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South Korea will host the second global AI (artificial intelligence) safety summit on May 21-22, six months after Britain held the inaugural event at Bletchley Park. In a statement published on Friday, government officials said the event would build on the "Bletchley Declaration", an agreement between countries - including the U.S. and China - to cooperate on AI safety. Former Google researcher and "godfather of AI" Geoffrey Hinton said the technology posed a more urgent thre...

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The Biden administration named a lead for a new institute for artificial intelligence (AI) safety on Wednesday, underlining the White House’s focus on the developing technology. Elizabeth Kelly, an economic adviser to the president, will lead the AI Safety Institute at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), a subset of the Commerce Department.…

Florida lawmakers are taking on artificial intelligence.

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence (AI) company behind the popular AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT, unveiled a framework to protect against the “catastrophic risks” posed by the rapidly developing technology. “The study of frontier AI risks has fallen far short of what is possible and where we need to be,” OpenAI said in a Monday news release. “To…

(Bloomberg) -- Vice President Kamala Harris is poised to announce an investment of more than $200 million from philanthropic foundations to finance artificial intelligence advancements as part of the White House’s effort to guide the quickly developing technology, according to an administration official.Most Read from BloombergSaudi Forces on Alert After Clash With Iran-Backed HouthisInnovent, Lilly Obesity Drug Spurs More Weight Loss in TrialIsrael Latest: Netanyahu Vows to Stay On; Targ...

As authorities around the world scramble to draw up guardrails for artificial intelligence, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak warned Thursday against moving too fast on regulating the rapidly developing technology before it's fully understood. Sunak warned about acting too quickly even as he outlined a host of risks that AI could bring, from making it easier to build chemical or biological weapons to its use by terrorist groups to spread fear, or by criminals to carry out cyberattacks or ...

With the help of technology, the pharmaceutical industry is gaining new insights that are fueling the development of next generation of drugs while also speeding up clinical trials and improving diagnostics. For example, Mainz Biomed (NASDAQ: MYNZ) has developled ColoAlert, an affordable test for early detection of Colorectal cancer. As a company specializing in molecular genetic diagnostic solutions for life-threatening conditions, Mainz Biomed also partnered with Microba Life Sciences, a compa

Christopher Nolan expressed caution about artificial intelligence after a special screening of “Oppenheimer,” drawing a comparison between the rapidly developing technology and his new dramatic feature about the creation of the atomic bomb. Nolan’s remarks came during a conversation following a preview screening of “Oppenheimer” in New York. Moderated by “Meet the Press” anchor Chuck […]

The White Paper’s aim is to protect the public while avoiding heavy-handed legislation that could stifle innovation.