Really exciting: Motif Neurotech just got FDA clearance to trial its DOT implant for treatment-resistant depression, and the key detail is where it sits: on top of the skull, not inside the brain. That alone could change the calculus for patients who need neurostimulation but
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Open Letter to Musk: Don’t Leave AI Industry Unregulated
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Dear @elonmusk
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SR 26-2: Regulatory Changes and Risk Management Gaps
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SR 26-2 changed regulators’s expectations, but not an institution's obligation to manage risk. Next up in our SR 26-2 series, Nick Goble identifies the six gaps the regulation leaves open and what each one means for your program.
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Legislation Targets Chatbot Makers Amid Lawsuits Over Child Harms
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Going to be interesting to see where this legislation goes. The timing makes sense: about 30 lawsuits have been filed against chatbot makers, most against ChatGPT maker OpenAI, many alleging harms to children, and more suits are expected soon.
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Model Distillation Fair Use Debate in AI Training
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What people call "distillation" is a super common practice (you use other models to benchmark your model, to evaluate your inputs or to add a little bit to your datasets) that in my opinion should be covered by fair use (just like using public data is), especially when the
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Distillation Practice in AI Should Be Covered by Fair Use
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What people call "distillation" is a super common practice (you use other models to benchmark your model, to evaluate your inputs or to add a little bit to your datasets) that in my opinion should be covered by fair use (just like using public data is), especially when the
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Regulating Open-Source AI Models Poses Major Policy Challenges
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For better or worse, regulation for closed-source models served by a few (quite large) companies is easy. It is not as easy to imagine how you regulate open-source models that can be served by a range of decentralized players. Suspect that will become a big policy discussion soon
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White House Blocks Anthropic From Expanding Mythos AI Access
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The White House blocked Anthropic from expanding Mythos access beyond ~50 organizations to ~120. Not because the model is too dangerous. Because the government wants priority. Officials literally worried more customers would hamper their own ability to use it. Frontier AI just
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AI Governance Must Enable Business Not Police It
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The third lesson is the one every C-level team should pay attention to right now: In the age of AI, governance teams cannot act like the police. Agents, dashboards, and data products are multiplying fast.
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RightsCon Cancellation: Demanding Accountability and Transparency
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Our response asks simple questions: What changed at the last minute?
Why was the event effectively canceled?
Whether any external pressure—including from the PRC—played a role. If the answer is no, say so clearly. If not, explain. That’s how accountability works. #RightsCon