Mark Zuckerberg and Daniel Ek on why Europe should embrace open-source AI: It risks falling behind because of incoherent and complex regulation, say the two tech CEOs. Economist
Schumer optimistic about passing federal AI regulation this year: Mitigating AI risk remains top of mind for Democrats at the DNC, but the party remains mixed on exactly what that regulation should look like and how to hold tech companies responsible. WSJ
Big Tech may be focusing its lobbying push on the California AI safety bill’s last stop: Gavin Newsom: The bill, which requires makers of very large frontier models to establish and report AI safety guidelines, passed out of the appropriations committee last week. FC
Big Tech wants AI to be regulated. Why do they oppose a California AI bill? Reuters
OpenAI joins opposition to California AI safety bill: FT reports ChatGPT maker says legislation would harm innovation and stifle start-ups in the state.
OpenAI says California’s controversial AI bill will hurt innovation: The startup wrote a letter to California State Senator Scott Wiener opposing the legislation. Bloomberg
AI researchers call for ‘personhood credentials’ as bots get smarter: In the paper, published online last week but not yet peer-reviewed, a group of 32 researchers from OpenAI, Microsoft, Harvard and other institutions call on technologists and policymakers to develop new ways to verify humans without sacrificing people’s privacy or anonymity. They propose a system of “personhood credentials” by which people prove offline that they physically exist as humans and receive an encrypted credential that they can use to log in to a wide range of online services. WP
McAfee is announcing a new tool that helps users figure out whether the audio they are listening to in a video on YouTube, X or any other service is real or a deepfake.
CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that caused a global computer outage with a glitch in its software update, has claimed its competitors have since launched ‘shady’ attacks to scare its customers away.
How we can harness AI to fulfill our potential: Visiting scholar Cornelia Walther explains the four assets you need to protect your personal agency and critical thinking skills as AI becomes a bigger part of our lives. K@W
How’s your mental fitness as a boss? Be ready for AI to weigh in: Artificial intelligence could soon be used to suggest executives are in cognitive decline—and help them ward off scrutiny. WSJ
Enjoy the ride + plan accordingly.
-Marc
