This week, 28 congressional staffers will join us for this year’s bicameral, bipartisan boot camp on AI. Learning from faculty across disciplines, they’ll explore topics including AI risk mitigation, foundation models, and AI’s impact on healthcare, education, and climate.
ETHICS
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Zoom’s Data Usage Policies Raise Privacy and AI Ethics Concerns
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That's cool of Bard, and scary from Zoom. "We can use your meetings for…pretty much anything we want to"
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Zoom’s New Terms of Service Raise Data Privacy Concerns
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Zoom seems to be dramatically overreaching in how it treats customer data with its new terms of service:
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AI Models Predict Patient Demographics From Medical Images
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Studies show AI models can predict patient demographics including race from medical images. HAI faculty affiliate @james_y_zou discusses the real concerns — and possible benefit — in this: https://
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Will AI Make Us Stupid? Future of Work Implications
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The big idea: Will #AI make us stupid? https://
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AI Misidentification: When Algorithms Flag Innocent People as Threats
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What would you do if AI flagged you as a terrorist? “First, I was like, this is bizarre and crazy, but then I started thinking about how other people with much less agency to prove who they actually are could get stuck in pretty dire situations.” https://
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Employees secretly use AI to leave work early daily
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Those secretly using AI on the job — experts call it "shadow IT" — appear to be legion. 'I take the rest of the day off': How employees are secretly using AI to duck out early https://
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SAS VP discusses real AI risks and ethics concerns
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SAS VP of Data Ethics, Reggie Townsend, talks to Fox5 New York about the where the real AI risks currently exist. http://
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Ethical AI Startups in Healthcare: Founders’ Approach
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How two founders approach building ethical #AI startups in #health care https://
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Accenture invests $3 billion doubling AI team capabilities
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#Accenture invests $3 billion in #AI, doubling its team to leverage game-changing AI capabilities in business while addressing #responsible AI, exploring #quantumcomputing, and embracing the #metaverse. https://
forbes.com/sites/bernardm
arr/2023/08/07/generative-ai-in-business-why-accenture-is-investing-3-billion-in-ai/
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