And the evidence makes it clear that the way it works in the UK isn’t the way it has to be. The Netherlands and Germany are getting their act together, and the Nordics are far ahead of us: in 93% of Nordic deals, universities took 0% equity thanks to Professor’s Privilege.
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TTOs Tactics: Avoiding Real AI Debate and Data Discussion
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What hasn’t changed is the TTOs. Whether it’s the reports, the rebuttals, or the ‘TenU compromise’ – their tactics have stayed the same: Swerving the real debate, calling data anecdotal, and embracing the tyranny of low expectations.
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UK Labour Review Shapes Startup Funding and VC Policy Reform
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Let’s start with what's new: Germany and the Netherlands explore reform and academic research in the UK confirms that high uni equity stakes drive VCs away from spinouts. Labour’s Start-up Review adopted many of our proposals and the gov launched a long overdue policy review.
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Attending Final In-Person UK AI Council Meeting
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Arrived early for last ever (and on 2nd in person) UK AI Council meeting.
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AI Novel Writing and Copyright Ownership Legal Issues
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AI as a novel writer is now a thing. Note, you don’t own the copyright to anything AI creates. Prompts don’t equal authorship according to current U.S. copyright law. https://t.co/K9XDJb6Dy7
— Paul Roetzer (@paulroetzer) 21 juin 2023AI as a novel writer is now a thing. Note, you don’t own the copyright to anything AI creates. Prompts don’t equal authorship according to current U.S. copyright law.
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Detecting AI-Generated Bad Content in the Digital Age
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Catching bad content in the age of #AI https://
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Private Compute Dominance Threatens Critical AI Research Balance
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The vast amounts of compute and data required to train these systems is accessible only to private industry leaders, creating a significant imbalance in the AI development ecosystem putting at risk the critical basic science research of the tech needed for our moonshot. 4/
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America must lead AI responsibly with moonshot mentality
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America must urgently apply a moonshot mentality to ensure we lead on AI responsibly and steward AI’s integration in our society. 2/
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EU Antitrust Case Against Google: Vestager Leadership Impact
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What would this mean for the European Commission's new antitrust case against Google? Would it maintain momentum or potentially slow down without Vestager at the helm as antitrust chief? https://
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ANITI publishes a position paper on generative AI systems
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@ANITI_Toulouse publishes a position paper on generative AI systems https://actuia.com/actualite/aniti-publie-un-position-paper-sur-les-systemes-dia-generative/
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