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Councilwoman talks about the future of artificial intelligence in NYC – Spectrum News NY1
As city schools embrace the use of emerging artificial intelligence technology, local lawmakers are looking to understand the benefits and the risks involved. The City Council held a hearing Wednesday to get some answers from education officials on how AI tools are being used in schools, as well as how third-party vendors are vetted.
World must pass ‘AI stress test’, UK Deputy PM says, announcing … – UN News
Mr. Dowden said the so-named AI Safety Summit, set for November, will aim to preempt the risks posed by frontier AI and explore how it can be used for the public good. AI is the biggest transformation the world has known, he emphasized, noting that it is going to change everything we do, the way we live, relations between nations, and it is going to change the United Nations, fundamentally.
FTC to Host Virtual Roundtable on AI and Content Creation – Federal Trade Commission News
The Federal Trade Commission staff will be hosting a virtual roundtable discussion on October 4, 2023 to better understand the impact of the use of generative artificial intelligence on music, filmmaking, and other creative fields. FTC staff are seeking to better understand how the development and deployment of AI tools that can generate text, images, and audiooften referred to as generative artificial intelligencemay impact open and fair competition or enable unlawful business practices across markets, including in creative industries.The listening session will focus on different issues posed by generative AI, including concerns raised by musicians, actors, and other content creators about the use of AI to create entertainment and other content. FTC Chair Lina M
A view from DC: White House preps a ‘bridge’ to AI regulation – International Association of Privacy Professionals
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to issue a new executive order on artificial intelligence in the coming weeks. Its content and scope have become the subject of much speculation in Washington.
Smarter AI Assistants Could Make It Harder to Stay Human – WIRED
Researchers and futurists have been talking for decades about the day when intelligent software agents will act as personal assistants, tutors, and advisers. Apple produced its famous Knowledge Navigator video in 1987. I seem to remember attending an MIT Media Lab event in the 1990s about software agents, where the moderator appeared as a butler, in a bowler hat.
Seaver College to Host Human-Centered AI Conference – Pepperdine University Newsroom
On Tuesday, September 26, Seaver College will host the Human-Centered AI conference, which brings together experts to discuss how artificial intelligence (AI) is affecting the fields of robotics, neuroscience, and ethics. The world around us is changing rapidly, says Fabien Scalzo, associate professor of computer science and director of the Keck Data Science Institute. Students should be aware of how this powerful technology works.
Generative AI: How will it affect future jobs and workflows? – McKinsey
As companies struggle to understand the implications and applications of generative AI (gen AI), one thing seems clear: AI and its future iterations are not going anywhere.
Third-party AI tools pose increasing risks for organizations – MIT Sloan News
open share links close share links As artificial intelligence becomes more powerful and widespread, the accompanying risks are also more real and more abundant. Errors or misuse could lead to reputational damage and loss of customer trust, financial losses, regulatory penalties, and even litigation. Responsible AI is a framework with principles, policies, tools, and processes to ensure that AI systems are developed and operated in the service of good for individuals and society while still achieving transformative business impact.
Insight: Big Pharma bets on AI to speed up clinical trials – Reuters
LONDON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Major drugmakers are using artificial intelligence to find patients for clinical trials quickly, or to reduce the number of people needed to test medicines, both accelerating drug development and potentially saving millions of dollars. Human studies are the most expensive and time-consuming part of drug development as it can take years to recruit patients and trial new medicines in a process that can cost over a billion dollars from the discovery of a drug to the finishing line.
Can AI detect eye conditions, Parkinson’s, other health issues? – Medical News Today
Experts at Moorfields Eye Hospital and University College London (UCL) Institute of Ophthalmology in England have recently developed an AI system which can detect vision disorders more accurately and efficiently than current methods. This new technology could also help speed up diagnoses of systemic health issues including stroke, heart attacks, and Parkinsons disease. The scientists performed a study on RETFound, their world-first foundation model, which used millions of eye scans from the UKs National Health Service (NHS).