With California moving into peak fire season, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) has partnered with the University of California San Diego’s ALERTCalifornia program to use artificial intelligence for early detection of wildfires. CAL FIRE stated in a news release on July 10 that its goal in the collaboration is to…
CAL FIRE Employs Artificial Intelligence for Firefighting
July 24, 2023
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White House Says AI Companies Have Promised to Address ‘Bias and Discrimination’
July 21, 2023
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The Biden administration has announced new voluntary commitments from seven major artificial intelligence (AI) companies, another milestone in the White House’s attempt to get ahead of the fast-moving technology. “This is pushing the envelope on what companies are doing and raising the standards for safety and security and trust of AI,” a senior White House…
Leading AI Companies Commit to Safeguards at Meeting With Biden
July 21, 2023
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The Biden administration has announced new voluntary commitments from seven major artificial intelligence (AI) companies, another milestone in the White House’s attempt to get ahead of the fast-moving technology. “This is pushing the envelope on what companies are doing and raising the standards for safety and security and trust of AI,” a senior White House…
‘Pro China’ Elon Musk Says CCP ‘Concerned’ About AI Risks, Want to Cooperate on International Regulatory Framework
Twitter owner Elon Musk joined Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) for a lengthy conversation regarding artificial intelligence (AI) on July 12, shortly after announcing his new AI company, xAI. The discussion, which focused predominantly on AI safety, took place on Twitter spaces. Prior to the nearly 60-minute discussion kicking off, Mr. Musk unveiled xAI…
Bill Gates: AI Can ‘Undermine Elections’ And ‘Tip The Scale’ in Close Races
July 12, 2023
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has warned that artificial intelligence technologies could aid in manipulating elections and “tip” results in close races. “Deepfakes and misinformation generated by AI could undermine elections and democracy … AI-generated deepfakes could be used to try to tilt an election,” Mr. Gates said in a July 11 blog post. “There are…
ChatGPT Monthly Traffic Falls Nearly 10 Percent as ‘Novelty Wears Off’
Monthly traffic at the AI chatbot service ChatGPT has fallen for the first time, declining almost 10 percent in June after multiple months of growth, according to a recent report by internet data firm SimilarWeb. Global desktop and mobile traffic to the ChatGPT website is estimated to have declined by 9.7 percent in June from…
Humanoid Robots Say They Will Not Replace Jobs or Stage Rebellion
Nine artificial intelligence (AI) humanoid robots gathered at a United Nations summit in Geneva on July 7, where they took questions alongside their creators in what is believed to be the world’s first human-robot press conference. Organizers said the AI for Good Global Summit was meant to showcase the capabilities and limitations of robotics and…
Congressman Proposes Legislation to Prevent AI-launched Nuclear Attacks
The possibility that an artificial intelligence (AI) system could launch a nuclear attack on its own has prompted members of the House of Representatives to propose legislation that would secure human control of America’s nuclear arsenal. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) has proposed a bipartisan amendment to the defense policy measure for 2024 before the June…
Congressman Proposes Legislation to Prevent AI-launched Nuclear Weapons
The possibility that an artificial intelligence (AI) system could initiate a nuclear attack on its own has prompted members of the House of Representatives to propose legislation that would secure human control of the United States’ nuclear arsenal. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) has proposed a bipartisan amendment to the defense policy measure for 2024 before…
The Dark Side of AI: Over 100,000 ChatGPT Accounts Stolen and Traded
Criminals are targeting users of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT, stealing their accounts and trading them on illegal online criminal marketplaces—with the threat having already affected more than 100,000 individuals worldwide. Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity firm, has identified 101,134 devices infected with information-stealing malware that contained saved ChatGPT credentials, according to a June 20…
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