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Ethics/Legal/Security: Week Ending 01/12/2024

January 12, 2024

Ethics/Legal/Security

Davos Says AI is World’s Biggest Threat

AI-powered misinformation is the world’s biggest short-term threat, Davos report says

https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-davos-misinformation-disinformation-climate-change-106a1347ca9f987bf71da1f86a141968

MidJourney Training Set of 16,000 Artists is Released

Database of 16,000 Artists Used to Train Midjourney AI, Including 6-Year-Old Child, Garners Criticism

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/midjourney-ai-artists-database-1234691955/

Valve Allows AI Art and Content in Games

Adobe has deeply adopted generative AI (using fully licensed IP), and now Valve is allowing AI art & content in games.

While AI-generated content remains controversial, the big commercial entities that work with artists and creators are embracing it, after initial resistance.

Adobe has deeply adopted generative AI (using fully licensed IP), and now Valve is allowing AI art & content in games. pic.twitter.com/0g3Bh32j7M
— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) January 10, 2024

AI Content on Steam

https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/3862463747997849619

Google AI Patent Lawuit

Google faces $1.67 bln damages demand at AI-related patent trial

https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-faces-multibillion-dollar-us-patent-trial-over-ai-technology-2024-01-09/

Fun Hyperbolic Headline – Raphael Painting Not Entirely His Work (or a surprise)

AI study suggests famous Raphael painting was not entirely his own work

A renowned painting by Italian artist Raphael features a face that was not created by the Renaissance Master, suggests a new artificial intelligence analysis.

https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/01/05/ai-study-suggests-famous-raphael-painting-was-not-entirely-his-own-work

California Investigating OpenAI’s Non-profit Status

Public Citizen today called on the State of California’s Attorney General Robert Bonta to investigate whether OpenAI should retain its non-profit status.

California AG Must Investigate OpenAI’s Non-Profit Status

Non-Fiction Authors Sue OpenAI

Microsoft, OpenAI sued for copyright infringement by nonfiction book authors in class action claim

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/05/microsoft-openai-sued-over-copyright-infringement-by-authors.html

Other AI Ethics/Legal News

AI Discovers That Not Every Fingerprint Is Unique

Columbia engineers have built a new AI that shatters a long-held belief in forensics–that fingerprints from different fingers of the same person are unique. It turns out they are similar, only we’ve been comparing fingerprints the wrong way!

https://www.engineering.columbia.edu/news/ai-discovers-not-every-fingerprint-unique

McAfee Unveils Advanced Deepfake Audio Detection Technology at CES 2024 to Defend Against Rise in AI-Generated Scams and Disinformation

https://www.mcafee.com/zh-tw/consumer-corporate/newsroom/press-releases/press-release.html

GenAI could make KYC (Know Your Customer) effectively useless for financial institutions

GenAI could make KYC effectively useless

It’s still very easy to jailbreak GPT

There is a lot to pay attention to in this paper:
1) It is very easy to jailbreak AIs to overcome guardrails by just using the persuasion techniques that work on humans!
2) They show a wide range of techniques
3) The page about the paper is just amazing https://t.co/RT5vR9A17v pic.twitter.com/6x9GG2Gkjt
— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) January 9, 2024

Explainers

The Mind Machines, 1978 – Arthur C Clark. Ahead of this time.,

In 1978, I watched some of this special being filmed, later I watched the original broadcast.

It had a massive impact on me.

I thought of a world ahead.

We are in that world now.

This is The Mind Machines, 1978 pic.twitter.com/y2VYtFNbWV
— Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele) January 10, 2024

In our commitment to developing offensive and defensive cybersecurity agents in the open, today we’re open sourcing our larger model, WhiteRabbitNeo-33B-v1.0.

The model has been trained on a proprietary dataset containing custom Metasploit module development, Active Directory, red-teaming Windows, networking and API vulnerabilities, and a lot more. A comprehensive list of the topics covered is present in the readme file.

This model is naturally capable of being a general coding assistant as well.

In our commitment to developing offensive and defensive cybersecurity agents in the open, today we're open sourcing our larger model, WhiteRabbitNeo-33B-v1.0.

The model has been trained on a proprietary dataset containing custom Metasploit module development, Active Directory,… pic.twitter.com/RxEA986g1h
— Migel Tissera (@migtissera) January 11, 2024

Pennsylvania Adopts Govenment AI for employees

Today, I’m announcing that my Administration is launching a first-in-the-nation Generative AI pilot for Commonwealth employees with Open AI

Today, I’m announcing that my Administration is launching a first-in-the-nation Generative AI pilot for Commonwealth employees with @OpenAI.

Generative AI is here and impacting our daily lives now — and we're harnessing its benefits while mitigating its potential risks.
— Governor Josh Shapiro (@GovernorShapiro) January 9, 2024

Regulators aren’t convinced that Microsoft and OpenAI operate independentlyhttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/regulators-arent-convinced-that-microsoft-and-openai-operate-independently/

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