TSMC chips ended up in devices made by China’s Huawei despite US controls: NYT reports the US government has tried to keep Chinese companies from obtaining certain advanced technologies, but concerns have been growing that some products may have been routed to Huawei.
Bitcoin surge as investors bet on Trump victory: The Times reports the Republican presidential candidate has pledged to make America the bitcoin superpower of the world.'
Polling shows most voters say they’ve been exposed to AI misinformation: Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI) released new polling on voters’ attitudes towards AI policy and their experiences with AI content during this year’s presidential election. The polling arrives in the final weeks of an election cycle that has featured a flood of AI-generated content. The new polling shows that fifty-five percent of all voters, including a majority of Democrats, Republicans, and Independents, say they’ve been exposed to AI-generated fake information this presidential election.
+ The poll, conducted by Morning Consult from October 16 to 19, surveyed 2,001 registered voters with a margin of error of ±2%. The full poll is available here.
+ About a third of the poll respondents said they were not confident in their ability to distinguish AI generated content from authentic content.
OpenAI is violating a slew of laws and regulations, including President Joe Biden’s sweeping executive order and the White House’ AI Bill of Rights, according to a complaint filed by the privacy advocacy nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center, or EPIC. The complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission builds on existing consumer protection and antitrust investigations the agency is conducting into OpenAI.
+ “OpenAI is the subject of this complaint, largely because they've really set themselves up as a leader in the generative AI field, and because their products have been used by so many.”
American Security Project, a non-partisan think tank, began a new initiative today called AI 2030, with the support of an array of former national security officials, generals, and some of the world’s leading AI developers — including OpenAI. The initiative is meant to shape public dialogue about US competition against China on AI.
The AI boom may unleash a global surge in electronic waste: Most e-waste is never recycled. Data center upgrades for AI projects could significantly add to the problem, researchers say. WP
Max Richter: ‘AI music is probably in the charts and we don’t realise’: The wildly popular composer has clocked up three billion streams and soundtracked dozens of films. Now he fears for the future of creativity. The Times
Universal Music Group, which has sued AI start-ups for copyright infringement, has partnered with Klay Vision, a music generator that says it won’t rip off artists.
Silent firing is the new quiet quitting: Companies need to find a way to pay for investments in artificial intelligence. FC
How real-time AI facial filters can influence romantic attraction: A study used artificial intelligence to transform the smiles of volunteers during speed-dating sessions to investigate how this affected their interactions. The Times
Musk’s xAI in talks to raise funding valuing it at $40 billion: WSJ reports the fundraising is poised to result in a much higher valuation for the startup, which was pegged at $24 billion this past spring.
Sierra, an AI start-up co-founded by Bret Taylor, the chairman of OpenAI, closed a funding round that values it at $4.5 billion.
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund leads $500mn fundraising for AI cloud group Crusoe Energy: FT reports the deal values infrastructure start-up at $3bn as it benefits from spending surge on generative AI.
AFP: Google reports strong growth driven by AI, Cloud
FT: Google’s strong earnings boosted by cloud computing growth
Meta is reportedly working on a search engine for its chatbot users to reduce the service’s reliance on Google and Microsoft’s Bing.
Reuters: OpenAI builds first chip with Broadcom and TSMC, scales back foundry ambition
+ @pmddomingos: Apple has always been known for its tight integration of hardware and software. And now with Apple Intelligence it’s adding vaporware to the mix.
Bloomberg: Softbank’s Son Says Nvidia is undervalued as super AI looms
+ “$9 Trillion of capex for Artificial Super Intelligence is very reasonable. In fact, it may be too small” -- Masayoshi Son
Suck up to your fake CEO: The deepfake scam explosion has only just begun. Economist
A rural Missouri town fights Big Tech, and itself: Residents of Peculiar battled developers and some of their local officials to keep a giant data center out of their community. NYT
Czech group buys stake in Rolls-Royce mini nuclear project: The Times reports the partnership to push forward deployment of small modular reactors.
Nikkei: Founder of TikTok owner ByteDance tops China's rich list
Enjoy the ride + plan accordingly.
-Marc
