February 22, 2025

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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NASA’s Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid is back on the books for October 2023

October 28, 2022

NASA said Friday that its Psyche mission (named after the asteroid the mission is targeting) has been rescheduled to October next year. The news comes just a few months after the agency announced that it would definitively miss its planned 2022 launch attempt. The delayed schedule is due to late delivery of key components of […]

NASA’s Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid is back on the books for October 2023 by Aria Alamalhodaei originally published on TechCrunch

Elon Musk says Twitter will form a content moderation ‘council’ before deciding on Trump

October 28, 2022

Elon Musk has only been in control of Twitter for a short time, but he’s already making big moves. Musk fired a number of key executives on day one, including Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, but in a new tweet he claims he’ll be moving more slowly when it comes to making content moderation decisions. Musk […]

Elon Musk says Twitter will form a content moderation ‘council’ before deciding on Trump by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: the human toll of ethical AI, and lab-grown meat

October 28, 2022
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Responsible AI has a burnout problem Margaret Mitchell had been working at Google for two years before she realized she needed a break. Only after she spoke with a therapist did she understand…

Responsible AI has a burnout problem

October 28, 2022
Margaret Mitchell had been working at Google for two years before she realized she needed a break. “I started having regular breakdowns,” says Mitchell, who founded and co-led the company’s Ethical AI team. “That was not something that I had ever experienced before.” Only after she spoke with a therapist did she understand the problem:…