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Ethics/Legal/Security AI News: Week Ending 02/23/2024

March 2, 2024

A Thought on AI Video

“We actually already have a term for it: computer-generated imagery (CGI). Most movies and shows you watch are partially or entirely generated. Remember those dinosaurs in Jurassic Park? Guess what? They are not real. (yeah, sorry to break that) But sometimes, CGI is harder to find. Look for David Fincher’s VFX breakdown of The Social Network, for example. The best CGI is the one you don’t notice. And society has been perfectly fine about it. Under that premise, then, the real concerns do not seem to be how to distinguish what is real from what is not, but what happens when everyone has the tools that a David Fincher movie budget has.”

“With the advent of high-quality AI-generated media and the soon-to-be reality of generation on a real-time basis, I’m seeing a version of the same type of questions going around: how will we be able to distinguish real from generated? I think that’s the wrong question to ask.…” / X – https://twitter.com/c_valenzuelab/status/1759691908434333811

“@OpenAI An AI workplace study by @bloomberry revealed that the AI revolution is already reshaping the job market. -Writing gigs dropped over 30% -Demand for video editing, graphic design, and web/software development remains strong -Chatbot development experienced a 2000% surge https://t.co/voZoBGV6xP” / X – https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1760170201885151396

I analyzed 5M freelancing jobs to see what jobs are being replaced by AI – bloomberry – https://bloomberry.com/i-analyzed-5m-freelancing-jobs-to-see-what-jobs-are-being-replaced-by-ai/

Your fingerprints can be recreated from the sounds made when you swipe on a touchscreen — Chinese and US researchers show new side channel can reproduce fingerprints to enable attacks | Tom’s Hardware – https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/your-fingerprints-can-be-recreated-from-the-sounds-made-when-you-swipe-on-a-touchscreen-researchers-new-side-channel-attack-can-reproduce-partial-fingerprints-to-enable-attacks

US, UK may arm Ukraine with AI-enabled drones to target Russian positions. – Bloomberg – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-17/us-uk-may-arm-ukraine-with-ai-enabled-drones-to-target-russian-positions

Anthropic takes steps to prevent election misinformation | TechCrunch – https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/16/anthropic-takes-steps-to-prevent-election-misinformation/

Donald Clark Plan B: This is why the idea that AI will just augment jobs, never replace them, is a lie! – https://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com/2024/02/this-is-why-idea-that-ai-will-just.html

“𝕏 is soon going to start labeling AI-generated images on the platform. https://t.co/rPt1fwh67E” / X – https://twitter.com/cb_doge/status/1759857423207276646?s=20

Apple is already defending iMessage against tomorrow’s quantum computing attacks – The Verge – https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/21/24079081/apple-imessage-pq3-post-quantum-cryptography

Gemini Debacle

“We’re aware that Gemini is offering inaccuracies in some historical image generation depictions. Here’s our statement. https://t.co/RfYXSgRyfz” / X – https://twitter.com/Google_Comms/status/1760354549481546035

“I am retracting my statements about the gemini art disaster. It is in fact a masterpiece of performance art, even if unintentional. True gain-of-function art. Art as a virus: unthinking, unintentional and contagious. offensive to all, comforting to none. so totally…” / X – https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1761027769218347103

“Also related to Google’s recent speed. They’ve just disabled image generation on Gemini after it started going viral for not being able to generate Caucasians. Maybe they moved a little too fast? 😅 https://t.co/kmI8G83uGf https://t.co/ANGvQFVp2l” / X – https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1760731325563326818

Google apologizes for ‘missing the mark’ after Gemini generated racially diverse Nazis – The Verge – https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/21/24079371/google-ai-gemini-generative-inaccurate-historical

“Such a tricky balance to strike – Google gets the heat either way. Think about it: There’s bias in the training data. Then there’s people prompting to perpetuate/mitigate biases. Google stuck in the middle simply can’t win! IMO, Google (and other tech giants) should stay laser… https://t.co/evBYfAcyqZ” / X – https://twitter.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1760453319334527474

“We’re already working to address recent issues with Gemini’s image generation feature. While we do this, we’re going to pause the image generation of people and will re-release an improved version soon.” / X – https://twitter.com/Google_Comms/status/1760603321944121506

“A law firm use generative AI to justify their pricing structure. I wonder if there are cases of using GenAI to set prices? Any answers from folk like @emollick or @oguzaliacar? https://t.co/QZDFJ0MiXH” / X – https://twitter.com/andre_spicer/status/1760897110906474714

New York judge rebukes law firm for using ChatGPT to justify its fees – https://www.ft.com/content/fc30bc2b-d89b-4222-ad26-3a700b047c27?shareType=nongift

“I wonder if this is what TikTok in China feels like… Presenting Deep Ye & Deep Kim teaching you calculus thanks to the latest in deepfake ai technology 🤓 https://t.co/JXdTeslQFt” / X – https://twitter.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1760847685198704641
Scale AI to set the Pentagon’s path for testing and evaluating large language models | DefenseScoop – https://defensescoop.com/2024/02/20/scale-ai-pentagon-testing-evaluating-large-language-models/

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