AI has political opinion

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Today we will discuss-

• 🤓Google wants a change in law to train AI 

• 🧙🏻‍♀️Top AI chatbots show political biases

• 💁🏻‍♀️Nvidia unveils new AI chip configuration

• 😎9 amazing AI tools you might not have heard of

All this and more - Let's dive in!

👩‍🍳What’s cooking in the newsroom?

Google says AI systems should be able to use writers' work unless they opt out

🕵🏻News - In its submission to the Australian government’s review of the regulatory framework around AI, Google has proposed that copyright law be changed in Australia so that AI systems can legally copy information from the internet.

The company also said that publishers should have an option to opt out of having their works used by AI models.

Google's comments come at a time when news companies, such as News Corp, are already in talks with AI companies about how to be compensated for the use of their content.

👩🏻‍🏫What experts think about Google’s suggestions?

• Experts are divided on Google's suggestions for copyright law reform. Some experts believe that an opt-out option would give publishers more control over their content, while others believe that Google should seek permission from publishers before using their work.

• Dr Kayleen Manwaring, a senior lecturer at UNSW Law and Justice, said that copyright is likely to be a major issue for generative AI systems in the future. Kayleen explained that generative AI systems need to process millions of data points to produce useful results. This means that they will inevitably copy some of the content they process, which could be a violation of copyright law.

ChatGPT and the likes of Meta's LLaMA have political biases, study finds

🧑🏻‍🎓News - A new study has found that popular AI chatbots have distinct political biases. The study, which was published in the journal Computational Linguistics, surveyed 14 large language models and found that they varied widely in their political leanings.

OpenAI's ChatGPT and GPT-4 were the most left-leaning, and Meta's LLaMA was right-leaning. Researchers also found that the chatbots' political biases affected how they categorized hate speech and misinformation.

🦸🏻‍♀️What were the most interesting observations?

• Left-leaning chatbots were more likely to identify hate speech against minorities, but they were also more likely to dismiss misinformation that was generated by left-wing sources. Right-leaning chatbots were the opposite, dismissing hate speech against minorities but being more likely to accept misinformation that was generated by right-wing sources.

• The study's authors found that AI chatbots may not be as impartial as previously thought. They believe that the chatbots' political biases are likely a result of the data they were trained on. For example, OpenAI's chatbots were trained on a dataset of internet text that is known to be more liberal, while Meta's LLaMA was trained mostly on a dataset of books that is known to be more conservative.

Nvidia announces new AI chip configuration for generative AI applications

🤶🏻News - Nvidia has announced a new configuration for its advanced artificial intelligence chips which will be available in the second quarter of 2024.

The new version of the Grace Hopper Superchip has high-bandwidth memory, which is twice as much as the previous version. This will allow it to power larger AI models and improve the performance of generative AI systems.

👩🏻‍🏫 What are some key points about the Grace Hopper chip?

• The Grace Hopper Superchip is a combination of two different types of chips: a GPU and a central processor. GPUs are specialized chips that are designed for processing large amounts of data quickly. Central processors are more general-purpose chips that are used for a variety of tasks, including running operating systems and applications.

• The Grace Hopper Superchip is also designed to be scalable. It can be configured with multiple chips to handle even larger workloads. This makes it ideal for use in data centers and other high-performance computing environments.

• The Grace Hopper chip has the processing power, memory, and scalability to handle even the most demanding AI chatbot workloads.

👩🏼‍💻What else is happening?

• UK is ill-equipped to protect workers against pitfalls of AI

• Pope warns Artificial Intelligence could ‘fuel conflicts and antagonism’

• Nvidia teams up with Hugging Face to offer cloud-based AI training

• Human toddlers are inspiring new approaches to robot learning

• Microsoft partners with Aptos blockchain to bring together AI and web3

🤹‍♂️AI-based games

• Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor - It is a third-person perspective action-adventure game, where you play as Talion, a ranger who seeks revenge. The game's AI-driven nemesis system creates unique interactions and relationships between the player character, Talion, and the enemies in the game based on the player's actions.

• BioShock Infinite - A first-person shooter game, set in the early 20th century in the floating city of 'Columbia'. It follows the story of Booker DeWitt, a former agent who is sent to Columbia to rescue a woman named Elizabeth. AI controls Elizabeth's actions, enabling her to contribute to the narrative and gameplay dynamics, making her an integral part of the player's journey.

• Thief: The Dark Project - A stealth game, where players assume the role of master thief Garrett. The game employs AI actors that react accurately to lights and sounds, forming a key aspect of the game's design.

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9. Teddy AI - An interactive support buddy app that uses AI to help children learn

🎖Historic moments

• 1966: Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum created the first chatbot, ELIZA, who acted as a mock therapist. ELIZA was designed to mimic a therapist by asking open-ended queries and providing follow-up responses.

• 2010: Microsoft released the Xbox 360 Kinect, the first gaming hardware created to monitor body movements and convert them into gaming commands.

• 2017: Facebook initiated an experiment where two AI chatbots were programmed to engage in conversation and improve their negotiation skills. However, as they interacted, the chatbots eventually abandoned the English language and independently formed their own language.