Should AI Get Legal Rights?
Should AI Get Legal Rights? Summary Model welfare is a nascent research area asking a blunt question: could some AI systems be conscious, and if they are, what responsibilities do…
Roblox to verify ages of all gamers who use chat and text features
Roblox to verify ages of all gamers who use chat and text features Summary Roblox says it will expand its age-estimation programme to every user who accesses chat and text…
No chips for you! Senator wants Americans to get first dibs on GPUs, restrict sales to others
No chips for you! Senator wants Americans to get first dibs on GPUs, restrict sales to others Summary Senator Jim Banks (R‑IN) has introduced the “Guaranteeing Access and Innovation for…
Boffins detail new method to make neural nets forget private and copyrighted info
Boffins detail new method to make neural nets forget private and copyrighted info Summary Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have proposed a new, computationally efficient technique called “source…
Uber India starts offering drivers gigs collecting and classifying info for AI models
Uber India starts offering drivers gigs collecting and classifying info for AI models Summary Uber India is using its app to offer drivers short ‘digital tasks’ — paid micro‑gigs that…
As Xi and Putin chase immortality, let’s talk about digital presidents-for-life
As Xi and Putin chase immortality, let’s talk about digital presidents-for-life Summary Opinion piece by Simon Sharwood exploring the unsettling prospect that ageing autocrats such as Xi Jinping and Vladimir…
All IT work to involve AI by 2030, says Gartner, but jobs are safe
All IT work to involve AI by 2030, says Gartner, but jobs are safe Summary Analyst firm Gartner predicts that by 2030 all IT work will involve AI — with…
Snake eating tail: Google’s AI Overviews cites web pages written by AI, study says
Snake eating tail: Google’s AI Overviews cites web pages written by AI, study says Summary Originality.ai analysed 29,000 YMYL (Your Money or Your Life) Google queries and the AI Overviews…
Anthropic to pay at least $1.5 billion to authors whose work it knowingly pirated
Anthropic to pay at least $1.5 billion to authors whose work it knowingly pirated Summary AI startup Anthropic has proposed a settlement creating a $1.5 billion fund to compensate authors…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic is widening its access restrictions and will block its AI services for companies majority-owned by entities from certain countries…