Digital Ethics

Large language models seem startlingly intelligent. But what’s really happening under the hood?

Are you an AI researcher at an academic institution? Are you anxious you are not coping with the current pace of AI advancements? Do you feel you have no (or very limited) access to the computational and human resources required for an AI research breakthrough? You are not alone; we feel the same way. A growing number of AI academics can no longer find the means and resources to compete at a global scale. This is a somewhat recent phenomenon, but an accelerating one, with private actors investing enormous compute resources into cutting edge AI research. Here, we discuss what you can do to stay competitive while remaining an academic. We also briefly discuss what universities and the private sector could do improve the situation, if they are so inclined. This is not an exhaustive list of strategies, and you may not agree with all of them, but it serves to start a discussion.

A policy brief signed by 57 institutional and individual signatories, arguing that Europe should regulate "general purpose AI" (GPAI) as "high risk" under the forthcoming AI Act.

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The commerce department has requested public comment on AI accountability measures for privacy and transparency

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Op-ed: Planetary impacts, escalating financial costs, and labor exploitation all factor.

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The AI takeover has arrived and it’s backfiring

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a £12,700,000 fine to TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited and TikTok Inc (TikTok) for a number of breaches of data protection law, including failing to use children’s personal data lawfully.

Using AI as a replacement for interviewing actual users is a brilliant idea if you want to look like you made an effort, but are really looking to fill the page with superficial, stereotyped bullshit.

The two time bombs to watch

Technology companies were once leery of what some artificial intelligence could do. Now the priority is winning control of the industry’s next big thing.

artificial and natural intelligence, including politics, policy, ethics and security

The risks inherent in the technology, plus the speed of its take-up, demonstrate why it’s so vital that we keep track of it, writes the Guardian’s head of editorial innovation, Chris Moran

OpenAI is today unrecognizable, with multi-billion-dollar deals and corporate partnerships. Will it seek to own its shiny AI future?

"The largest, most profitable, most powerful companies in the world ought to be judged based on how they are impacting the present, not based on their pitch decks for what the future might someday look like."

You may have heard of simulation theory, the notion that nothing is real and we’re all part of a giant computer program.

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As schools around the country are banning AI tools, Khan Lab School invites one into the classroom.

This volume deals with on human-centered machine learning, explainable AI, ethics, law, argumentation and social simulation.

Italy’s recent ban of Open AI’s generative text tool may just be the beginning of ChatGPT's regulatory woes.

The company claims to have not considered before launch whether their new protest and strike surveillance tool could be misused.

Five high school students helped our tech columnist test a ChatGPT detector coming from Turnitin to 2.1 million teachers. It missed enough to get someone in trouble.

The plagiarism detector will introduce its AI detection tool tomorrow, hoping to protect academic integrity in a post-ChatGPT world. The speedy launch and lack of an opt-out have academics worried.