AI @ Noon | May 22

Reuters: Google invests 1 billion euros in Finnish data centre to drive AI growth

Europe sets benchmark for rest of the world with landmark AI laws: Reuters reports Europe's landmark rules on artificial intelligence will enter into force next month after EU countries endorsed on Tuesday a political deal reached in December, setting a potential global benchmark for a technology used in business and everyday life. The European Union's AI Act is more comprehensive than the United States' light-touch voluntary compliance approach while China's approach aims to maintain social stability and state control.

European Council approves 'risk-based' AI regulations: UPI reports the European Council on Tuesday gave final clearance new measure implementing a "risk-based approach for regulating the use of artificial intelligence. Under the Artificial Intelligence Act the bloc will gauge the use of AI with higher risk implementations facing stricter rules, in what it described as a "first of its kind" standard which it said will encourage "safe and trustworthy" AI systems across the European Union market in both the public and private sectors.

Frontier AI safety commitments, AI Seoul Summit 2024: The UK and Republic of Korea governments announced that the following organizations have agreed to the Frontier AI Safety Commitments. Release

World is ill-prepared for breakthroughs in AI, say experts: Governments have made insufficient regulatory progress, ‘godfathers’ of the technology say before summit. Guardian

Bloomberg: ASML, TSMC can disable chip machines if China invades Taiwan

+ Firms can remotely shut off advanced EUV chip-making machines

+ US officials concerned over risk of conflict to chip industry

AP: Now armed with AI, America’s adversaries will try to influence election, security officials warn

Election officials are role-playing AI threats to protect democracy: The job has never been harder, and the threats have never been stranger. The Verge

What can be done to stop AI from damaging the 2024 election? Democrats and Republicans are racing to figure out how to handle artificial intelligence. Alexi McCammond

The AI ‘safety movement’ is dead: Public pressure to rein in artificial intelligence may be waning, but the work of making these systems less risky is just beginning. Tyler Cowen

New Commerce strategy document points to the difficult science of AI safety: The Biden administration seeks international coordination on critical AI safety challenges. Fed Scoop

A lawmaker held an AI roundtable with scholars. Most had industry ties. WP

Vermont’s data privacy law sparks state lawmaker alliance against tech lobbyists: Politico reports state lawmakers from Maine to Oklahoma say the lessons they learned from battling industry over privacy bills can provide a new playbook to fight back.

The Scarlett Johansson-OpenAI dispute is straight out of ‘Her’: The actress says her voice was copied for ChatGPT. Spike Jonze’s movie says a lot about how we got here. Sonia Rao

Exactly how stupid was what OpenAI did to Scarlett Johansson? We ranked it on our list of the 7 most boneheaded self-owns by technology companies. WP

OpenAI promised 20% of its computing power to combat the most dangerous kind of AI—but never delivered, sources say Fortune

200%: The year-on-year revenue growth that Nvidia is expected to announce today.

How Wall Street lenders are betting big on the AI boom: Some of the largest-ever private-debt financing deals are being backed by the GPU chips powering the tech revolution. WSJ

Alibaba + Baidu slashed prices of large-language models used to power generative artificial intelligence products, as a price war in the cloud computing sector heats up in China.

Anthropic hired Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger to be its new product chief, part of a broader push to bring its AI services to more users and businesses.

A French artificial intelligence startup, simply called H, has raised $220 million in initial financing from a slew of billionaires and venture capitalists on the promise of building the next generation of powerful AI tools.

UK employers are offering a 14% wage premium for jobs that require skills in artificial intelligence as booming demand for the technology reshapes the labor market.

Khan Academy and Microsoft are teaming up to give teachers a free AI assistant: FC reports AI assistant Khanmigo can help time-strapped teachers come up with lesson ideas and test questions, the companies say.

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella wants us to stop treating AI like humans: The chief executive wants people to remember that artificial intelligence is a tool, not actual human intelligence. Bloomberg

AI models can outperform humans in tests to identify mental states: Large language models don’t have a theory of mind the way humans do—but they’re getting better at tasks designed to measure it in humans. Rhiannon Williams

The big AI risk is not enough people are seeing: Beware technology that makes us less human. Tyler Austin Harper

AI’s black boxes just got a little less mysterious: Researchers at the AI company Anthropic claim to have found clues about the inner workings of large language models, possibly helping to prevent their misuse and to curb their potential threats. NYT

Loneliness is a problem that AI won’t solve Jessica Grose

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-Marc

AI @ Noon | May 21

The robots are coming: How Ukraine became the testing ground for AI-powered combat: As autonomous drones soar toward the frontline, bigger countries like China and the US are watching. Politico

These ISIS news anchors are AI fakes. Their propaganda is real. The Islamic State-affiliated media broadcast News Harvest shows how artificial intelligence can be used to disseminate extremist propaganda quickly and cheaply. WP

The AI pork barrel arrives: Chuck Schumer has found a new excuse to spend $32 billion a year, and some Republicans are going along for the ride. WSJ - Editorial

The coming war between DC and Silicon Valley: A political fight is brewing over who’ll benefit most from the AI revolution — and what if anything Washington should do to shape the outcome. Politico

Sweeping Colorado AI bill signed by Governor as he urges changes: Bloomberg reports Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation Friday that will give the state the most far-reaching regulations on artificial intelligence in the nation. Polis (D) said he was signing the bill “with reservations” in a letter to lawmakers, adding his “hope that it furthers the conversation, especially at the national level.”

Bloomberg: OpenAI dissolves high-profile safety team after Chief Scientist Sutskever’s exit

+ “Superalignment” group will be folded into broader research efforts at the company. 

OpenAI put ‘shiny products’ over safety, departing top researcher says: Jan Leike’s exit from ChatGPT maker is the latest sign of internal divisions over technology’s development. FT

Youth activists call on world leaders to set AI safeguards by 2030 WP

Bloomberg: Scarlett Johansson hired lawyers to push back on ‘eerily similar’ OpenAI voice

+ Actress says AI company voice sounded ‘eerily’ like her

+ AI imitation on screen has become Hollywood hot-button issue

The race for an AI-powered personal assistant: Google and OpenAI unveiled new tools to bring ‘intelligent systems’ a step closer. Will this be a milestone for generative AI? FT

Bloomberg: Michael Dell says AI PCs will be ‘pretty standard’ in 2025

WP: Microsoft will build AI into new laptops, firing shot at Apple

Bloomberg: JPMorgan says every new hire will get training for AI

Reddit shares surge as it strikes content deal with OpenAI: FT reports the agreement comes as competition for high-quality data to underpin AI models intensifies.

Snowflake is in talks to acquire startup Reka AI for more than $1 billion.

Abrdn revolts against Amazon over the risks of AI: The Times reports a big investor has expressed fears over Alexa’s effect on human rights before the tech company’s annual shareholders meeting.

Apple needs to evolve to compete in the artificial intelligence era Bloomberg

An Nvidia co-founder’s latest bet: Making ‘Quantum Valley’ in New York: WSJ reports Curtis Priem is donating more than $75 million to help Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute become a hub for a cutting-edge technology.

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-Marc

AI @ Noon | May 20

How China is using AI news anchors to deliver its propaganda: News avatars are proliferating on social media, and experts say they will spread as the technology becomes more accessible. Guardian

In DC, a new wave of AI lobbyists gains the upper hand: An alliance of tech giants, startups, and venture capitalists are spending millions to convince Washington that fears of an AI apocalypse are overblown. So far, it’s working. Politico

Press pause on the Silicon Valley hype machine Julia Angwin

OpenAI putting ‘shiny products’ above safety, says departing researcher: Jan Leike, a key safety researcher at firm behind ChatGPT, quit days after launch of its latest AI model, GPT-4o. Guardian

AI's ‘Her’ era has arrived: New chatbot technology can talk, laugh and sing like a human. What comes next is anyone’s guess. NYT

Openwashing: An accusation against some AI companies that they are using the “open source” label too loosely. NYT

Facebook parent’s plan to win AI race: Give its tech away free: WSJ reports Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg has trained his ‘Eye of Sauron’ on its artificial-intelligence strategy, which comes with risks.

Artificial intelligence companies seek big profits from ‘small’ language models: FT reports Microsoft, Meta, and Google have released new versions with fewer ‘parameters’ that are cheaper to build and train.

For AI, a few seconds of power becomes a booming business: Expansion of data centers fuels demand for generators and battery backups: ‘You cannot have downtime.’ WSJ

Microsoft’s emissions jump almost 30% as it races to meet AI demand: FT reports an increase from 2020 to 2023 highlights challenges of meeting climate goals while investing in infrastructure.

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-Marc

AI @ Noon | May 8

Princeton Digital Group secured a $280 million green loan to help finance a $1.5 billion data center it’s building in southern Malaysia, a first for the Asian infrastructure operator as it aims to get that complex operational by June.

Amazon plans to spend $9 billion expanding its cloud computing infrastructure in Singapore, the latest global tech company to boost investment in Southeast Asia.

TikTok sues to challenge law forcing sale or ban: Politico reports the filing claims the law violates First Amendment rights of TikTok and its users, and says the government hasn’t shown proof of national security risks.

TikTok sues to block US ban: WSJ reports the Chinese-controlled app claims new federal law violates First Amendment and unlawfully singles out company for punishment.

Thousands of UK troops hit in suspected Chinese hack on defense ministry: Politico reports Defense Secretary Grant Shapps briefed the House of Commons Tuesday afternoon — but is avoiding publicly pointing the finger at Beijing.

Belgium to police Telegram under new EU tech law: Politico reports the platform claims to have more than 800 million monthly active users globally.

Saudi Arabia AI fund would divest from China if US asked, CEO says: Bloomberg reports: “So far the requests have been to keep manufacturing and supply chains completely separate, but if the partnerships with China would become a problem for the US, we will divest,” said Amit Midha, the chief executive officer of Alat, an investment firm backed by $100 billion in capital from the Public Investment Fund.

A new diplomatic strategy emerges as artificial intelligence grows: The new US approach to cyberthreats comes as early optimism about a “global internet” connecting the world has been shattered. NYT

Congresswoman battling brain disorder delivers House speech using a text-to-voice app: Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), whose ability to speak, hear and move has been affected by a degenerative brain condition, uses assistive technology to help her navigate life on the Hill. WP

AP: Brad Parscale helped Trump win in 2016 using Facebook ads. Now he’s back, and an AI evangelist

+ “You’re going to see some of the most amazing new technology in artificial intelligence that’s going to replace polling in the future across the country.” -- Brad Parscale

+ Parscale says his company, Campaign Nucleus, can use AI to help generate customized emails, parse oceans of data to gauge voter sentiment and find persuadable voters. It can also amplify the social media posts of “anti-woke” influencers

AP: Nervous about falling behind the GOP, Democrats are wrestling with how to use AI

+ So far, Democrats said they are primarily using AI to help them find and motivate voters and better identify and overcome deceptive content.

+ ″Candidates and strategists are still trying to figure out how to use AI in their work. People know it can save them time — the most valuable resource a campaign has,” said Betsy Hoover, director of digital organizing for President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign and co-founder of the progressive venture capital firm Higher Ground Labs. “But they see the risk of misinformation and have been intentional about where and how they use it in their work.”

Anatomy of a scroll: Inside TikTok’s AI-powered algorithms: Israel or Palestine? What users see in their social media feeds related to the Middle East crisis and other global political events is determined by opaque AI-powered online content curation systems. Politico

Wayve, a maker of artificial intelligence software for autonomous vehicles, raised $1 billion in new funding, led by SoftBank, Microsoft, and Nvidia.

Defense think tank MITRE to build AI supercomputer with Nvidia: WP reports the $20 million AI “sandbox” will allow federal agencies from the Pentagon to the IRS to test cutting-edge technologies.

Are Microsoft and OpenAI becoming full-on frenemies? Fortune

OpenAI says it can now detect images spawned by its software—most of the time: WSJ reports the startup’s new tool detects 98% of pictures generated by its text-to-image generator DALL-E 3, but success drops if the images are altered.

Bloomberg: OpenAI is readying a search product to rival Google, Perplexity

Bloomberg: Meta will let advertisers create campaigns using new generative AI tools

Apple unveils ‘outrageously powerful chip for AI’ in latest iPads: FT reports the new hardware signals iPhone maker’s growing focus on running artificial intelligence features on mobile devices.

Apple plays up AI potential in new iPads: The Cupertino, Calif., company has steadily ramped up comments on its AI work, with Tim Cook saying AI will be “transformative.” WP

The iPad lost. Smartphones won. Steve Jobs predicted iPads could become as widespread as cars. Instead, they’re a niche. Shira Ovide

7 everyday work problems AI helps me solve: It’s hard to get your head around all the things artificial intelligence will do, someday. So instead focus on how it can make your life better right now. WSJ

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-Marc

AI @ Noon | May 7

Four start-ups lead China’s race to match OpenAI’s ChatGPT: Zhipu AI, Moonshot AI, MiniMax, and 01 dot ai are striving to rival the success of US counterparts. FT

Quantum computing breakthroughs draw investment back to sector: Australia’s $620mn deal with US start-up signals new hope for building commercially viable quantum computer. FT

Biden administration rolls out international cybersecurity plan: The State Department’s international cyber strategy is aimed at setting goals for the US in leading on cyber norms at the United Nations, on AI issues, and in countering China. Politico

There's a messy battle over AI going on in DC — and there's no end in sight: The battle over AI isn't just happening in Silicon Valley among tech giants. It's also happening within the halls of Congress and the White House as lawmakers try to figure out how to rein in the technology without stalling progress. Business Insider

+ Trump and Biden's "executive orders have contributed to a bipartisan consensus that AI ought to be trustworthy," said Jason Green-Lowe, the Center for AI Policy's executive director.

+ "The ideal solution would be to empower some kind of office or regulator to update the laws as they go forward," Green-Lowe, from the Center for AI Policy, said.

+ He added that failing to implement a formal way of regulating the sector would effectively let companies play by their own rules, something he and the Center for AI Policy don't purport to be the best course of action.

If AI wrecks democracy, we may never know: Propaganda doesn’t need to go viral to sway elections anymore. That makes AI’s impact more insidious and harder to detect. Parmy Olson

Disinformation is on the rise. How does it work? Understanding it will lead to better ways to fight it. Economist

US to fund ‘digital twin’ projects for chips with $285 million: Bloomberg reports digital twin technology can leverage artificial intelligence to optimize semiconductor manufacturing, National Institute of Standards and Technology Director Laurie E. Locascio said on a call with reporters.

Today: Apple hosts a product launch event called Let Loose with the usual secrecy around the device being unveiled, though many expect a new iPad tablet.

Apple is developing AI chips for data centers, seeking edge in arms race: WSJ reports the company is leaning on its long history of chip development in the effort, code-named Project ACDC.

Qualcomm’s smartphone future looks brighter with AI: WSJ reports AI-enabled smartphones and PCs should help the maker of wireless chips, which remains among the cheapest in semiconductor stocks.

The thingification of AI: The broken-gadget era is upon us. The Atlantic

AI’s trust problem: Twelve persistent risks of AI that are driving skepticism. Bhaskar Chakravorti

The AI music era is here. Not everyone is a fan: AI songwriting has gotten shockingly good — with big implications for the music world. Bloomberg

CNBC: AI could drive a natural gas boom as power companies face surging electricity demand

Big tech’s great AI power grab: Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft are on the hunt for new energy sources. Economist

How bad is AI for the climate? Tech giants are building power-hungry data centers to run their artificial intelligence tools. The costs of that demand surge are becoming clearer. DealBook

TikTok tells advertisers it won’t back down as US ban looms: WSJ reports the app’s NewFronts presentation to digital media buyers could be its last unless its owner finds a buyer—or lands a big win in court.

The secret weakness of TikTok’s all-powerful algorithm John Herrman

Chris Dixon’s campaign to overhaul crypto’s grifty reputation: Silicon Valley’s most powerful crypto investor on why the industry needs a new poster boy—who happens to be him. Bloomberg

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-Marc

AI @ Noon | May 6

China has a controversial plan for brain-computer interfaces: China's brain-computer interface technology is catching up to the US. But it envisions a very different use case: cognitive enhancement. Wired

Can Elon Musk’s Tesla keep straddling the US and China? The EV maker has agreed a deal over driving technology with a leading Chinese internet company just as Washington is on edge about data security. FT

Ukraine unveils AI-generated foreign ministry spokesperson: Victoria Shi is modeled on Rosalie Nombre, a singer and former contestant on Ukraine’s version of the reality show The Bachelor. Guardian

AI’s future is being forged by the US and the UAE: The deal between Microsoft and G42 is just one step in the race to realize the technology’s potential — and limit its harm. Yousef Al Otaiba

+ Yousef Al Otaiba is the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the US.

An AI-controlled fighter jet took the Air Force leader for a historic ride. What that means for war: Artificial intelligence marks one of the biggest advances in military aviation since the introduction of stealth in the early 1990s. “We have to have it,” Secretary Frank Kendall says. Politico

Warren Buffett warns the AI genie is ‘out of the bottle’: The legendary investor predicted that AI scams will be the biggest ‘growth industry of all time’, as Berkshire Hathaway revealed its stake in Apple had fallen. The Times

Warren Buffett fears AI has ‘enormous potential for harm’: The Berkshire Hathaway CEO compares artificial intelligence to the development of nuclear weaponry, even as the company begins to use it in some businesses. WSJ

Reuters: Stanford AI leader Fei-Fei Li building 'spatial intelligence' startup

ElevenLabs is building an army of voice clones: A tiny start-up has made some of the most convincing AI voices. Are its creators ready for the chaos they’re unleashing? The Atlantic

Bloomberg: Elon Musk’s X to summarize news events using Grok AI

Nick Bostrom made the world fear AI. Now he asks: What if it fixes everything? Philosopher Nick Bostrom popularized the idea superintelligent AI could erase humanity. His new book imagines a world in which algorithms have solved every problem. Wired

Facebook parent company Meta plans $800M data center in Montgomery: WSFA reports Alabama will be the only state in the union with two Meta data centers when the facility is completed.

Bloomberg: Apple’s new iPad Pro turns device into true laptop replacement

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-Marc

AI @ Noon | May 3

Japan’s Kishida unveils a framework for global regulation of generative AI AP

+ “Generative AI has the potential to be a vital tool to further enrich the world.” But “we must also confront the dark side of AI, such as the risk of disinformation.”

US official urges China, Russia to declare only humans, not AI, control nuclear weapons: State Department arms control official Paul Dean told an online briefing that Washington had made a "clear and strong commitment" that humans had total control over nuclear weapons, adding that France and Britain had done the same. Reuters

Can investment from TSMC, Infineon, and others revive Europe's chip dreams? Skeptics say more government subsidies, skilled workers and end customers are needed. Nikkei

Judge grills US and Google on antitrust claims: WP reports Judge Amit Mehta tried poking holes in the closing arguments of a landmark monopoly case as he weighed a ruling that could reshape tech. 

Meet the woman who showed President Biden ChatGPT—and helped set the course for AI: Arati Prabhakar has the ear of the US president and a massive mission: help manage AI, revive the semiconductor industry, and pull off a cancer moonshot. Wired

‘Splintered’ AI regulations could harm pursuit of advancements, understanding of where the guardrails lie Fortune

Spot the deepfake: The AI tools undermining our own eyes and ears: Affordable and accessible generative AI tools have led to a rise in false video, images, and audio on social media. Can you spot the difference? Politico

The dos and don’ts of campaigning with AI WP

Fortune: AI boom still running hot as SK Hynix says its already sold majority of its 2025 allotment of high-bandwidth memory chips

CoreWeave, an Nvidia-backed AI cloud-computing start-up, nearly tripled its valuation to $19 billion in a new fund-raising round.

Qualcomm jumps as AI sparks rebound in Chinese smartphone market: Reuters reports Qualcomm shares rose 4% in premarket trading on Thursday after the smartphone-focused chipmaker signaled an AI-fueled rebound in demand, especially in China, after a two-year slump.

Apple sales fall on sluggish iPhone, China businesses: WSJ reports  Apple revenue fell 4%, the fifth decline in six quarters, amid new competition from phone rivals in China. It authorized $110 billion in share buybacks and forecast a return to revenue growth this quarter.

WP: Apple at a crossroads: Quarterly profit falls slightly, but Cook is ‘bullish’ about generative AI

Apple is behind in AI and killed its self-driving car project. What’s next? Quarterly profit fell slightly at Apple, but CEO Tim Cook said the company is “bullish” about generative AI. WP

+ @spectatorindex: BREAKING: Apple announces $110 billion share buyback, the biggest in history.

Microsoft, Google, and Meta bet on fake data to build AI models: Bloomberg reports top artificial intelligence companies are experimenting with a different approach to meet their insatiable need for data. 

The AI-generated population is here, and they’re ready to work: AI that can predict how specific humans will look, act and feel could do the jobs of fashion models, focus group members and clinical trial participants. WSJ

AI-voiced audiobooks top 40,000 titles on Audible: Bloomberg reports while authors appreciate the new revenue stream, audiobook listeners are complaining about the influx of new material.

Will GM regret kicking Apple CarPlay off the dashboard? The uneasy relationship between Detroit and Cupertino is on display in a flawed rollout of GM’s new software. Bloomberg

WP: UnitedHealth CEO apologizes for hack that ‘could cover a substantial portion’ of Americans

Tech - Ones to watch: These are the startup founders, Big Tech managers, low-key investors—and even a bureaucrat— who could play a bigger role than you realize in shaping tech’s future. Bloomberg

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-Marc

AI @ Noon | May 2

China is using TikTok to ‘spy on’ Americans, say 46% of people polled: The Reuters/Ipsos poll showed that Republicans were more likely than Democrats to think China was using the app to sway US opinions.

Japan weighs regulating AI developers, following US and EU: Tokyo faces challenge of balancing safety and innovation. Nikkei

Fortune: Japan has had so many bear attacks in the past year it’s turning to AI to act as a warning system

Bloomberg: Microsoft’s CEO adds AI for Thailand on southeast Asia tour

+ OpenAI backer to set up Azure data center in kingdom

+ Global tech firms jockey for position in fast-growing region

Why the military can’t trust AI: Large language models can make bad decisions—and could trigger nuclear war. Max Lamparth + Jacquelyn Schneider

+ When they tested LLMs from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta in situations like simulated war games, the pair found the AIs suggested escalation, arms races, conflict — and even use of nuclear weapons — over alternatives.

+ "It is practically impossible for an LLM to be taught solely on vetted high-quality data," Schneider and Lamparth write.

+ The Space Force paused use of generative AI in September 2023.

The tech billionaires who helped ban TikTok want to write AI rules for Trump: The tech moguls and defense contractors behind the Hill and Valley Forum aim to expand their impact, prepping an executive order that would dismantle the Biden administration’s rules on artificial intelligence. WP

ICYMI: Yesterday, Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Secure Artificial Intelligence Act of 2024, which aims to enhance the tracking and processing of security and safety incidents and risks associated with artificial intelligence.

The Center for AI Policy (CAIP) wholeheartedly endorses Senator Warner's and Senator Tillis' proposed legislation.

Please note a quote from CAIP's executive director was included in the press release announcing the Secure Artificial Intelligence Act of 2024.

"AI security is too big of a task for any one company to tackle alone," said Jason Green-Lowe, Executive Director of the Center for AI Policy. "AI developers have much to learn from each other about how to keep their systems safe, and it's high time they started sharing that information. That's why the Center for AI Policy is pleased to see Congress coordinating a standard format and shared database for AI incident reporting. We firmly support Senator Warner and Tillis's new bill."

You can access the full press release and information on the proposed bill here.

How AI is testing the boundaries of human intelligence: Welcome to AI v the Mind, a new series from the BBC that will explore the limits of artificial intelligence by pitting it against the most powerful thinking machines on the planet – the human brain. BBC

Most brain monitors sold to consumers don't keep your data private: New Scientist reports a survey found data privacy problems with the vast majority of 30 companies that sell neurotechnology devices to consumers. New US state laws aim to change that.

Bloomberg: Microsoft boosts responsible AI team from 350 to 400 personnel

+ Tech companies are under pressure to make sure AI is safe

+ Company disclosed headcount in new AI transparency report

AI startup Anthropic debuts Claude chatbot as an iPhone app: Bloomberg reports the OpenAI rival is pushing more aggressively to make its chatbot available to users no matter where they are.

Five myths about generative AI that leaders should know: Experts from Wharton and the “Magnificent Seven” tech companies debunk five misconceptions about gen AI that could stand in the way of implementation. K@W

AI is helping automate one of the world’s most gruesome jobs: Bloomberg reports advances in computer vision and machine learning allow robots to perform some of the high precision tasks required to butcher beef and chicken.

Bloomberg: AI to reduce, alter staffing at 1 of 4 Texas firms, survey shows

+ About 11% of firms say AI to reduce employment: Dallas Fed

+ Workers in low- and mid-skill jobs will see biggest impact

The last stock photographers await their fate under generative AI: Digital photography ravaged the business of taking and licensing commercial photos. Some fear AI will kill it off entirely. WSJ

The Financial Times’ deal with OpenAI highlights an uneasy future for both media and tech: The nontransparent nature of the licensing agreements could spell bad news for smaller publications. FC

Amazon gets more fuel for AI race: Capital spending will go up ‘meaningfully,’ but record operating margins driven by retail, cloud and advertising ease the pain. WSJ

Fortune: For AI startups, a billion-dollar dilemma: Why lofty valuations could be a hurdle in the race for talent

+ @tomfgoodwin: Good joke from the FT comments today: What's an AI startup?  It's a data center with a liar standing in front of it. The AI hype bubble seems absolutely nuts now, it’s like the whole world is an episode of Silicon Valley.

Microsoft to power data centres with big Brookfield renewables deal: FT reports the purchase of 10.5GW of electricity highlights rising energy needs of AI and cloud computing.

+ The energy expenditure of data centers by 2026 is expected to equal Japan’s total electricity usage.

Intel is betting $28 billion on making Ohio a global chips capital: The stagnating chipmaker is attempting a comeback with massive spending on new factories and lots of help from the Biden administration. Bloomberg

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-Marc