Groundbreaking bill aims to reduce potential AI risks – requiring model testing
and disclosure of safety protocol
A California bill that would establish first-in-the-nation safety measures for
the largest artificial intelligence systems cleared an important vote Wednesday.
The proposal, aiming to reduce potential risks created by AI, would require
companies to test their models and publicly disclose their safety protocols to
prevent the models from being manipulated to, for example, wipe out the state’s
electric grid or help build chemical weapons – scenarios experts say could be
possible in the future with such rapid advancements in the industry.
The measure squeaked by in the state assembly Wednesday and now faces a final
vote in the state senate, where it has passed once already, before it heads to
the governor’s desk for his signature, though he has not indicated his position
on it. Governor Gavin Newsom then has until the end of September to decide
whether to sign it into law, veto it or allow it to become law without his
signature. He declined to weigh in on the measure earlier this summer but had
warned against AI overregulation.
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Non-traditional pets get millions of online views. But the rising trend poses
questions about animal welfare
In a quiet neighborhood in California’s capital, residents have gotten used to
the screaming temper tantrums of a two-year-old. “No, Merlin!” they’ll hear his
mother shout whenever he’s had enough of his favorite snack. “No more ice
cubes!”
“We haven’t had any complaints from the neighbors yet,” says Mia Alali, the
mother in question. That might be because Merlin is just about the cutest
two-year-old in California. He also happens to be a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig.
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Voice actors and motion capture performers to strike over AI protections after
nearly two years of negotiations
Hollywood’s video game performers voted to go on strike Thursday, throwing part
of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage after talks for a new
contract with major game studios broke down over artificial intelligence
protections.
The strike – the second for video game voice actors and motion capture
performers under the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and
Radio Artists (Sag-Aftra) – will begin at 12.01am Friday. The move comes after
nearly two years of negotiations with gaming giants, including divisions of
Activision, Warner Bros and Walt Disney Co, over a new interactive media
agreement.
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Exclusive: NSPCC finds Apple implicated in more cases of predators sharing child
abuse imagery in England and Wales alone than the company reported globally in a
year
Apple is failing to effectively monitor its platforms or scan for images and
videos of the sexual abuse of children, child safety experts allege, which is
raising concerns about how the company can handle growth in the volume of such
material associated with artificial intelligence.
The UK’s National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
accuses Apple of vastly undercounting how often child sexual abuse material
(CSAM) appears in its products. In a year, child predators used Apple’s iCloud,
iMessage and Facetime to store and exchange CSAM in a higher number of cases in
England and Wales alone than the company reported across all other countries
combined, according to police data obtained by the NSPCC.
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