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Microsoft's president says AI is less regulated than a carton of milk

Engadget

Milk can't hack companies and governments like AI definitely can, but it's still subject to more regulation, Microsoft president Brad Smith told ITV on Friday. "Right now, your washing machine is subject to more safety rules than AI," Smith said in the interview. "Every carton of milk that you see in the grocery store is subject to safety rules and inspection." Major US AI giants like Anthropic, OpenAI and Google's DeepMind have spoken in favor of an AI development slowdown. However, US President Donald Trump has said that, if anything, the US AI industry needs to accelerate to stay ahead of China.


Generative AI has changed mathematics forever. Where to from here?

AIHub

Generative AI has changed mathematics forever. In August, artificial intelligence company OpenAI announced ten advances in mathematics and computer science made with their as-yet unreleased model Astra. The discoveries cover a wide range of mathematical fields, including geometry, cryptography and coding theory. These ten are just the latest in a rapidly growing list of mathematical breakthroughs made by generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems. OpenAI accompanied the announcement with a statement on "responsibility to the mathematical community".


AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety

The Guardian

The Microsoft president said AI could be both a'tool and a weapon' that should be regulated urgently. The Microsoft president said AI could be both a'tool and a weapon' that should be regulated urgently. Brad Smith adds to calls for tougher rules for AI, including'kill switches' and legal obligation to victims of rogue agents Artificial intelligence is less regulated than milk and washing machines, the president of Microsoft has said, as the tech industry warns over the safety of AI. Brad Smith said there should be more safety rules to govern the technology including a legal obligation to a "victim" if their system was breached by rogue AI agents. He told the BBC: "Right now, your washing machine is subject to more safety rules than AI. Every carton of milk that you see in the grocery store is subject to safety rules and inspection."


OpenAI Dot vs. Meta Muse: How do these AI agents compare?

Engadget

The most obvious difference is price. The free tier of Muse has a usage cap, and the Power and Maximum tiers are 20 and 100 per month, respectively. At present, individual users must pay a much higher subscription fee to use Dots, with the lowest available option being Pro 100 for 100 per month. A Business Premium seat costs 100 per user per month (billed annually) or 125 per user per month (billed monthly). The more accounts you link, the more capable the agent becomes, but that can mean access to your email, calendar, files and browser sessions (which is not something most people would give away lightly).


UK to strengthen cyber defences as minister calls for AI firms to increase safety efforts

The Guardian

Narayan will argue the UK needs to build more of its own AI infrastructure. Narayan will argue the UK needs to build more of its own AI infrastructure. Companies building the most advanced AI systems must increase safety efforts, the UK's AI minister will say, as he announces a strengthening of Britain's cyber defences. Kanishka Narayan will call on companies developing frontier AI to do more to make sure it is safe. He will say Britain cannot rely entirely on technology companies to police their own models and will argue the UK needs to build more of its own AI infrastructure. Narayan's speech in west London will be the first since Andy Burnham made AI a cabinet-level brief.


Google upgrades its AI detection tool. How to use SynthID.

Mashable

Look Up Say More Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Mashable @Home Trending Now Mashable Selects Top creators, ranked Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List Creator Playbook In My Bag AI at School Safety Net All Series SynthID Detector will help you detect AI generated media. Matt Binder joined Mashable's tech vertical in 2018, where he covers social media, tech policy, cybersecurity, online scams, cryptocurrency, AI, creator news, weird tech, and other related tech beats. Google's SynthID Detector will help detect AI-generated media. Google is upgrading SynthID with the SynthID Detector tool. In addition, they're expanding the media that can be detected.


8 seriously annoying tasks you can hand off to an AI agent

FOX News

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AI Is Getting Really Good at Messing With Cybercriminals

WIRED

Anti-cybercrime initiatives are increasingly using AI to scam the scammers by tricking them into talking to lifelike bots that they think are real victims. Even as AI supercharges digital scamming and cybercrime, it's also being recruited in the fight to protect potential victims. Governments around the world have consistently struggled to address the global crisis of online crime, grappling with the limitations of attempting to crack down on criminals beyond their borders . This has inspired alternative efforts, like using automation to attempt to go after scammers en masse--perhaps by spamming the spammers to squander their resources. Now, AI platforms are turning these types of experiments into real tools in the fight against cybercrime. For the last two years, the Australian company Apate, named after the Greek goddess of deception, has been building a system that diverts phone scammers onto calls with AI bots that are trained to keep conversations going as long as possible without, of course, ever actually falling for the scam.


OpenAI to bring in 20 billion less than previously expected

Mashable

Say More Look Up Mashable's Best: E-readers, robovacs, laptops, earbuds, smart home and more Mashable @Home Trending Now Mashable Selects Top creators, ranked Gift Ideas For Everyone On Your List Creator Playbook In My Bag AI at School Safety Net All Series Matt Binder joined Mashable's tech vertical in 2018, where he covers social media, tech policy, cybersecurity, online scams, cryptocurrency, AI, creator news, weird tech, and other related tech beats. OpenAI says it will make $50 billion this year. That's less than investors expected. According to a new report from the Financial Times, OpenAI has informed investors that the company is expected to make $50 billion in revenue for the year. That's a lot of money, but it's also a full $20 billion less than earlier projections from just last month, which predicted the company would earn $70 billion in annual revenue.


Prize-winning image which sparked backlash was AI-generated, Nikon rules

BBC News

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nikon disqualified the winning video (shown left). The winner of a prestigious scientific photography competition has been disqualified following concerns raised by other scientists that it was fake. Nikon said the use of generative AI in the composition of the video broke the rules of its Small World In Motion contest, which accepts photos and video taken using powerful microscopes. The firm said the video did not comply with the competition rules regarding generative AI, but added it was not a judgement of the entrant's professional reputation or scientific contributions.