OpenAI Forms Safety Committee as It Starts Training Latest Artificial Intelligence Model

OpenAI is setting up a new safety and security committee and has begun training a new artificial intelligence model to supplant the GPT-4 system that underpins its ChatGPT chatbot.
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Attempts to Regulate AI’s Hidden Hand in Americans’ Lives Flounder in US Statehouses

Only one of seven bills aimed at preventing AI’s penchant to discriminate when making consequential decisions — including who gets hired, money for a home or medical care — has passed.
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US Intelligence Agencies’ Embrace of Generative AI Is at Once Wary and Urgent

U.S. intelligence agencies are scrambling to embrace the AI revolution, believing they’ll be smothered by exponential data growth as sensor-generated surveillance tech further blankets the planet.
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Cybersecurity Labeling for Smart Devices Aims to Help People Choose Items Less Likely to be Hacked

Under the new U.S. Cyber Trust Mark Initiative, manufacturers can affix the label on their products if they meet federal cybersecurity standards.
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Using AI, Mastercard Expects to Find Compromised Cards Quicker, Before They Get Used by Criminals

Mastercard is integrating AI into its fraud-prediction technology that it expects will be able to see patterns in stolen cards faster and allow banks to replace them before they are used by criminals.
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AI Companies Make Fresh Safety Promise at Seoul Summit, Nations Agree to Align Work on Risks

Leading artificial intelligence companies made pledge to develop AI safely, while world leaders agreed to build a network of publicly backed safety institutes to advance research and testing of the technology.
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Insider Q&A: CIA’s Chief Technologist’s Cautious Embrace of Generative AI

CIA Director William Burns says AI tech will augment humans, not replace them. The agency’s first chief technology officer, Nand Mulchandani, is marshaling the tools.
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A Former OpenAI Leader Says Safety Has ‘Taken a Backseat to Shiny Products’ at the AI Company

Jan Leike, who ran OpenAI’s “Super Alignment” team believes there should be more focus on preparing for the next generation of AI models, including on things like safety
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In First AI Dialogue, US Cites ‘Misuse’ of AI by China, Beijing Protests Washington’s Restrictions

China advocates for the United Nations to take a leading role in the global governance of AI, a move that could sideline the U.S.
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Senators Urge $32 Billion in Emergency Spending on AI After Finishing Yearlong Review

The group recommends that Congress draft emergency spending legislation to boost U.S. investments in artificial intelligence, including new R&D and testing standards to understand the technology’s potential harms.
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