🤖 Microsoft lays off team that taught employees how to make AI tools responsibly

Plus: The Age of Infinite Misinformation Has Arrived, Mark Zuckerberg Was Warned on Social Media Addiction, and more…

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Microsoft lays off team that taught employees how to make AI tools responsibly. Microsoft laid off its entire ethics and society team within the artificial intelligence organization as part of recent layoffs that affected 10,000 employees across the company, Platformer has learned. The move leaves Microsoft without a dedicated… (Zoe Schiffer / The Verge)

Zoë Schiffer @ZoeSchiffer

NEW: Microsoft laid off one of its responsible AI teams tasked with assessing the risks associated with integrating OpenAI’s technology into consumer products: platformer.news/p/microsoft-ju… 1/

platformer.newsMicrosoft just laid off one of its responsible AI teamsAs the company accelerates its push into AI products, the ethics and society team is gone

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The Age of Infinite Misinformation Has Arrived. New AI systems such as ChatGPT, the overhauled Microsoft Bing search engine, and the reportedly soon-to-arrive GPT-4 have utterly captured the public imagination. ChatGPT is the fastest-growing online application, ever, and it's no wonder why. Type… (Gary Marcus / The Atlantic)

Gary Marcus @GaryMarcus

Should we worry more about short-term Al risk or long-term Al risk? We can't just act as if nothing is happening here. And we can't act like we have infinite time to decide what to do, either.

garymarcus.substack.comShould we worry more about short-term AI risk or long-term AI risk?We can’t just act as if nothing is happening here. And we can’t act like we have infinite time to decide what to do, either.

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Mark Zuckerberg Was Warned on Social Media Addiction, Filing Shows. Employees at Meta Platforms Inc. and ByteDance Inc. were aware of the harmful effects of their platforms on young children and teenagers but disregarded the information or in some cases sought to undermine it, court filings show. The revelations… (Joel Rosenblatt / Bloomberg)

Bloomberg Technology @technology

Meta employees including Mark Zuckerberg were warned of the harmful effects of their platforms— but disregarded the information or in some cases sought to undermine it, court filings show

trib.alBloomberg - Are you a robot?

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After Bank Debacle, Silicon Valley Reckons With Its Image. On Sunday afternoon, Prashant Fonseka was flying to San Francisco from Austin, Texas, with other techies returning from the South by Southwest conference. Midway through the flight, federal regulators announced the government would ensure that all… (Erin Griffith / The New York Times)

erin griffith @eringriffith

The FDIC backstop news broke while a plane full of techies was flying from SXSW to SF. They broke out in cheers.

nytimes.comAfter Bank Debacle, Silicon Valley Reckons With Its ImageEven as start-ups and investors began recovering their money from Silicon Valley Bank, the episode exposed the tech industry’s vulnerabilities.

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WordPress.com owner Automattic acquires an ActivityPub plugin so blogs can join the Fediverse. WordPress.com sites now have an easier way to integrate with the Fediverse, including Mastodon. Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, and other web publishing tools is the new owner of the ActivityPub for WordPress plugin and has… (Sarah Perez / TechCrunch)

TechCrunch @TechCrunch

WordPress.com owner Automattic acquires an ActivityPub plugin so blogs can join the Fediverse tcrn.ch/3yx1RD8 by @sarahintampa

tcrn.chWordPress.com owner Automattic acquires an ActivityPub plugin so blogs can join the FediverseActivityPub is not the only protocol Automattic is testing.

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