Artificial Intelligence

California governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a landmark bill aimed at establishing first-in-the-nation safety measures for large artificial intelligence models. PBS News, 30 Sep 2024.

AI image generator tools have a tendency to reproduce stereotypes in their images; recent attempts to mitigate these embedded biases have backfired, either failing to generate images with diverse subjects or including diversity where it would be inappropriate. Brookings Institution, 17 Apr 2024.

In concert with advancements in artificial intelligence technology, the U.S. federal government’s investments in AI have rapidly accelerated in recent years. The authors analyze hundreds of federal contracts related to AI, and find a tremendous growth in contracts in the last year especially. Notably, 2022-2023 saw massive new investment from the Department of Defense (DoD) in AI-related contracts. Brookings Institution, 26 Mar 2024.

Can journalism survive artificial intelligence (AI)? The answer will depend on whether journalism can adapt its business models to the AI era. If policymakers intervene to correct market imbalances, they must enforce intellectual property rights and ensure that journalism has a fighting chance in the era of generative AI. Brookings Institution, 25 Mar 2024.

Testimony was given before the House Committee on Oversight & Accountability for the White House Overreach on AI hearing on March 21, 2024.

Google is restricting its Gemini AI chatbot from answering election-related questions in countries where voting is taking place this year, limiting users from receiving information about candidates, political parties and other elements of politics. The Guardian, 12 Mar 2024.

This article discusses AI detectors for use in identifying plagiarism in student work. Missouri Online, 23 Jan 2024.

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