AI News Weekly - Issue #351: AI-focused tech firms locked in ‘race to the bottom’, warns MIT professor

Physicist says competition too intense for tech executives to pause development to consider AI risks     View on the Web    Archives ISSUE #351: AI-FOCUSED TECH FIRMS LOCKED IN 'RACE TO THE BOTTOM', WARNS MIT PROFESSOR  September 21st 2023   pitneybowes.com       In the News     ChatGPT Can Now Generate Images, Too OpenAI released a new version of its DALL-E image generator to a small group of testers and incorporated the technology into its popular ChatGPT chatbot. nytimes.com       Sponsor     High rates got you down? Unleash your shipping superpowers with our free eBook. You'll learn how easy it can be to control costs, please customers and grow profits – even in uncertain times. [Get your FREE eBook.] pitneybowes.com       In The News     How Google taught AI to doubt itself Today let's talk about an advance in Bard, Google's answer to ChatGPT, and how it addresses one of the most pressing problems with today's chatbots: their tendency to make things up. platformer.news   MIT professor warns : AI-focused tech firms locked in 'race to the bottom' Physicist Max Tegmark says competition too intense for tech executives to pause development to consider AI risks theguardian.com   Hollywood's writers' strike might come to an end soon The WGA and AMPTP confirmed they'll meet again tomorrow, as rumors said the sides are close to an agreement after a meeting attended by the CEOs of Warner, Disney, and Netflix. theverge.com       Applied use cases     AI Could Finally Let Us Talk with Animals Underneath the thick forest canopy on a remote island in the South Pacific, a New Caledonian Crow peers from its perch, dark eyes glittering. scientificamerican.com   AI model speeds up high-resolution computer vision Researchers from MIT, the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, and elsewhere have developed a more efficient computer vision model that vastly reduces the computational complexity of this task. techxplore.com   How Ecology Could Inspire Better AI, and Vice Versa The new paper - published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - targues for a synergy between AI and ecology that could both strengthen AI and help to solve complex global ecosystem challenges, such as disease outbreaks, loss of biodiversity and the impacts of climate change. columbia.edu       Ethics     China's Evolving AI Regulations: Impact on US Firms In the wake of China's recent implementation of new artificial intelligence regulations, the tech landscape is witnessing the emergence of a fresh wave of AI chatbots that have received official government approval. medium.com   G20 leaders bat for "responsible AI" Amid the rise of generative artificial intelligence, leaders from G20 countries discussed how to harness the technology to benefit development, while ensuring that safeguards are built in to check misuse. indiatimes.com   How To Regulate Artificial Intelligence In my forthcoming book, Regulating Digital Industries, I argue that the U.S. should now establish a digital regulator empowered to set competition, privacy and content moderation rules for companies operating in core digital industries, which include search, ecommerce, social media, the mobile app... forbes.com       Robotics     A Soft Robot to Probe Asteroids Meet GE Aerospace's Sensiworm (Soft ElectroNics Skin-Innervated Robotic Worm), a highly intelligent, acutely sensitive soft robot that could serve as extra sets of eyes and ears for Aerospace service operators inside the engine. ieee.org   Ascento's robots aid overstretched security guards Distinguished by their wheel-leg design that can cover a variety of terrain, Ascent's security patrolling robots are currently deployed on large industrial sites and perform repetitive tasks like perimeter checks, sending alerts to human security guards when needed. techcrunch.com   Toyota is making AI-trained breakfast bots in a 'kindergarten for robots' Toyota's robots probably can't whip up a frittata yet, but they can whisk some eggs for you. theverge.com       Research     Integrative soft computing approaches for optimizing thermal energy performance in residential buildings The predictive models are artificial neural networks exposed to five optimizer algorithms, namely Archimedes optimization algorithm (AOA), Beluga whale optimization (BWO), forensic-based investigation (FBI), snake optimizer (SO), and transient search algorithm (TSO), for attaining optimal... plos.org   Machine learning models can produce reliable results even with limited training data Researchers have determined how to build reliable machine learning models that can understand complex equations in real-world situations while using far less training data than is normally expected. techxplore.com   Machine learning analysis of research citations highlights importance of federal funding for basic scientific research Biomedical research aimed at improving human health is particularly reliant on publicly funded basic science, according to a new analysis boosted by artificial intelligence. phys.org       Sponsor      Beat shipping rate increases with our new parcel shipping report. 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