US AI Safety Institute could face big cuts
The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]
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April 2023
DocuSign could be suffering from a pandemic growth hangover
DocuSign was flying during the pandemic when people couldn’t meet in person, but it might have grown too quickly, and it’s paying the price.
DocuSign could be suffering from a pandemic growth hangover by Ron Miller originally published on TechCrunch
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OpenAI geoblocks ChatGPT in Italy
No, it’s not an April Fools’ joke: OpenAI has started geoblocking access to its generative AI chatbot, ChatGPT, in Italy. The move follows an order by the local data protection authority Friday that it must stop processing Italians’ data for the ChatGPT service. In a statement which appears online to users with an Italian IP […]
OpenAI geoblocks ChatGPT in Italy by Natasha Lomas originally published on TechCrunch
Ethicists fire back at ‘AI Pause’ letter they say ‘ignores the actual harms’
A group of well-known AI ethicists have written a counterpoint to this week’s controversial letter asking for a 6-month “pause” on AI development, criticizing it for a focus on hypothetical future threats when real harms are attributable to misuse of the tech today. Thousands of people, including such familiar names as Steve Wozniak and Elon […]
Ethicists fire back at ‘AI Pause’ letter they say ‘ignores the actual harms’ by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch