AI and society

Summary Because Stack Overflow is allegedly too lax on AI content, moderators go on strike. Some moderators and community members write an open letter saying that the programming platform has “almost completely” banned moderation of AI-generated content. Given Stack Overflow’s original antipathy toward AI content, this is a surprising turn of events. Much to the …

Fed up with ChatGPT, some Stack Overflow moderators go on strike Read More »

Summary Leading AI researchers and industry leaders issue an open statement calling for extreme AI risks to be taken as seriously as nuclear war. “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war,” urges a statement released today by the Center for …

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Summary A systematic study of the US media landscape tracks chatbot coverage over the past six months since ChatGPT’s inception. According to an analysis by the Columbia Journalism Review, coverage of ChatGPT and chatbots peaked on 7 and 8 February, around the time of Microsoft’s Bing announcement. Shortly before, Google had unveiled its ChatGPT competitor, …

US news media as keen on ChatGPT as Bitcoin and Crypto 2021 Read More »

Summary Since the advent of large language models, the media and experts have been sounding the alarm: The content generated may be wrong. This message has not been heard everywhere. A New York attorney cited cases that didn’t exist using ChatGPT, not knowing it was making things up. The case in question involves a man …

Lawyer who used ChatGPT to file charges now faces trial himself Read More »

Summary Google Deepmind, in collaboration with leading AI companies and universities, publishes a proposal for an “early warning system for novel AI risks”. In a new paper, “Model evaluation for extreme risks,” researchers from leading AI companies, universities, and other research institutions outline what an early warning system for extreme AI risks might look like. …

Google, OpenAI & Anthropic propose “early warning system for novel AI risks” Read More »

Summary Microsoft and OpenAI deepen their collaboration: whoever searches the web in ChatGPT will use Bing in the future. At the Microsoft Build conference, the company announced that it is introducing Bing as the default search engine for OpenAI ChatGPT. “ChatGPT will now have a world-class search engine built-in to provide timelier and more up-to-date …

Microsoft Bing is now the default search engine for ChatGPT Read More »

Summary Everyone is talking about ChatGPT and AI text generation. But OpenAI’s real goal is to develop an artificial superintelligence. The company reminds us of its distant goal – and suggests how to keep such a system under control. Straight from OpenAI’s executive suite comes an article on how to control a potential super-AI: Sam …

OpenAI bosses share some thoughts on how to control a superintelligence Read More »

Summary Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, called for a new agency to regulate and license AI, which was met with both support and skepticism in the US Senate. In the first US Senate hearing on “Oversight of AI: Rules for Artificial Intelligence,” it quickly became clear that everyone kind of agreed: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, …

AI critic Marcus and OpenAI’s Altman push for regulation Read More »

Summary At the US Senate hearing on the opportunities and risks of generative AI, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was asked about his worst nightmares about AI. But he didn’t really want to answer like he had before. He expects a “significant impact” on the job market, Altman said, but exactly what that impact will be …

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman thinks AI will bring lots of great new jobs Read More »

Summary AI startup Anthropic gives a first look at the “constitution” of its Claude language model, which it hopes will set it apart from other models. Anthropic uses a “constitution” to keep its Claude language model in check. As long as the model obeys the laws, it can respond freely. The startup doesn’t consider this …

Anthropic thinks Apple’s business terms could be good for humanity Read More »