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5 Things about AI you may have missed today: Nvidia to build AI centre in Indonesia, India on AI laws, more
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5 Things about AI you may have missed today: Nvidia to build AI centre in Indonesia, India on AI laws, more

[ad_1] AI roundup: Nvidia and Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison are in talks to build an artificial intelligence centre in Central Java in 2024. The companies may invest $200 million for the development. In other news, Microsoft warns countries such as the US, South Korea and India about China's intention to disrupt elections with the help of AI. Know more about what AI news is in our roundup. Nvidia and Indosat to build AI centre in IndonesiaNvidia and Indosat to open AI centre in Indonesia worth $200 million. The centre will consist of telecommunication infrastructure or a human resource centre in Surakarta city. Steve Saerang from Indosat said, “Now, our main focus is to develop a centre of excellence related to AI in Surakarta.” Steve also talked about how the collaboration with Nvidia will...
Government to make new ‘AI law’ to protect media and content creators: IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
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Government to make new ‘AI law’ to protect media and content creators: IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

[ad_1] In a major step towards protecting news publishers and content creators from copyright violations done by companies while training their artificial intelligence (AI) models, Electronics & Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the Indian govt is planning to formulate a new AI law. This development comes after the govt made it mandatory for companies to get a permit before rolling out their untested models, a decision that was highly talked about and ultimately revoked later on.Also Read: Amidst Google Gemini AI fiasco, IT Minister says saying sorry “not consistent with expectations” AI law to protect news publishers and content creatorsSpeaking to the Economic Times, the minister said that while there would be “good space for innovation”, the AI law would ...
New laws to regulate AI would be premature
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New laws to regulate AI would be premature

[ad_1] All of a sudden there is a flurry of activity around artificial intelligence policy. President Joe Biden is scheduled to issue an executive order on the topic today. An AI safety summit is being held in the UK later this week. And last week, the US Senate held a closed-door forum on research and development in AI.I spoke at the Senate forum, convened by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Here's an outline of what I told the panel about how the US can boost progress in AI and improve its national security. First, the US should allow in many more high-skilled foreign citizens, most of all those who work in AI and related fields. As you might expect, many of the key contributors to AI progress —  such as Geoffrey Hinton (British-Canadian) and Mira Murati (Albanian) — come from abroad. P...
What Europe’s AI regulation moment will mean for the world
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What Europe’s AI regulation moment will mean for the world

[ad_1] The European Union's AI regulation has some predicting a spate of Brussels copycats. Close, but not quite."It is the AI moment." So went the declaration from International Telecommunications Union Secretary-General Doreen Bodgan-Martin at the conclusion of a UN summit in Geneva on 7 July 2023. At a historic UN Security Council meeting 11 days later, Secretary-General António Guterres agreed. So did nations and regulators.A desire has emerged from powerful quarters to protect citizens from the potential harms of AI — issues that are known (discrimination, privacy violations, copyright theft) and those which are not. Yet.Most nations have approached issues like this by allowing sectors to individually regulate AI, such as aircraft design and flight safety. The infamous Boeing 737 M...
Regulators take aim at AI to protect consumers and workers
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Regulators take aim at AI to protect consumers and workers

[ad_1] As concerns grow over increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, the nation's financial watchdog says it's working to ensure that companies follow the law when they're using AI.Already, automated systems and algorithms help determine credit ratings, loan terms, bank account fees, and other aspects of our financial lives. AI also affects hiring, housing and working conditions. Ben Winters, Senior Counsel for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said a joint statement on enforcement released by federal agencies last month was a positive first step. “There's this narrative that AI is entirely unregulated, which is not really true,” he said. “They're saying, ‘Just because you use AI to make a decision, that doesn't mean you're exempt from responsibility...