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‘Safety first’ puts Anthropic ahead in game of AI spin
<p>But Dr Heidy Khlaaf, chief AI scientist at the AI Now Institute and a former OpenAI safety engineer, is sceptical. She notes Anthropic provides no comparison with existing automated security tools, nor any false-positive rates. “It also serves their ‘safety first’ image, as they’re able to justify the lack of public release, even a limited one for independent evaluation, as a public service – when it simply obscures experts’ abilities to independently validate their </p> <p>The post <a href="https://ainowinstitute.org/news/press/safety-first-puts-anthropic-ahead-in-game-of-ai-spin">‘Safety first’ puts Anthropic ahead in game of AI spin</a> appeared first on <a href="https://ainowinstitute.org">AI Now Institute</a>.</p>
AI Giants Go on Charm Offensive to Avert Public Backlash
<p>But broad skepticism and fear about the impact of AI have made opposing all regulation untenable for tech company CEOs, said Kak, who is co-executive director of the AI Now Institute, which has advocated for AI regulation.</p> <p>If they can’t oppose every policy, “What’s the next best move?” she asked. “It’s to place yourself in the driver’s seat, and that is what every single one of them is doing.”</p> <p>The post <a href="https://ainowinstitute.org/news/press/ai-giants-go-on-charm-offensive-to-avert-public-backlash">AI Giants Go on Charm Offensive to Avert Public Backlash</a> appeared first on <a href="https://ainowinstitute.org">AI Now Institute</a>.</p>
The one question everyone should be asking after OpenAI’s deal with the Pentagon
<p>“In terms of safety guardrails for ‘high-stake decisions’ or surveillance, the existing<br /> guardrails for generative AI are deeply lacking, and it has been shown how easily<br /> compromised they are, intentionally or inadvertently,” Heidy Khlaaf, the chief AI<br /> scientist at the nonprofit AI Now Institute, told me. “It’s highly doubtful that if they<br /> cannot guard their systems against benign cases, they’d be able to do so for complex<br /> military and surveillance operations.”</p> <p>The post <a href="https://ainowinstitute.org/news/12263">The one question everyone should be asking after OpenAI’s deal with the Pentagon</a> appeared first on <a href="https://ainowinstitute.org">AI Now Institute</a>.</p>