• Feds appoint “AI doomer” to run AI safety at US institute

    Former OpenAI researcher once predicted a 50 percent chance of AI killing all of us.

  • UK Considering AI Regulation with Updates from AI Safety Institute Amid Legislation Drafting

    Discussions within the UK's AI Safety Institute are in progress, even without established regulatory frameworks.

  • Sama launches AI safety-centered ‘red teaming solution’ for gen AI and LLMs

    Sama seeks to leverage AI to address safety concerns around generative AI and large language models through the launch of its newest offering, Sama Red Team.

  • AI Spending is Not an AI Strategy: Why the Government’s Artificial Intelligence Plan Avoids the Hard Governance Questions

    The government announced plans over the weekend to spend billions of dollars to support artificial intelligence. Billed as “securing Canada’s AI Advantage”, the plan includes promises to spend $2 billion on an AI Compute Access Fund and a Canadian AI Sovereign Compute Strategy that is focused on developing domestic computing infrastructure. In addition, there is $200 million for AI startups, $100 million for AI adoption, $50 million for skills training (particularly those in the creative...

  • AI, Gold, & Nuclear War

    AI, Gold, & Nuclear War Authored by James Rickards via DailyReckoning.com, So-called artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the world by storm. Meanwhile, gold has shot up like a rocket over the past couple of months. In mid-February, gold was trading at $1,990. Two months later, gold is trading above $2,400 — a $410 gain in just two months. So here’s a question: Is there a connection between AI and gold? It seems like an odd question. But as it turns out, the answer is yes....

  • What we've learned from the women behind the AI revolution

    The AI boom, love it or find it to be a bit more hype than substance, is here to stay. That means lots of companies raising oodles of dollars, a healthy dose of regulatory concern, academic work, and corporate jockeying. For startups, it means a huge opportunity to bring new technology to bear on a […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

  • Safety tips to avoid snake encounters, injuries

    EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - As springtime temperatures warm, snakes emerge from their brumation and are more likely to cross paths with people and pets, according to the Las Cruces Police. The Las Cruces Police and Fire departments are providing safety tips to help avoid snake encounters and potential serious injury:

  • Regulators Not 'Dazzled' by AI Companies' Attempts to Avoid Scrutiny

    Antitrust regulators are reportedly not convinced by artificial intelligence (AI) firms’ suggested hands-off policy. Speaking at an antitrust conference in Washington last week, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan said technology companies have attempted to “dazzle” policymakers with the promise of AI, but to no avail, Bloomberg News reported Friday (April 12). “There’s no […]

  • South Korea's follow-up to AI Safety Summit set for May

    The UK government has announced the follow-up to last year’s AI Safety Summit will take place in South Korea in late May. The AI Seoul Summit, taking place on 21 and 22 May, will follow on from discussions between world leaders, tech companies and researchers started at the UK’s Bletchley Park AI Safety Summit held […]

  • Do developers still need to learn programming languages in the age of AI?

    If, as a software developer, you want to know what the most popular or best-paid programming languages are in the industry right now, there’s always a constant stream of surveys and reports to let you know. And career advice for developers will typically recommend that constant learning on the job is essential. But if AI can produce code from a few plain-speaking prompts, has learning programming languages become redundant? Certainly, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang believes that future...

  • 4 Ways AI Startups Can Avoid Becoming Obsolete

    Navigate the AI revolution with these strategic insights to build startups resilient enough to withstand rapid AI advancements and the ever-evolving tech ecosystem.

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    A Congressman wanted to understand AI. So he went back to a college classroom to learn

    Frightening to some, exciting to others, baffling to many: Artificial intelligence has been called an economic game changer, a threat to democracy or even an existential threat to humanity.