It's astonishing how few people understand this.
They see some cool product innovation and think the underlying technology just appeared out of thin air.
They don't realize how it's built on academic research from 10, 20, or 30 years prior, most often funded by government grants
POLICY
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Academic Research Foundation Behind Product Innovation
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AI Devices Integration: Social Acceptance and Cultural Impact
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I think these devices will come online, but I’m equally interested in the rebuttal of society. Do we let these devices into social clubs (hey, they already block phones)? Or into exercise classes (again, some already block phones)? Do friends only want to hang out if their
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OpenAI’s Abu Dhabi Data Center: Questionable Location Choice
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“OpenAI's planned data center in Abu Dhabi would be bigger than Monaco | TechCrunch.” Why build a datacenter the size of a city, that uses water and energy to cool it, in a desert? Soon someone will propose datacenters in space.
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From Technological Powerhouse to Regulatory Superpower
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On avait tout pour être une superpuissance technologique. on est aujourd'hui une superpuissance régulatoire.
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Government cuts to life-saving research receive public support
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I'm sorry to read this and all the other cuts. Supporting work like yours is one the government activities with the highest return. We should be doing *more*, not less. I'm incredibly grateful that you've devoted your life to this kind of life-saving research. Hang in there!
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Saudi Arabia’s Massive AI Investment and Global Deals
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Vous vous souvenez de Jensen ? Je vous l'avais dit : il est en train de devenir l’un des hommes les plus puissants du monde. Regardez-le, au cœur de ce méga deal entre les présidents américain et émirati. Les milliards pleuvent sur l’IA. L’Arabie saoudite mise tout dessus pour
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Third-party framework flags AI model flaws and bias issues
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Flaws in AI models — from hallucinations to biased training data — often manifest only when systems are live. Experts propose a new framework for third-party reporting to allow external evaluators to identify and flag these issues effectively.
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European AI Policy Priorities with EU Commission Vice President
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How do global policymakers envision the future of AI? This week, we hosted Executive Vice President of the European Commission @HennaVirkkunen for a fireside chat with HAI Senior Fellow Susan Athey to explore Europe’s key AI policy priorities.
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How News Becomes Public: Media, Business Processes Matter
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It was in the news! CNN is very definitely the news! But yeah unless someone decides something is Certifiably Important and engages in a business process to keep it that way, it is unlikely to escape from people with special interests to the general public.