Government to make new ‘AI law’ to protect media and content creators: IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

Government to make new ‘AI law’ to protect media and content creators: IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

In a major step towards protecting news publishers and content creators from copyright violations done by companies while training their artificial intelligence (AI) models, Electronics & Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the Indian govt is planning to formulate a new AI law. This development comes after the govt made it mandatory for companies … Read more

Germany, France and Italy reach agreement on future AI regulation | Technology News

Germany, France and Italy reach agreement on future AI regulation | Technology News

An agreement on how artificial intelligence should be regulated in the future has been reached by Germany, France and Italy, according to a joint paper seen by Reuters, which is expected to accelerate negotiations at the European level. The three governments are in favour of binding voluntary commitments for both large and small AI providers … Read more

AI has many dangers and could be a threat for the entire human race, says historian Yuval Noah Harari

AI has many dangers and could be a threat for the entire human race, says historian Yuval Noah Harari

New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 10, 2023 13:40 IST Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been the talk of the tech world since last year, when OpenAI launched its revolutionary generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT. The AI tool left people amazed by its unique capabilities. Before ChatGPT’s launch, we never knew that we could ask an AI chatbot to conduct … Read more

Barrack Obama on AI: We should not put the genie back in the bottle despite deepfake threat

Barrack Obama on AI: We should not put the genie back in the bottle despite deepfake threat

Regulation of artificial intelligence has become a major pain point for governments worldwide. The EU passed the AI Act after months of deliberation. Yet, it faces criticism from major corporations, same with the AI executive order taken by the Biden administration, which was said not to do enough to ensure equality. Even the AI Safety … Read more

AI summit a start but global agreement a distant hope

AI summit a start but global agreement a distant hope

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak championed a series of landmark agreements after hosting the first artificial intelligence (AI) safety summit but a global plan for overseeing the technology remains a long way off. Over two days of talks between world leaders, business executives and researchers, tech CEOs such as Elon Musk and OpenAI’s Sam Altman … Read more

Rajeev Chandrasekhar at summit, ET Telecom

Rajeev Chandrasekhar at summit, ET Telecom

India’s Electronics and Information Technology Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar speaks during the UK Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Summit at Bletchley Park, in central England, on November 1, 2023. London: Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar, in his address to the world’s first global summit on Artificial Intelligence in the UK on Wednesday, … Read more

5 things about AI you may have missed today: Chatbots spreading racist medical ideas, new AI investment tool, and more

5 things about AI you may have missed today: Chatbots spreading racist medical ideas, new AI investment tool, and more

AI Roundup: Cryptocurrency exchange platform Bitget announced the launch of its latest AI tool called Future Quant, which leverages AI technology and sophisticated algorithms to provide users with info to take informed investment decisions. In a separate development, the Philippine military has been instructed to cease using AI apps due to potential security risks. All … Read more

5 things about AI you may have missed today: Google employees’ concern over Bard, Klarna unveils AI solution and more

5 things about AI you may have missed today: Google employees’ concern over Bard, Klarna unveils AI solution and more

AI Roundup: Klarna, the Swedish fintech company, introduced a new AI-powered feature that enables users to take pictures of desired items, instantly locating them in the app. In a separate development, Google’s employees have raised concerns about the Bard chatbot’s effectiveness. Moreover, CCC, a cloud platform serving insurance and automotive industries, unveiled AI solutions for … Read more

5 things about AI you may have missed today: Punjab Police leveraging AI, AI-powered labor productivity, more

5 things about AI you may have missed today: Punjab Police leveraging AI, AI-powered labor productivity, more

AI Roundup: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann announced plans to use AI technology to enhance the efficiency of the state police. On the other hand, US Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook suggested that AI has the potential to boost labor productivity, though questions still remain for policymakers. In a separate development, AI is being employed to … Read more

Songwriters seek AI protections | The Hill

Songwriters seek AI protections | The Hill

Roughly 30 members of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Society (ASCAP) will meet with members of Congress Thursday to talk about the threats AI poses to the industry as part of the organization’s “Stand with Songwriters” advocacy day.    “We’re in the midst of this. This is a situation that has to … Read more