In @WIRED today, the latest excerpt from EMPIRE OF AI recounts the tensions that began bubbling beneath the surface after Sam Altman took over OpenAI. Including when he asked for a countersurveillance audit bc he was worried Musk was spying on them.
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Essay Meta Influence on Senior Politicians Information Diet
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Another win for the essay meta. (Object level politics aside: senior politicians and their staff are going to have an information diet whether you like them or not. Would you prefer it to be you or the replacement rate explainer from Vox or a CNBC talking head?)
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Hard Takeoff Scenario Increasingly Likely in AI Development
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Hard takeoff seems increasingly likely.
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Legal Compensation Framework for AI-Generated Content Creators
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@ednewtonrex do you have / have you proposed a preferred solution to legally acknowledge and compensate creators? I know there are many possible approaches, but all of them have levels of complexity. Just curious of your position. Thanks!
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Patient Super Ager Featured in Wellbeing Book Discussion
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Join us tomorrow. Free registration for. Virtual access Meet my patient Mrs L. R. featured in the book, a Wellderly, Super Ager
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AI Assessment Framework Prioritizes Performance and Safety
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HAI Senior Fellow @aiprof_mykel and his team at @SISLaboratory aim to transform how AI systems are assessed, promoting a more systematic approach to validation that prioritizes both performance and safety.
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LLMs Digital Divide: Bridging Language Gap for Billions
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Most major LLMs are trained using English data, making it ineffective for the approximately 5 billion people who don't speak English. Here, @StanfordHAI Faculty Affiliate @sanmikoyejo discusses the risks of this digital divide and how to close it.
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AI Tool Identity Confusion Issue Discovered
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Impressive! Just tried and loved how the tool works (though unfortunately it combined my identity with a wrestler with the same name)
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Survival Over Ego: Ethics in AI Decision Making
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Plain survival always takes precedence over protecting your ego. If you are a normal person that is.
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Impact of Robots on Industry People and Society
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The Impact of Robots on Industry, People, and Society by Ben Story pic.twitter.com/sCIqvMHngE
— Dr. Hassan Rashidi (@DrHassanRashidi) 20 mai 2025The Impact of Robots on Industry, People, and Society by Ben Story