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Ukraine likely behind Kremlin drone attack, U.S. officials say: report
Fox News contributor Dan Hoffman joined'America's Newsroom' to discuss the alleged attack and how Ukraine has responded in wake of the strike. A drone attack on the Kremlin earlier this month was most likely orchestrated by Ukraine, which has conducted a series of attacks on Russian targets, U.S. officials said. Russia has claimed Ukrainian forces attempted to kill President Vladimir Putin in the failed attack on May 3. Two drones were used in the "assassination attempt" at the president's residence within the Kremlin compound, but were disabled by Russian defense systems, Russia said. Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on May 3, 2023. A drone was purportedly shot down over the Kremlin.
Google and the European Commission will collaborate on AI ground rules
The world's governments have taken note of generative AI's potential for massive disruption and are acting accordingly. European Commission (EC) industry chief Thierry Breton said Wednesday that it would work with Alphabet on a voluntary pact to establish artificial intelligence ground rules, according to Reuters. Breton met with Google CEO Sundar Pichai in Brussels to discuss the arrangement, which will include input from companies based in Europe and other regions. The EU has a history of enacting strict technology rules, and the alliance gives Google a chance to provide input while steering clear of trouble down the road. The compact aims to set up guidelines ahead of official legislation like the EU's proposed AI Act, which will take much longer to develop and enact.
Sam Altman's World Tour Hopes to Reassure AI Doomers
The excitement around the London arrival of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was palpable from the queue that snaked its way around the University College London building ahead of his speech on Wednesday afternoon. Hundreds of eager-faced students and admirers of OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT had come here to watch the UK leg of Altman's world tour, where he expects to travel to around 17 cities. This week, he has already visited Paris and Warsaw. Last week he was in Lagos. But the queue was soundtracked by a small group of people who had traveled to loudly express their anxiety that AI is advancing too fast.
OpenAI Could Quit Europe Over New AI Rules, CEO Sam Altman Warns
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Wednesday his company could "cease operating" in the European Union if it is unable to comply with the provisions of new artificial intelligence legislation that the bloc is currently preparing. "We're gonna try to comply," Altman said on the sidelines of a panel discussion at University College London, part of an ongoing tour of European countries. He said he had met with E.U. regulators to discuss the AI act as part of his tour, and added that OpenAI had "a lot" of criticisms of the way the act is currently worded. Altman said that OpenAI's skepticism centered on the E.U. law's designation of "high risk" systems as it is currently drafted. The law is still undergoing revisions, but under its current wording it may require large AI models like OpenAI's ChatGPT and GPT-4 to be designated as "high risk," forcing the companies behind them to comply with additional safety requirements.
Deepfake AI tech could assist and empower online predators, safety expert warns
Criminals are taking advantage of AI technology to conduct misinformation campaigns, commit fraud and obstruct justice through deepfake audio and video. Australia's eSafety Commission has raised concerns about the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to assist predators in grooming children online as the country debates restrictions on the emerging technology. Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant posted on Twitter that "the manipulative power of generative AI to execute on grooming and sextortion is no longer speculative." "eSafety is already receiving cyberbullying reports and image-based abuse reports around deepfakes," she wrote. "The fact is AI has been'exfiltrated into the wild' without guardrails."
ChatGPT maker OpenAI calls for AI regulation, warning of 'existential risk'
Over the next decade, "it's conceivable that โฆ AI systems will exceed expert skill level in most domains, and carry out as much productive activity as one of today's largest corporations," the OpenAI team wrote. "In terms of both potential upsides and downsides, superintelligence will be more powerful than other technologies humanity has had to contend with in the past. We can have a dramatically more prosperous future; but we have to manage risk to get there."
Democratic elections not safe from AI interference, former Google boss warns
Democratic elections are not safe from AI interference, a former Google boss has warned. Eric Schmidt, who ran the tech giant for a decade, said fake images and videos of every politician would likely flood the internet during campaigning. This spread of AI-generated misinformation would drive the public'crazy' as they wouldn't be able to work out what was true, he predicted. Speaking to Andrew Marr on LBC, Mr Schmidt said the UK and US were'clearly' ahead in the AI race - and it was vital they decided what was'acceptable in democracy' when it came to regulation. His comments come as ministers are preparing to protect the next general election from manipulation by AI over fears it could be hijacked by deepfakes spread by hostile forces.
AI in cybersecurity: Yesterday's promise, today's reality
Together, the consumerization of AI and advancement of AI use-cases for security are creating the level of trust and efficacy needed for AI to start making a real-world impact in security operation centers (SOCs). Digging further into this evolution, let's take a closer look at how AI-driven technologies are making their way into the hands of cybersecurity analysts today. After years of trial and refinement with real-world users, coupled with ongoing advancement of the AI models themselves, AI-driven cybersecurity capabilities are no longer just buzzwords for early adopters, or simple pattern- and rule-based capabilities. Data has exploded, as have signals and meaningful insights. The algorithms have matured and can better contextualize all the information they're ingesting--from diverse use cases to unbiased, raw data.
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OpenAI leaders call for regulation to prevent AI destroying humanity
The leaders of the ChatGPT developer OpenAI have called for the regulation of "superintelligent" AIs, arguing that an equivalent to the International Atomic Energy Agency is needed to protect humanity from the risk of accidentally creating something with the power to destroy it. In a short note published to the company's website, co-founders Greg Brockman and Ilya Sutskever and the chief executive, Sam Altman, call for an international regulator to begin working on how to "inspect systems, require audits, test for compliance with safety standards, [and] place restrictions on degrees of deployment and levels of security" in order to reduce the "existential risk" such systems could pose. "It's conceivable that within the next 10 years, AI systems will exceed expert skill level in most domains, and carry out as much productive activity as one of today's largest corporations," they write. "In terms of both potential upsides and downsides, superintelligence will be more powerful than other technologies humanity has had to contend with in the past. We can have a dramatically more prosperous future; but we have to manage risk to get there. Given the possibility of existential risk, we can't just be reactive."