5/5 For this government AI was an elephant on the horizon, it became the elephant in the room and, unless the next government addresses the three challenges above, this institute will soon become the white elephant in Whitehall. What will next government do about this?
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AI Safety Institute at Risk of Becoming Potemkin Success
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4/5 The @AISafetyInst has deeply worrying signs of "failing fast" in the same manner. But the political capital invested in its creation means that even after obvious failures it may be hailed as a Potemkin success.
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AI Question for Next UK Government: Major Institute Rush Interview
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1/5 AI Question for next UK Government I once interviewed with a major AI institute that was created in a bit of a rush.
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Musk-LeCun Debate: Two Paths to Digital Totalitarianism
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The debate between @elonmusk (Twitter) and @ylecun (Meta) is presenting us with a false dichotomy of two different paths to digital totalitarianism. I couldn't put it better than Karl Popper does in the preface to "The Open Society and its Enemies"
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AICan 2026: Canada’s AI Strategy and Vision
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Excited to be in Banff this week to take part in AICan, the annual meeting for the pan-Canadian AI strategy . Looking forward to hear from Canada’s technical leadership in AI, hear about compute and safety, and I get to give this year’s keynote on Visions of AI.
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Voice Cloning and Deepfake Technology Security Concerns
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non mais pas forcément chez eux, a partir du moment où tu sais quelle techno est utilisée (et y'en a d'autres qui permettent de cloner et faire du lip sync), un peu de montage et c'est possible… c'est un peu plus plausible que du dépôt de cerceuil a Paris
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AI and Deepfakes: Election Misinformation Crisis
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là on arrive au moment sportif avec l'IA et les fakenews en période électorale
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Political Deepfakes Rise: Detection Tools Combat Election Disinformation
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More political deepfakes exist than you think, according to this AI expert With so many elections happening globally this year, TrueMedia founder Oren Etzioni hopes the company's deepfake detection tool can help reduce disinformation. Here's how. https://
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ert-says-there-are-more-political-deepfakes-than-you-think/
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California AI Bill Requires Pre-Creation Model Safety Certification
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Not a joke: California's AI bill would require companies to certify that models are safe before they're even created.
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Starlink’s Strategic Importance: America’s Space Capability Revival
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Yeah say what you will about Musk – America literally lost the ability to space and needed to rely on Russia – that was absolutely wild to me. Starlink’s strategic and geopolitical important cannot be understated esp for connectivity in denied regions. Finally, Tesla is a big