Science
Toward Managing AI Bio Risk: Over 150 scientists commit to ensure AI safety in synthetic biology research.
Scientists pledged to control their use of AI to produce potentially hazardous biological materials.
Regulations
Tech & Society
India Warns Devs — No Unreliable AI: India advises pre-approval for new AI deployments by tech firms.
India advised major tech companies to seek government approval before they deploy new AI models.
Hardware
Competition Heats Up in AI Chips: Huawei rises as key AI chip supplier amid U.S. export bans.
Huawei is emerging as an important supplier of AI chips. Amid a U.S. ban on exports of advanced chips to China, demand for Huawei’s AI chips is so intense that the company is limiting production of the chip that powers one of its most popular smartphones so it can serve the AI market.
Tech & Society
U.S. Restricts AI Robocalls: U.S. cracks down on AI-generated voice robocalls to combat election interference.
The United States outlawed unsolicited phone calls that use AI-generated voices.
Tech & Society
Deep Learning Rocks: How 2023’s soundtrack became AI-generated
Fans of AI-driven music pressed play, while a major recording company reached for the stop button. AI grabbed listeners by the ears when it helped produce a new single by The Beatles, mimicked the voices of beloved stars, and generated music from text prompts.
Tech & Society
High Anx-AI-ety: A recap of 2023's battle between AI doomsday warnings and regulatory measures
Angst at the prospect of intelligent machines boiled over in moves to block or limit the technology. Fear of AI-related doomsday scenarios prompted proposals to delay research and soul searching by prominent researchers. Amid the doomsaying, lawmakers took dramatic regulatory steps.
Tech & Society
Can I Use This Data?: Conflict over information sources sparked legal and business turmoil in 2023.
Information may not want to be free after all. The age-old practice of training AI systems on data scraped from the web came into question as copyright owners sought to restrict AI developers from using their works without permission.
Tech & Society
Europe Clamps Down: The AI Act, Europe's biggest AI law, moves closer to approval.
Europe’s sweeping AI law moved decisively toward approval. After years of debate, representatives of the European Union’s legislative and executive branches agreed on a draft of the AI Act, a comprehensive approach to regulating AI.
Tech & Society
Limits on AI in Life Insurance: All about the first law that regulates use of AI in life insurance in the U.S.
The U.S. state of Colorado started regulating the insurance industry’s use of AI. Colorado implemented the first law that regulates the use of AI in life insurance and proposed extending the limits to auto insurers.
Tech & Society
The Politics of Generative AI: AI-generated imagery flooded Argentina's presidential race.
Argentina’s recent presidential race was a battleground of AI-generated imagery. Candidates Javier Milei and Sergio Massa flooded social media with generated images of themselves and each other, The New York Times reported. On Sunday, Milei won the election’s final round.
Tech & Society
AI Safety Summit Mulls Risks: Countries and tech giants collaborate on global AI safety regulation.
An international conference of political leaders and tech executives agreed to regulate AI. 28 countries including China and the United States as well as the European Union signed a declaration aimed at mitigating AI risks.
Tech & Society
Cruise Control: Cruise shuts down self-driving cars due to California safety concerns.
The state of California pulled the parking brake on Cruise driverless vehicles. The DMV suspended Cruise’s permit to operate vehicles in the state without safety drivers. The General Motors subsidiary responded by halting its robotaxi operations across the United States.