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

Kamala Harris Will Lay Out AI Strategy in London Speech

Kamala Harris Will Lay Out AI Strategy in London Speech

Vice President Kamala Harris, in a speech in London, will lay out the burgeoning risks related to artificial intelligence, calling for international cooperation and stricter standards to protect consumers from the technology. “As history has shown in the absence of regulation and strong government oversight, some technology companies choose to prioritize profit over the wellbeing … Read more

5 things about AI you may have missed today: Indian tech experts in UN AI advisory body, Philips’ AI tools, more

5 things about AI you may have missed today: Indian tech experts in UN AI advisory body, Philips’ AI tools, more

As we get ready to enter the weekend, let us take a moment to go over all the major artificial intelligence-related developments today, October 27. In the first incident, notable experts in the field of technology in India have been named to a new global advisory body. The UN body was announced by UN Secretary … Read more

Rishi Sunak’s AI Guest List Risks Falling Short as Leaders Hold Back

Rishi Sunak’s AI Guest List Risks Falling Short as Leaders Hold Back

 Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was hoping his AI summit next month would bring heads of the most powerful nations face-to-face with executives to guard against the technology’s “catastrophic” potential. With less than two weeks to go, the guest list is thin on world leaders.  German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will … Read more

5 things about AI you may have missed today: More leaders to skip UK AI Summit, Music publishers sue AI firm, more

5 things about AI you may have missed today: More leaders to skip UK AI Summit, Music publishers sue AI firm, more

In what turned out to be another interesting day in the artificial intelligence universe, this emerging technology touched diverse areas from policy making to medtech. The UK’s AI Summit might be in trouble. After German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Joe Biden too may skip UK PM Rishi Sunak’s … Read more

5 things about AI you may have missed today: China’s Ernie AI challenges OpenAI, boAt’s AI music video on cricket, more

5 things about AI you may have missed today: China’s Ernie AI challenges OpenAI, boAt’s AI music video on cricket, more

It was yet another intriguing day in the artificial intelligence space, as major developments over the emerging technology occurred today, October 17. Baidu, the Chinese multinational technology company, unveiled the newest version of the Ernie AI model, called Ernie 4.0, and said that it can rival OpenAI’s GPT-4 model. In other news, New York City … 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

5 things about AI you may have missed today: Google apps get Bard, AI in consumer courts and more

5 things about AI you may have missed today: Google apps get Bard, AI in consumer courts and more

AI Roundup: Google is integrating its generative AI chatbot, Google Bard, into its suite of apps including Gmail, YouTube, Docs, and Maps through Bard Extensions; China has been invited to the UK’s Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit in November, as the country aims to become a global leader in AI regulations; the Consumer Affairs Ministry in … Read more

5 things about AI you may have missed today: UK may ban China from parts of AI summit, Gen X and millennials take to AI

5 things about AI you may have missed today: UK may ban China from parts of AI summit, Gen X and millennials take to AI

UP PM Rishi Sunak weighs limiting Chinese officials’ participation in AI summit over spying concerns; Gen X and millennials are eager to embrace AI in the workplace; AI-powered fleet management takes aim at greenhouse gas emissions; AI-designed infiniCity reveals challenges in creating virtual urban landscapes- this and more in our daily roundup. Let us take … Read more