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The EU AI Act is the world’s first major legislation on artificial intelligence and strictly regulates general-purpose models. The EU AI Act is the world’s first major legislation on artificial intelligence and strictly regulates general-purpose models.

LAION, the German nonprofit behind a number of popular AI data sets, wants to develop an open voice assistant called BUD-E.

There have been many attempts at open source AI-powered voice assistants (see Rhasspy, Mycroft and Jasper, to name a few) -- all established with the goal of creating privacy-preserving, offline experiences that don't compromise on functionality. Tech like Google Assistant, Siri and Alexa have years, if not decades, of R&D behind them -- and enormous infrastructure to boot. This month, LAION announced a new initiative, BUD-E, that seeks to build a "fully open" voice assista...

Hidden inside the foundation of popular artificial intelligence image-generators are thousands of images of child sexual abuse, according to a new report.

Hidden inside the foundation of popular artificial intelligence image-generators are thousands of images of child sexual abuse, according to a new report that urges companies...

Hidden inside the foundation of popular artificial intelligence image-generators are thousands of images of child sexual abuse, according to a new report that urges companies to take action to address a harmful flaw in the technology they built. Those same images have made it eas...

Hidden inside the foundation of popular artificial intelligence image-generators are thousands of images of child sexual abuse, according to a new report that urges companies to take action to address a harmful flaw in the technology they built. Those same images have made it easier for AI systems to produce…

Its too late to turn back, one expert says. People have already downloaded the data sets containing child sexual abuse and will continue using them

Pictures of Canadian victims are among the thousands of images depicting child sexual abuse that an internet watchdog group found in databases used to train popular artificial image generators.

"That&#39s another slap in the face to victims," said Lloyd Richardson, director of technology at the Canadian Centre for Child Protection.