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International AI News: Week Ending 07/26/2024

July 26, 2024

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“Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source

https://twitter.com/fdaudens/status/1816264604088946728

Pretty much what Leopold said… “Mark Zuckerberg argues that it doesn’t matter that China has access to open weights, because they will just steal weights anyway if they’re closed. Pretty remarkable.

Mark Zuckerberg argues that it doesn't matter that China has access to open weights, because they will just steal weights anyway if they're closed. Pretty remarkable. pic.twitter.com/jY4pmmIxfo
— Josh You (@justjoshinyou13) July 23, 2024

“AI progress will be immense from here, and AI will be a critical national security issue. i wrote an op-ed for the washington post about why the U.S. need to maintain its lead in developing in AI, rather than leave a vacuum for authoritarian governments.

AI progress will be immense from here, and AI will be a critical national security issue.

i wrote an op-ed for the washington post about why the U.S. need to maintain its lead in developing in AI, rather than leave a vacuum for authoritarian governments.https://t.co/lW7Za5aF8d
— Sam Altman (@sama) July 25, 2024

Inside the United Nations’ AI policy grab – POLITICO

https://www.politico.eu/article/united-nations-artificial-intelligence-policy-report-carme-artigas-paolo-benanti-mira-murati

Ukraine rushes to create AI-enabled war drones | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ukraine-rushes-create-ai-enabled-war-drones-2024-07-18

Exclusive: Nvidia preparing version of new flagship AI chip for Chinese market | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/technology/nvidia-preparing-version-new-flaghip-ai-chip-chinese-market-sources-say-2024-07-22

Bhutan’s first AI startup is seven college kids in a dorm – Rest of World

https://restofworld.org/2024/bhutan-first-ai-startup

Chinese researchers create four-gram drone • The Register

https://www.theregister.com/2024/07/22/asia_tech_news_roundup

“Such a great story on @restofworld: Bhutan’s AI pioneers defy odds! 🇧🇹💻 NoMindBhutan, the country’s 1st AI startup, run by 7 college students: – Chatbots national bank & airline – Thriving despite no access to major cloud servers or international payments platforms” / Xhttps://twitter.com/fdaudens/status/1815377009993797982

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