If you tune in this morning, feel free to take a sip of coffee (or whatever you’re drinking) every time someone mentions “AI”.
@rachelmetz
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Bloomberg Tech Summit: AI Art, Ethics Discussion with Adobe and Stability AI
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If you can’t attend the Bloomberg Tech Summit tomorrow, check out the livestream! I’m hosting a discussion with @acostin of @Adobe Firefly and Hilary Crane of CAA, and a 1-on-1 chat w @EMostaque of @StabilityAI
. We’ll be talking AI art, ethics, and more! https://
events.bloomberglive.com/bloomberg-tech
nology-summit-2023/page/2516766/register
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Raccoon in Trench Coat Generated with DALL-E for Sasha
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this raccoon in a trench coat is for you, @SashaMTL
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Generative AI Powers More Convincing Phishing Scams, Mastercard Warns
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Generative AI is being used to replicate more “personable” sounding phishing scams (and @Mastercard is seeing them), says Alissa Abdullah, the company’s deputy chief security officer.
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Rise in AI Research Papers Lacks Rigorous Peer Review Vetting
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I mention this bc there appears to be a huge uptick in people writing RE AI research papers (in media and on Twitter), and it’s clear that this work is not all rigorously vetted. That doesn’t mean it’s bad, nor that peer-reviewed work is always great. But!
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Careful Approach to Sharing ArXiv Research Work
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it should be approached carefully, the bar for sharing/publishing about it should be high, and since many people have no idea what the arxiv is or what it’s for I think it should be made crystal clear where the work is coming from (as it always should be), and why that matters.
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ArXiv papers lack peer review, caution advised for journalists
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It’s Saturday, which means it’s time for a reminder that papers published to the arxiv are *not* peer reviewed and should be approached with caution (if not skepticism), particularly if you’re a journalist (or anyone interested in sharing research with a large audience).
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Standardized Tests and Broad Knowledge: What Are the Real Implications?
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i guess i'm not quite sure what the implications are… if i had an incredible amount of information about a huge array of topics, i'd probably do a great job on all kinds of standardized tests, too. what are the implications as you see them?
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AI World: Historical Perspective on Recent Developments
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it's an AI, AI world. read this essay — it's chock full of historical perspective and excellent details RE the last several months of crazy– by @BradStone
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AI Development Outpaces Regulatory Efforts: A Timeline of Speed Mismatch
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speed of AI vs AI-related laws:
2019: OpenAI says GPT-2 is so good it won't release it publicly (it released a smol version). 2021: EU lawmakers propose AI Act
2022: OpenAI releases ChatGPT
2023: EU parliament passes *draft* of AI Act; negotiations TK.