Without Accounting for Bias and Discrimination, AI Safety Standards Will Fall Short
Sep 16, 2024 - It will be an uphill battle to ensure that AI standards adequately and robustly protect the public, writes Data & Society's Serena Oduro.
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A new dawn for the technology officer
As companies strive to create value from AI, generative AI, and other rapidly evolving technologies, enterprise tech officers will make fundamental shifts in the way they operate.
UTHealth Houston collaborates with OpenAI to offer clinicians HIPAA-compliant ChatGPT solutions
Sep 13, 2024 - UTHealth Houston unveiled a partnership with OpenAI on Friday to build and deploy algorithms for use in medical training and at the patient’s bedside.
FAS Receives $1.5 Million Grant on The Artificial Intelligence / Global Risk Nexus
Sep 11, 2024 - Grant funds research of AI's impact on nuclear weapons, biosecurity, military autonomy, cybersecurity, and other global issues.
Teachers Are Doing UNBELIEVABLE Things With AI!
Sep 11, 2024 - Not even the TEACHERS believe it!
NASCIO Survey Exposes the Hard Data Truths of AI Adoption
Sep 10, 2024 - Responses from 46 states show a big challenge for government in the AI era: many focus on data analysis and business intelligence while neglecting elements such as metadata management, master data and data stewardship.
CDT Submits Comment on AISI’s Draft Guidance, “Managing Misuse Risk for Dual-Use Foundation Models”
Sep 9, 2024 - CDT, in collaboration with Data & Society (D&S), submitted comments in response to the U.S. AI Safety Institute’s (AISI) request for comment on their draft guidance for developers on mitigating the risks associated with the misuse of foundation models.
US, UK, EU sign international AI treaty
Sep 9, 2024 - The Council of Europe hailed the agreement as the "first international legally binding treaty" on the use of AI systems. It said it was an open treaty that could be signed by more countries.
Guide, don’t hide: reprogramming learning in the wake of AI
Sep 4, 2024 - As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly integral to the world outside academia, universities face a crucial choice: to use or not to use.
Challenging The Myths of Generative AI
Aug 29, 2024 - Eryk Salvaggio says we must dispense with myths if we are to think more clearly about what AI actually is and does.
General Services Administration Launches AI-Focused Cohort
Jun 20, 2024 - The federal oversight agency has launched its first cohort focused on artificial intelligence for its Presidential Innovation Fellows program, aiming to create a talent pipeline for AI in government.
'AI for Science' Initiative at DOE Gains Traction
Jun 6, 2024 - The Department of Energy is seeking to accelerate the progress of science with tailored AI models.
Privacy Nonprofit Unveils Center for Artificial Intelligence
Jun 5, 2024 - It aims to help serve policymakers, companies and other organizations in creating AI governance strategies.
2024 EDUCAUSE Action Plan: AI Policies and Guidelines
May 23, 2024 - Survey results from a May 2024 survey among higher education tech professionals about AI policies and guidelines at their institutions.
UW-La Crosse Students and Staff Debate AI Uses on Campus
May 21, 2024 - A summit at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse fielded comments from professors and students about AI policies, which are up to individual professors.
University Suspends Students for AI Homework Tool It Gave Them $10,000 Prize to Make
May 21, 2024 - Emory University gave students a $10,000 entrepreneurial prize for their AI startup, then suspended them and accused them of cheating when they built it.
AI Tutoring Outperforms Active Learning | Research Square
May 14, 2024 - This study found that students learn more than twice as much in less time when using an AI tutor, compared with the active learning class.
University of Kentucky publishes AI policies for research
Apr 18, 2024 - The University of Kentucky has published policies governing the use of generative artificial intelligence for research purposes.
Marin County, Calif., Schools Consider Use of AI
Apr 8, 2024 - Educators at both the county and the college level are rapidly getting up to speed on AI issues such as legal disclaimers, parental permissions, policies, precautions and potential uses.
The OMB Memo Shows That AI Can Be Governed
Mar. 29, 2024 - a new OMB memo signifies a pivotal shift towards AI enforceable regulation in the United States.
Student Data is the New Oil
Feb. 20, 2024 - Does the recent repackaging of University of Michigan public datasets suggest that research data should be closed by default?
UNESCO survey: Less than 10% of schools and universities have formal guidance on AI
Jun 1, 2023 - A new UNESCO global survey of over 450 schools and universities found that fewer than 10% have developed institutional policies and/or formal guidance concerning the use of generative AI applications.
Inside the AI talent wars: Tech companies are ransacking university AI programs at Stanford, MIT, and Cornell in search of engineers
Apr 24, 2023 - With the AI boom, many companies are feeling the heat to beef up their AI capabilities. They're turning to top colleges in search of this rare talent.
Georgia Professors Enlist AI for Assistance, Personalization
Professors are harnessing GenAI as a patient simulator at Emory, as a teaching assistant at Morehouse and for chatbots at Georgia State.
Putting humans back in the loop: An affordance conceptualization of the 4th industrial revolution
Dec 25, 2022 - The current technology epoch—sometimes called the fourth industrial revolution (4IR)—involves the innovative application of rapidly advancing digital technologies such as artificial intelligence