Deep fake images of child sex abuse are rising, says new report
AI is being exploited to create child sexual abuse images at an alarming rate, sparking fears of an overwhelming threat to internet safety, warns the Internet…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
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Big Tech AI companies launch $10 million AI Safety Fund
Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and OpenAI launched the Frontier Model Forum in July and have now committed $10m to an AI Safety Fund to support the initiative.…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
FCC to investigate AI’s impact on robocalls
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is tasked with protecting consumers from unwanted communication. AI has the potential to both help and hinder its efforts as robocalls…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
DeepMind’s CEO draws comparison between AI risks and the climate crisis
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, argued that AI’s risks should be taken as seriously as the climate crisis, and the response must be immediate. Speaking…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Idaho police force invests in AI-powered remote phone access tech
The Nampa Police Department in Idaho is set to implement AI in unlocking cell phones and navigating through personal data. This follows the Nampa City Council’s…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
Data poisoning tool helps artists punish AI scrapers
Researchers from the University of Chicago developed a new tool to “poison” AI models when AI companies include images in their datasets without consent. Companies like…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
GPT-4’s multimodal capability makes it vulnerable to attack
The ability that GPT-4 has to process images is really impressive, but the new capability opens the model up to new attacks. While not perfect, the…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read
Apple increases investment in generative AI to $1 billion yearly
Apple is channeling as much as $1 billion annually into developing generative AI products. In April, Apple CEO Tim Cook said generative AI was “very interesting,”…
By Sam Jeans · 2 min read
UK government releases schedule for the AI Safety Summit
The UK’s AI Safety Summit, scheduled to take place on the 1st and 2nd of November, 2023, has unveiled the full program for day one. With…
By Sam Jeans · 3 min read
NYC mayor uses deep fakes of his voice to robocall residents
Politicians are usually the unauthorized subjects of deepfakes, but NYC Mayor Eric Adams is using this AI-powered technology to reach the residents of his city. In…
By Eugene van der Watt · 2 min read