Israel-Hamas' AI war

October 27, 2023

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Today we will discuss-

  •  🌐UN creates advisory body for global AI governance

  • 😵‍💫AI fuels confusion in Israel-Hamas conflict

  • 💪OpenAI prepares to tackle AI risks

  • 😱13 amazing AI tools you might not have heard of

All this and more - Let's dive in!

👩‍🍳What’s cooking in the newsroom?

United Nations launches advisory body to tackle opportunities and global governance of AI

.♨️News - On 26 October, the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres announced the formation of a 39-member advisory body created to address issues related to the international governance of artificial intelligence.

This initiative seeks to encourage a global conversation involving various experts to maximize the advantages and minimize the risks of AI technology for all of humanity.

👥Who are the members? The group comprises individuals from various sectors and nations, including tech executives such as Sony's CTO Hiroaki Kitano, OpenAI's CTO Mira Murati, and Microsoft's Chief Responsible AI Officer Natasha Crampton. It also includes government officials from Spain to Saudi Arabia, and academics including AI expert Vilas Dhar from the U.S. and Professor Yi Zeng from China, representing a global mix.

🤔What will the advisory body focus on? With the group's first meeting set for 27 October, their primary focus will be reaching global agreement on the risks and challenges associated with AI, as well as strengthening international cooperation for AI governance.

Notably, The UN body plans to release initial recommendations by the year's end and final recommendations by summer 2024.

Surge of AI-generated content on the internet worsens Israel-Hamas war

🥷News - Following the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October, the internet has been flooded with AI-generated images, that have made the conflict between the two groups worse and also added to the growing confusion about what's real and what is not.

🪖How did AI become a part of the war though? Notably, two images related to the war recently went viral. The first image showed an Israeli refugee camp within Palestinian territory, while the second depicted football fans raising a Palestinian flag. Even though both the images looked real, they were actually made using AI and shared by Pro-Palestinian accounts to get more support for their cause, and make Israeli authorities look bad.

💂‍♂️Has Israel also been using AI amid the war? While Israel has also been using AI, it has done so for a positive cause. Volunteers from Israel's thriving tech sector have teamed up to identify missing individuals following the attacks with the help of AI.

They have collected images from social media and families, to match and identify captives using facial recognition AI. This team has successfully identified around 60 captives to date and shared their findings with the Israeli military's special unit responsible for managing the hostage crisis.

OpenAI creates new strategy to prepare for risks of advance AI models

☕News - As part of its mission to ensure the safe and responsible use of highly advanced AI systems, Open AI has formed a new strategy to prepare for potential risks that can arise from AI being misused. This includes the creation of a Preparedness team and the launch of a Preparedness challenge.

🧐In what way will these initiatives help? The Preparedness team led by Aleksander Madry will mainly focus on addressing and minimizing the risks that come with advanced AI systems. The team will help monitor, assess, predict and protect against severe risks across various domains, such as digital threats, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear hazards and autonomous systems that can replicate and adapt on their own.

Meanwhile, the Preparedness challenge will serve as a means for OpenAI to identify less obvious areas of concern. Under the challenge, OpenAI is inviting people to submit ideas that mainly focus on how bad actors might use OpenAI's advanced AI model weights if they were stolen. AI model weights are the settings and information that enable an AI model to perform its tasks. A reward for this will be given to the top 10 ideas.

👩🏼‍💻What else is happening?

🎧AI-based podcasts

  • Data science ethics - This podcast explores the world of data science, from the basics of machine learning to the latest trends and developments in the field. Hosted by data scientists Kirill Eremenko and Cassie Kozyrkov, the podcast features interviews with industry experts to discuss the latest tools and techniques, as well as case studies of how data science is being used by companies to solve real-world problems.

  • The AI for People Podcast - This is a podcast about artificial intelligence for social good. It discusses what AI is and how it can be used to address social challenges. The podcast also interviews experts in the field to learn more about their work. Some of the topics covered on the podcast include bias in AI, AI for climate change, and AI for healthcare.

  • AI Today Podcast - The podcast discusses the nitty-gritty of AI in detail. The various episodes focus on how AI systems have the potential to provide great value, but also the potential to cause great harm. The podcast, basically, explores the latest advances in robotics and machine learning and the implications of the same.

👩🏼‍🚒Discover mind-blowing AI tools

  1. SpellForge.ai - A platform that helps optimize and improve the quality of AI language models (LLMs) in your existing release pipeline

  2. VideoMyListing - An AI-powered tool that creates engaging videos to promote listings on various platforms like Airbnb, Etsy, and more

  3. Free AI Therapist - A helpful information assistant that provides therapy-like support

  4. Detail: Video Camera & Editor - An app designed for iPad that allows users to record and edit videos with ease

  5. Neuproscan - An AI platform that uses MRI scans to predict the likelihood of a patient developing Alzheimer's disease

  6. Kansei.app - An AI language learning platform that offers personalized language practice through immersive conversations with lifelike personas

  7. Penseum - An AI-powered study tool that helps students enhance their learning experience

  8. Frame - An all-in-one collaboration tool that aims to streamline and simplify the way teams work

  9. Helpfull - An AI-powered business name generator that helps users create unique and catchy names for their businesses

  10. Verkada - An AI-powered video security platform that offers smart, secure, and easy-to-manage solutions

  11. YData - A Data-Centric AI platform that helps data scientists unlock the full potential of their data

  12. Ask Fulcrum - An AI assistant designed to help product teams streamline product management tasks, improve decision-making, and provide valuable insights

  13. Refactory - A tool that helps developers write better code by providing AI-powered refactoring suggestions

📖AI-based books

  • Artificial Intelligence for Humans by Jeff Heaton - This book provides readers with an overview and grasp of artificial intelligence algorithms. It is meant to teach AI to people who do not have a strong math background. However, readers need a basic knowledge of college mathematics and computer programming to be able to understand the technical concepts in detail.

  • Do Your Neural Work by Tariq Rashid - This Artificial Intelligence book explains neural network theory in detail and shows you how to create your own using Python. The work is bound to take you on a leisurely journey. It begins with fundamental concepts and goes up to a thorough understanding of neural network operation.

  • Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom - The book explores the potential risks and benefits of superintelligence, suggesting that it could be created within the next few decades. It is an interesting read that delves into different ways AI could be used.

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