Two easy steps for making an absolutely awful product: 1. Have no clue about what you are doing. 2. Optimize step number 1.
ETHICS
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Product-Driven Organizations and AI Ethics Concerns
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"No, sorry, we don't want you to think, we are a product-driven organization."
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OpenAI’s Internal Crisis Over Artificial Intelligence Future
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Inside OpenAI’s Crisis Over the Future of Artificial Intelligence:
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Age Discrimination in Lending: Legal Loopholes Against Older Borrowers
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I routinely surprise people with the factoid that it’s only impermissible age discrimination in lending if it disadvantages older people. The other way is explicitly fine.
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EU AI Act: Strengths and Weaknesses Analysis
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What is good and not-so-good about the EU AI Act from @togelius
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EU AI Act negotiations conclude with open source protections
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The EU AI Act negotiations ended.
One contentious issue was the regulation of foundation models, particularly open source ones. Kudos to the French, German, and Italian governments for not giving up on open source models. Juicy part: "The legislation ultimately included -

Community Addresses AI Bias Through Shared Datasets and Evaluations
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Our whole community must address this bias. We’re all responsible for this. It is an opportunity to come together and build common datasets and evaluations too. @LelapaAI @huggingface @black_in_ai @OpenAI @GoogleDeepMind @Meta @midjourney_ai @StabilityAI @_LXAI
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AI Transforms Human-Machine Relationships: Generative AI Disruption Opportunities
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We Shape AI, AI Shapes Us – 2023 IT Symposium/Xpo Keynote Insights v/ @Gartner_inc ******* Key Findings AI is transforming the human-machine relationship. Moreover, generative AI has sparked massive disruption that poses opportunities and threats to every organization.
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EU Agrees on Landmark Artificial Intelligence Rules
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E.U. Agrees on Landmark Artificial Intelligence Rules
