The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) established the ChatGPT Taskforce a year ago to evaluate the compliance of OpenAI, an artificial intelligence firm, with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) laws when handling personal data. The Taskforce recently released a preliminary report on its findings. The GDPR laws stipulate how companies can and cannot use…
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…
Senior officials from the United States and China have been meeting discreetly in Geneva, Switzerland to address and discuss potential risks and challenges associated with artificial intelligence (AI). The talks, agreed upon by President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping, aim to prevent harm from AI and establish common ground on AI safety.
Participants include…
Despite the growing interest in AI safety, a recent study by Georgetown University’s Emerging Technology Observatory reveals that only a small fraction of the industry’s research focuses on this area. After analyzing over 260 million scholarly publications, they found that just 2% of AI-related papers published between 2017 and 2022 directly addressed AI safety, ethics,…
The UK and the US have enacted a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) pertaining to AI safety. The agreement, signed by US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and UK Tech Minister Michelle Donelan, is regarded by the latter as being integral to addressing AI, deemed the "defining technology challenge of our generation." A product of commitments previously…
In an attempt to assure the "safe, secure, and trustworthy" integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly has adopted a new resolution, with the backing of over 120 member states. The resolution, an informal agreement drafted by the United States, emphasizes the potential of AI to expedite progress toward the…
Reddit, a popular social media platform, is being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for the company's AI data-licensing practices. The inquiry, centered on the site's selling, licensing, or sharing of user-generated content to train AI models, arises ahead of the firm's planned initial public offering (IPO), which could value it at $6.5 billion,…