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International AI News: Week Ending 03/22/2024

March 22, 2024

“Saudi Arabia reportedly plans to create a $40B fund to invest in artificial intelligence. This would make the Saudis the world’s largest investor in the sector. And people still think AI is in a bubble, lol. https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1770294705441354232

Saudi Arabia plans $40 bln push into artificial intelligence, NYT reports | Reuters – https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-plans-40-bln-push-into-artificial-intelligence-nyt-reports-2024-03-19/

Saudi Arabia Plans $40 Billion Push Into Artificial Intelligence – The New York Times – https://archive.md/S0MP3

Chinese government escalates its own push to police generative AI – Washington Times – https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/mar/15/chinese-government-escalates-its-own-push-to-polic/

“Sakana AI just released three new Japanese AI models using a new “Evolutionary” training method. If scalable, this new method could suggest a new alternative training path for AI models. Going in depth in the newsletter tomorrow: https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1771027936742723923

“Introducing Evolutionary Model Merge: A new approach bringing us closer to automating foundation model development. We use evolution to find great ways of combining open-source models, building new powerful foundation models with user-specified abilities! https://twitter.com/SakanaAILabs/status/1770613032198279663

Evolving New Foundation Models: Unleashing the Power of Automating Model Development – https://sakana.ai/evolutionary-model-merge/

“India’s Ministry of Electronics and IT revised its AI advisory to remove the requirement for firms to gain government approval before deploying AI models. The move follows major backlash from global entrepreneurs and investors. https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1769509692307333587

UN adopts first resolution on artificial intelligence | AP News – https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-artificial-intelligence-safety-resolution-vote-8079fe83111cced0f0717fdecefffb4d

Google Fined $270 Million, in Part Over How It Trained Its AI – https://www.businessinsider.com/google-fined-270-million-trained-ai-news-outlets-france-2024-3

MEPs approve world’s first comprehensive AI law – https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68546450

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AI News #25: Week Ending 03/22/2024 with Executive Summary and Top 55 Links

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