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Welcome to the AI Election Year
Monday - May 3 - 2024
IN THE LARGEST global election year yet, generative AI is already being used to trick and manipulate voters around the world.
Will this growing trend have real impact?
Today on WIRED Politics Lab, we talk about a new online project that will be tracking the use of AI in elections around the world.
A week after advising people to eat rocks and put glue on pizza, Google admitted Thursday it needed to adjust its new generative AI search feature.
This highlights the risks of commercializing generative AI and its limitations.
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Today’s newsletter :
Welcome to the AI Election Year
Google's AI Overviews Will Always Be Broken. That's How AI Works
WTF is AI?
OpenAI co-founder resigns after launch of new ChatGPT
Meet the Non-Profit Trying to Create a Definition for Open Source AI
Most Read: AI Voice Generator Hit With Actor Lawsuit
Data Activists Target OpenAI In Challenge To ChatGPT’s ‘Hallucination’ Problem
AI in Financial Fraud: Deepfake attacks soar by over 2000%
Welcome to the AI Election Year
Summary:
IN THE LARGEST global election year yet, generative AI is already being used to trick and manipulate voters around the world.
Will this growing trend have real impact?
Today on WIRED Politics Lab, we talk about a new online project that will be tracking the use of AI in elections around the world.
Plus, Nilesh Christopher dives into the lucrative industry of deepfakes and how politicians are using them to bombard Indian voters.
A week after advising people to eat rocks and put glue on pizza, Google admitted Thursday it needed to adjust its new generative AI search feature.
This highlights the risks of commercializing generative AI and its limitations.
Google’s AI Overviews, powered by the Gemini language model, aims to summarize online information but can spread errors.
Richard Socher, an AI researcher, says creating safe AI models is challenging due to their lack of understanding and unreliable web content.
Google's head of search, Liz Reid, announced improvements after these errors, including better detection of nonsensical queries and reduced reliance on user-generated content.
While You.com claims more accuracy by using a custom-built web index and multiple LLMs, it still faces challenges.
The tech industry's AI integration, spurred by ChatGPT, is a work in progress.
Experts like Barry Schwartz and Lily Ray suggest Google may have rushed its AI rollout, leading to significant errors and confusion among users and industry professionals.
Daniel Griffin reminds us that the inherent issue lies in LLMs' difficulty discerning truth.
WTF is AI?
Summary:
AI, or artificial intelligence, is software that mimics human thinking.
It's not the same as human intelligence but can be useful for many tasks.
AI, often called machine learning, isn't truly learning or intelligent.
The concepts behind AI are decades old but recent advances have made applications like ChatGPT possible.
AI models predict the next step in a pattern without actually "knowing" anything.
They detect and continue patterns, as illustrated by the "hyper-intelligent deep-sea octopus" metaphor.
These models power apps by mathematically encoding patterns in vast amounts of text.
When given a prompt, AI predicts the next words in the pattern.
AI excels at generating low-value written work, coding tasks, and summarizing information.
It's powerful for tasks that involve distilling useful information from large amounts of unorganized data.
Ilya Sutskever, co-founder of OpenAI and chief scientist, has left the company after nearly a decade.
He announced his departure on Tuesday to work on a "very personally meaningful" mystery project.
OpenAI, backed by Microsoft, unveiled the GPT-4o model, capable of seeing, hearing, speaking, and reasoning.
Jakub Pachocki will be the new chief scientist. Sutskever, key in Altman's firing and rehiring last year, leaves a significant legacy in AI research.
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Meet the Non-Profit Trying to Create a Definition for Open Source AI
There is no standard definition for open source AI. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) aims to develop a universal definition to ensure transparency and accessibility.
OSI's executive director, Stefano Maffulli, emphasizes the need for clear definitions to promote transparency, collaboration, and innovation.
Most Read: AI Voice Generator Hit With Actor Lawsuit
Actors Sue AI Voice Generator for Unauthorized Use
Actors Linnea Sage and Paul Skye Lehrman are suing Lovo, an AI voice generator, claiming it used their voices without permission.
The 37-page class action lawsuit, filed in New York, alleges Lovo fraudulently used their voices for millions of voiceover productions without proper compensation.
Data Activists Target OpenAI In Challenge To ChatGPT’s ‘Hallucination’ Problem
Privacy activists filed a complaint against ChatGPT maker OpenAI on Monday over the company’s failure to correct misinformation its chatbot "hallucinates" about people.
Vienna-based nonprofit noyb filed the complaint with Austria’s data watchdog, accusing OpenAI of violating GDPR.
A report by Signicat and Consult Hyperion shows deepfakes now represent 6.5% of total fraud attempts, a 2137% increase over three years.
Over a third of fraud attempts on financial institutions use AI, with deepfakes and social engineering on the rise.
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