๐ AI Fears Rise, Tech Issues, and U.S.-China Laser War
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Feel the Fear! AI Turns Deadly, Data Disappears, Criminals Clone Voices, and more. Welcome to the Halloween special issue of The Batch, where we take a look at fears associated with AI. In that spirit, Iโd like to address a fear of mine: Sensationalist claims that AI could bring about human extinction will cause serious harm. DeepLearning.AI
๐:ย My greatest fear for the future of AI is if overhyped risks (such as human extinction) lets tech lobbyists get enacted stifling regulations that suppress open-source and crush innovation. - Andrew Ng (@AndrewYNg)
What are the hardest problems in tech we should be more focused on as a society?. Technology is all about solving big thorny problems. Yet one of the hardest things about solving hard problems is knowing where to focus our efforts. There are so many urgent issues facing the world.ย MIT Technology Review
๐: We asked a whole raft of people, from @BillGates to @TaylorLorenz and from Rodney Brooks to Haifeng Wang: What are the biggest problems we should be most focused on right now? - Niall Firth (@niallfirth)
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The Latest Tech Caught in the U.S.-China Trade War: Lasers. Hesai Group, a Shanghai-based maker of laser sensors used for next-generation vehicles, celebrated a Nasdaq stock offering in February that was heralded by some as a comeback for Chinese listings in the U.S. Less than nine months later, Hesai has become an example of how the U.S.-China battle over technology is roiling the business world. By Heather Somerville via Wall Street Journal
๐: Hesai Group, a Shanghai maker of laser sensors for next-generation vehicles, celebrated a Nasdaq IPO in February. Nine months later, Hesai has become an example of how the U.S.-China battle over technology is roiling the business world. - Jonathan Cheng (@JChengWSJ)
Sunak Embraces Musk to Boost AI Summit as World Looks Elsewhere. The US tech billionaire will bring some star power to Sunakโs summit on AI safety this week, including a conversation between the two men live-streamed on Muskโs social media platform, X. Sunak organized the international gathering to reassert Britainโs influence in the wake of Brexit and gain an early advantage in a potentially era-defining technology. By Ellen Milligan via Bloomberg
๐: Elon Musk will bring star power to UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's AI summit, but the lack of political fire power represents a setback for the PM - Bloomberg (@business)
News Group Says A.I. Chatbots Heavily Rely on News Content. News publishers have argued for the past year that A.I. chatbots like ChatGPT rely on copyrighted articles to power the technology. Now the publishers say developers of these tools disproportionately use news content. By Katie Robertson via The New York Times
๐: In a new analysis, the News Media Alliance says they've found that AI chatbots disproportionately use copyrighted news content to train and power the technology - Katie Robertson (@katie_robertson)
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