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Amazon, Google, Meta and other tech firms agree to AI safeguards set by the White House
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Amazon, Google, Meta and other tech firms agree to AI safeguards set by the White House

[ad_1] President Joe Biden said Friday that new commitments by Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other companies that are leading the development of artificial intelligence technology to meet a set of AI safeguards brokered by his White House are an important step toward managing the “enormous” promise and risks posed by the technology.Biden announced that his administration has secured voluntary commitments from seven U.S. companies meant to ensure their AI products are safe before they release them. Some of the commitments call for third-party oversight of the workings of commercial AI systems, though they don't detail who will audit the technology or hold the companies accountable. “We must be clear eyed and vigilant about the threats emerging technologies can pose," Biden said, ad...
5 things about AI you may have missed today: Google’s secret AI project, tech majors agree to safeguards, more
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5 things about AI you may have missed today: Google’s secret AI project, tech majors agree to safeguards, more

[ad_1] As months go by, the debates about the merits or demerits of artificial intelligence (AI) continue, while developments simultaneously carry on at their own pace. Notably, Google co-founder Sergey Brin has made a return to the company to work on a secret AI project called Gemini. On the other hand, seven big tech companies including Google, OpenAI, Microsoft and Meta have agreed to voluntary regulations on the rapid development of AI.All this, and more in our roundup of the 5 big things in AI that you may have missed today. 1. Retired Google co-founder returns for a secret AI projectSergey Brin, one of the co-founders of Google has cut short his retirement and is back at the Google office in Mountain View, California. According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, Brin is worki...