Large language models (LLMs) are trained on vast amounts of data to generate natural language, enabling them to perform tasks like text summarization and question answering. These models have become popular in artificial intelligence (AI) assistants like ChatGPT and already play an influential role in how humans access information. However, the behavior of LLMs varies depending on their design, training, and use. In this paper, we uncover notable diversity in the ideological stance exhibited across different LLMs and languages in which they are accessed. We do this by prompting a diverse panel of popular LLMs to describe a large number of prominent and controversial personalities from recent world history, both in English and in Chinese. By identifying and analyzing moral assessments reflected in the generated descriptions, we find consistent normative differences between how the same LLM responds in Chinese compared to English. Similarly, we identify normative disagreements between Western and non-Western LLMs about prominent actors in geopolitical conflicts. Furthermore, popularly hypothesized disparities in political goals among Western models are reflected in significant normative differences related to inclusion, social inequality, and political scandals. Our results show that the ideological stance of an LLM often reflects the worldview of its creators. This raises important concerns around technological and regulatory efforts with the stated aim of making LLMs ideologically `unbiased', and it poses risks for political instrumentalization.

Getting its world premiere at documentary festival IDFA in Amsterdam, Tonje Hessen Schei's gripping AI doc "iHuman" drew an audience of more than 700 to a 10 a.m. Many had their curiosity piqued by the film's timely subject matter--the erosion of privacy in the age of new media, and the terrifying leaps being made in the field of machine intelligence--but it's fair to say that quite a few were drawn by the promise of a Skype Q&A with National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden, who made headlines in 2013 by leaking confidential U.S. intelligence to the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper. Snowden doesn't feature in the film, but it couldn't exist without him: "iHuman" is an almost exhausting journey through all the issues that Snowden was trying to warn us about, starting with our civil liberties. Speaking after the film--which he "very much enjoyed"--Snowden admitted that the subject was still raw for him, and that the writing of his autobiography (this year's "Permanent Record"), had not been easy. "It was actually quite a struggle," he revealed.

Web Summit 2019 was an absolute success on so many levels. We walked away with a feeling of real accomplishment, having attended so many informative panel discussions and seizing networking opportunities. At Polcode, we know the value of attending events like this – it's an opportunity to have the leaders of our industry let us know what they think, and speak on their respective expertise. We can use the knowledge we gain and translate it into providing our clients with the absolute best in the industry, and with the most up-to-date information on what is best for their project. We wanted to share some of our Web Summit 2019 highlights and takeaways from the different perspectives of our team members.

For your friends and family, the right book will endure even when the latest gadgets go out of style. As for you -- well, the fact that books are easy to wrap doesn't hurt. Check out our guide to the best gifts for people with with an attention span longer than a tweet. Best for: Parents who have no idea why their Gen Z kids talk the way they do. For every criticism you hear from a grammar Nazi online, there's a Gretchen McCulloch theory to counter it.

However, he argues, these are not enough to counter accelerating technological changes allowing greater intrusions of privacy and he calls for a worldwide protest movement, similar to those on climate change. He added: "You have to be ready to stand for something if you want it to change. "That is what I hope this book (Permanent Record) will help people come to decide for themselves." The revelation coincides with the GSMA's announcement that the AI market is projected to reach $70 billion by 2020.

In 2013 Edward Snowden made explosive revelations about the scope and depth of internet surveillance carried out by the United States and its allies, that confirmed what had up until that point been some rather wild conspiracy theories. His decision to publish, with the help of several global media outlets, a large number of confidential documents was a rather dramatic attempt of raising public awareness – a task that may or may not have been accomplished. But it was also a move that polarized opinions in his own country, and one that has cost him dearly: he has become one of the figures that Breitbart refers to as "western dissidents." Snowden now lives in exile in Russia, and has lately become more present in the media thanks to the fact he is promoting his memoir. And when this whistleblower shares his opinion on some of the most controversial issues pertaining to the tech industry, people tend to listen.

Book a suite in a luxury hotel in Moscow, send the room number encrypted to a pre-determined mobile number and then wait for a return message indicating a precise time: Meeting Edward Snwoden is pretty much exactly how children imagine the grand game of espionage is played. But then, on Monday, there he was, standing in our room on the first floor of the Hotel Metropol, as pale and boyish-looking as the was when the world first saw him in June 2013. For the last six years, he has been living in Russian exile. The U.S. has considered him to be an enemy of the state, right up there with Julian Assange, ever since he revealed, with the help of journalists, the full scope of the surveillance system operated by the National Security Agency (NSA). For quite some time, though, he remained silent about how he smuggled the secrets out of the country and what his personal motivations were. Now, though, he has written a book about it. It will be published worldwide on September 17 under the title "Permanent Record." Ahead of publication, Snowden spent over two-and-a-half hours patiently responding to questions from DER SPIEGEL. DER SPIEGEL: Mr. Snowden, you always said: "I am not the story."

There is little doubt that the Defense Department needs help from Silicon Valley's biggest companies as it pursues work on artificial intelligence. The question is whether the people who work at those companies are willing to cooperate. Robert Work, a former deputy secretary of defense, announced last week that he is teaming up with the Center for a New American Security, an influential Washington think tank that specializes in national security, to create a task force of former government officials, academics and representatives from private industry. Their goal is to explore how the federal government should embrace AI technology and work better with big tech companies and other organizations. There is a growing sense of urgency to the question of what the United States is doing in artificial intelligence.

Those who mistakenly thought 2016 was an anomaly, a series of unprecedented events, should have few remaining doubts. Marine Le Pen may have stuttered but still picked up almost 11 million votes. Her opponent, the "normal" candidate, was leader of a party only one year old. The ongoing terror attacks, fake news panic, Trump's tweets and James Comey: last year never really ended, it just carried straight on into this one. After decades of exaggerated prediction, the internet is finally transforming politics, but not in the way the digital prophets expected. The 90s, you may recall, were awash with optimism about our online future: limitless information and total connection would make us more informed, less bigoted and kinder citizens. But the internet is an overwhelming mess of competing facts, claims, blogs, data, propaganda, misinformation, investigative journalism, charts, different charts, commentary and reportage.

Is it a silly prank, a Pagan ritual, or a genius discovery about the next era of mass transit? In a picture posted to Flickr by artist James Bridle--known for coining the term, "New Aesthetic"--a car is sitting in the middle of a parking lot has been surrounded by a magic salt circle. In the language of road markings, the dotted white lines on the outside say, "Come On In," but the solid white line on the inside says, "Do Not Cross." To the car's built-in cameras, these are indomitable laws of magic: Petrificus Totalus for autonomous automobiles. Captioned simply, "Autonomous Trap 001," the scene evokes a world of narratives involving the much-hyped technology of self-driving cars.