Led by renowned child safety organization Thorn and non-profit All Tech Is Human. This collaborative endeavor emphasizes the crucial role of technology in fostering a secure online landscape for young users.
After a series of highly publicized scandals related to deepfakes and child sexual abuse material (CSAM) have plagued the artificial intelligence industry, top AI companies have come together and pledged to combat the spread of AI-generated CSAM. Thorn, a nonprofit that creates technology to fight child sexual abuse, announced Tuesday that Meta, Google, Microsoft, CivitAI, Stability AI, Amazon, OpenAI and several other companies have signed onto new standards created by the group in an attempt...
Several major players in the artificial intelligence field pledged to protect children online, marking another chapter in the progression of AI safety. [Read More]
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Instead of demanding an exhaustive “AI Bill of Materials.” the Army will only ask contractors for a “baseball card” of key stats on their AI — while building up its in-house capacity to check for bad code or “poisoned” data.
The unique relationship between social media and AI continues to develop in interesting ways, with Reddit’s recent deal with Google allowing their AI to train on its content, and tech companies’ sudden interest in once-popular social media sites like Photobucket. But there is a question looming in the background of these deals: Even if AI companies can train their models on social media, is doing so really such a good idea? AI companies have largely relied on the internet, especially...
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The UK cannot afford to drag its feet and become an international outlier, warn unions.
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Regulators are now asking how to control artificial intelligence-powered militarized robots. Regulators, civilians, and military officials from all over the world have reportedly convened during the Vienna Conference on Autonomous Weapons.
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending April 19, 2024, closed at 3,486.41 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -3.24% (or -116.89 basis points). Seven RDWI members gained value last week from 0.03% (Merck & Co.) to 2.54% (AbbVie). Eighteen RDWI members lost value last week from -0.35%…