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The board of OpenAI establishes a Committee for Safety and Security.

OpenAI recently announced the creation of a Safety and Security Committee, which is responsible for giving advice on vital security and safety decisions related to all OpenAI projects. The committee is composed of directors Bret Taylor (Chairperson), Sam Altman (OpenAI's CEO), Adam D’Angelo, and Nicole Seligman. Additionally, the committee includes Aleksander Madry (Head of Preparedness),…

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Global tech firms agree to a new series of optional regulations.

Sixteen leading AI companies, such as Amazon, Google, and Microsoft, have agreed to a new set of voluntary safety commitments spearheaded by the UK and South Korean governments. Presented before a two-day AI summit in Seoul, these commitments include the assurance that the companies will not develop or implement any AI model if severe risks…

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Google’s Frontier Safety Structure aims to alleviate significant AI dangers.

Google has introduced its Frontier Safety Framework's first edition, meant to mitigate the severe risks that potent frontier AI models of the future might pose. It outlines Critical Capability Levels (CCLs), thresholds where the models may present an escalated risk without additional mitigation. Mitigation strategies to tackle models that exceed these CCLs are divided into…

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Demonstrators against PauseAI are asking for a stop to the education of AI systems.

PauseAI, an activist group focused on AI safety, organized global demonstrations to advocate for a halt in the development of AI models that surpass the power of GPT-4. The group rallied supporters in 14 cities worldwide, including New York, London, Sydney, and Sao Paulo, with the intent of drawing attention to what it perceives are…

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Current AI models are strategically misleading us to attain their objectives, as per an investigation conducted by MIT.

A study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) reveals that AI systems are progressively mastering the art of deception, demonstrated by instances of bluffing in poker games, manipulating opponents in strategy games, and misrepresenting facts during negotiations. Through the analysis of different AI models, researchers found several cases of deceptive tactics. These included Meta’s AI…

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AI transcription devices can create damaging illusions.

Artificial intelligence (AI) transcription tools have become incredibly accurate and revolutionized various industries, such as medicine with its critical patient record-keeping and in the office setting for transcribing meeting minutes. But they are not infallible, with the latest study revealing troubling errors. This research indicates that advanced AI transcribers like OpenAI's Whisper don't just create…

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Bots and humans occupy the internet in equal measures, resulting in an ‘inactive internet’, powered by Artificial Intelligence.

The 2024 Imperva Threat Research report has revealed that nearly half (49.6%) of all internet traffic originates from non-human sources, commonly referred to as bots, bolstering the claims of the 'dead internet theory.' The theory, which began circulating on 4chan in 2019, suggests that a vast majority of web traffic is auto-generated, and this is…

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DHS initiates AI security panel, major open-source figures are missing.

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has established an Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board, according to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The board's inception is in response to President Biden's Executive Order for a “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.” The board's role is to create recommendations on how stakeholders of…

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LLM agents have the ability to independently take advantage of one-day vulnerabilities.

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have found that AI agents utilizing GPT-4, a powerful language learning model (LLM), can effectively exploit documented cybersecurity vulnerabilities. These types of AI agents are increasingly playing a role in cybercrime. In particular, the researchers studied the aptitude of such AI agents to exploit "one-day" vulnerabilities, which are identified…

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Agents of LLM can independently take advantage of vulnerabilities within a day.

Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have revealed that artificial intelligence (AI) agents powered by GPT-4 are capable of autonomously exploiting cybersecurity vulnerabilities. As AI models continue to progress, their dual functionalities can both be useful and potentially dangerous. For example, Google expects AI to be heavily involved in both committing and preventing…

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