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Author mpescePosted on Leading AI firm Anthropic drew two red lines on their work with the newly renamed US ‘Department of War’: No mass surveillance of Americans, and no autonomous weapons. USA Secretary of Defense Pete Hesgeth threatened to declare Anthropic a ‘supply chain risk’ (basically, an enemy of the state) unless they erased those red lines by 5.01pm on Friday 27 February. Anthropic held fast – and that’s changed the politics of AI. Plus: Let the app know you’re not dead!
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Author mpescePosted on There’s an elephant in the room along with artificial intelligence – its impact on the climate. Demand for electricity has skyrocketed as Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Google and Microsoft build vast new data centres to handle the anticipated global demand for AI products and services. Is that wise? In conversation with legendary entrepreneur and Climate Salad CEO Mick Liubinskas, we explore whether we’re approaching the age of AI with enough prudence.
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Author mpescePosted on In conversation with Radio New Zealand’s Nine To Noon host Kathryn Ryan: Christie’s held its first auction of AI-generated art, earning a million dollars. Those AI artworks had been ‘trained’ from countless images, owned by other people. Is that legal? OpenAI and Google claim that unless they have free right to use – well, basically everything everywhere ever created by humanity – to train their AI models, the Chinese will win the AI race. Meanwhile, Hollywood’s A-listers called for protection of artists and their works against what they see as copyright theft. Plus: A Clockwork Orange comes to life for prisoners in solitary confinement – and is your chatbot flattering you?
