers Move to Lighten AI Regulation: Global AI summit reveals deep divisions on regulation and governance
The latest international AI summit exposed deep divisions between major world powers regarding AI regulations.
Military
Tech & Society
Google Joins AI Peers In Military Work: Google revises AI principles, lifting ban on weapons and surveillance applications
Google revised its AI principles, reversing previous commitments to avoid work on weapons, surveillance, and other military applications beyond non-lethal uses like communications, logistics, and medicine.
Tech & Society
U.S. Moves to Expand AI Export Restrictions: New U.S. rules limit AI tech access worldwide, reshaping global markets
The United States proposed limits on exports of AI technology that would dramatically expand previous restrictions, creating a new international hierarchy for access to advanced chips and models.
Hardware
Further Chip Restrictions on China: TSMC stops advanced chip production for China on U.S. orders
The largest manufacturer of AI chips told its Chinese customers it would stop fabricating their most advanced designs, further limiting China’s access to AI hardware.
Tech & Society
Big AI Pursues Military Contracts: Meta and Anthropic open doors for AI in U.S. defense and national security
Two top AI companies changed their stances on military and intelligence applications.
Tech & Society
Landmine Recognition: AI supports specialists in battlefields by detecting landmines and other unexploded ordnance.
An AI system is scouring battlefields for landmines and other unexploded ordnance, enabling specialists to defuse them.
Tech & Society
U.S. Deploys AI-Assisted Targeting: Maven, a system that analyzes satellite data to identify targets in real-world conflicts
The United States military is using computer vision to target enemy positions in the Red Sea and elsewhere.
Tech & Society
U.S. Plans to Expand Drone Fleet: The Pentagon has a $1.8 billion AI budget for 2024.
The United States military aims to field a multitude of autonomous vehicles.
Tech & Society
Bengio, Too, Anxious About AI Risks: AI godfather Yoshua Bengio expresses his AI doubts.
Another prominent AI pioneer expressed regret over his life’s work amid rising concerns over the technology’s risks.
Tech & Society
Battlefield Chat: A military chatbot can create battle plans.
Large language models may soon help military analysts and commanders make decisions on the battlefield.
Tech & Society
New Rules for Military AI: China, U.S., and other nations want limits on military AI.
Nations tentatively agreed to limit their use of autonomous weapons. Representatives of 60 countries endorsed a nonbinding resolution that calls for responsible development, deployment, and use of military AI. Parties to the agreement include China and the United states but not Russia.
Tech & Society
Autonomous Drone Carrier: Meet Zhuhaiyun, the Chinese Navy's new autonomous ship.
A Chinese naval ship navigates autonomously and controls a swarm of onboard drones. The Zhuhaiyun, billed as the first autonomous drone carrier, officially entered service after 12 hours of trials on open water, the South China Morning Post reported.