And here's @InstituteGC work: https://
institute.global/insights/polit
ics-and-governance/new-national-purpose-ai-promises-world-leading-future-of-britain
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Institute for Global Change explores AI’s role Britain’s future
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UK Government Sunsets AI Council Following Institute Recommendations
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The UK Gov has taken the lead on sunsetting the AI Council. This was one of several recommendations of @InstituteGC in their recent report, A New National Purpose: AI Promises a World-Leading Future of Britain The report's a great piece of work. More to come from
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Workshop on Diversity in Robotics Research and Cloud Robotics
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Looking fwd to this workshop on increasing diversity and participation in robotics research! Starts tonight at 9:30pm PST. I’ll present on cloud robotics and the “Ultra Affordable Robot Design Challenge”. Anyone can join for free via zoom.
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NATO and Washington struggle to adopt disruptive technologies faster
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A key point here from @AnjaManuel1
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FTC Investigates OpenAI ChatGPT for Consumer Protection Violations
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Good scoop from @Cat_Zakrzewski about the FTC investigating OpenAI to see if ChatGPT is violating any consumer protection laws. https://
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NeurIPS Review Assignment Process Faces Significant Organization Issues
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The reviewing assignment of neurips this year is a total mess.. Finished assignment could even disappear..
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AI Solutions for Global Challenges: Insights with Ezra Klein
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I had a fascinating conversation with @ezraklein about how AI can help solve global challenges. I also shared some book recommendations that I hope can inspire some interesting thinking about the future.
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Compression of Concatenated Identical Texts Size Analysis
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Yeah, I think if two identical texts are concatenated, the size of the compressed concatenated file should match the size of the unconcatenated files right?
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Release of curated-transformers: Pure PyTorch library for LLMs
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Excited to release this! A pure @PyTorch library for LLMs and other transformers. It strikes a different trade-off from @huggingface Transformers. curated-transformers won't be up-to-the-minute with new architectures, added verbatim. Instead the implementations are factored out https://
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Envisioning and Acting on AI’s Future Vision
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The future belongs to those who envision one and make decisions, plans, and actions accordingly.