Part of Britain’s current surreal crackdown on the mildest forms of political dissent, including imprisoning people for reposting memes on social media critical of immigration policies, is being made possible by AI surveillance and tracking.
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WHAT 1 TRILLION IN NEW DEBT EVERY THREE MONTHS MEANS FOR BITCOIN
684 billion and change. That’s how much U.S. debt has grown in just the past three months.
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BRITAIN, EU, U.S. TO SIGN NEW INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON AI
This week, Britain, the European Union, and the U.S. are scheduled to sign the Council of Europe’s legally binding convention on AI standards.
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GROUP PROPOSES DEFINITION OF “OPEN SOURCE” AI
While many in AI have advocated open source models, the community has yet to define exactly what “open source” means in the context of this particular technology.
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AI’S LATEST OBSTACLE: BITCOIN MINING
As we reported in “Data Centers’ Power Demand Spikes Utilities’ Stock Prices, Grid Concerns” (28 May 2024), the rush to build AI data centers is claiming more and more of the U.S. electricity supply.
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CALIFORNIA READIES TOUGH BILL TO REGULATE AI
A bill casting strict regulations over AI developers has passed California’s legislature and is waiting for governor Gavin Newsom’s signature.
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POLICE USE CHATBOTS TO WRITE INCIDENT REPORTS
Police officers can spend an hour or more writing a detailed report summarizing their actions and results after a call.
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CHINA’S TECH GIANTS BUYING UP AI STARTUPS
Ali Baba, Tencent, and other major Chinese tech firms are spending billions to buy, or buy into, promising AI startups, hoping to gain advantage by buying early access to innovations in large language AI models.
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CHINESE TOUT “LIGHT CHIP” AS AI’S NEW BRAIN
Chinese researchers have unveiled the Taichi-II optically based computer chip, which is designed to provide the massive “brain power” needed for artificial general intelligence, the future version of AI that can outthink and outperform humans.
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AS FORECAST: ANTHROPIC HIT WITH MAJOR LAWSUIT OVER ALLEGED IP THEFT IN TRAINING ITS GENERATIVE AI
At this point, most leading generative AI tech companies are battling lawsuits over their unauthorized use of copyrighted and otherwise protected Intellectual Property (IP) and privileged data.