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Supervised influence: when AI models our laws

Big tech remains hell-bent on celebrating an AI revolution that has yet to fully manifest [1][2][3]. Everyday, consumers are pummeled with…

Nov 21, 2024

Supervised influence: when AI models our laws

Nov 21, 2024

Big Tech votes to own its destiny

Silicon Valley is voting from the shadows. We’ve seen big-name backers support US presidential candidates and congressional races. Tech…

Nov 21, 2024

Big Tech votes to own its destiny

Nov 21, 2024

The scientific community’s embrace of AI

This year, the Nobel committee decided to award two prizes to research advanced by AI systems. The prize in Chemistry was given to David…

Nov 21, 2024

The scientific community’s embrace of AI

Nov 21, 2024

Where the Hype Don’t Shine: the promise and perils of AI for developing countries

In an interview with The Economic Times, a prestigious Indian newspaper, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella asked about the distinction between…

Aug 12, 2024

Where the Hype Don’t Shine: the promise and perils of AI for developing countries

Aug 12, 2024

Elections Spotlight: what we’ve learned from India and South Africa

In the 2024 election supercycle, two nations encountered a spread of AI-enabled features for the very first time. In South Africa, AI…

Aug 12, 2024

Elections Spotlight: what we’ve learned from India and South Africa

Aug 12, 2024

Healthcare Foundation Models: where’s the breakthrough?

The medical world has a finicky relationship with AI and ML systems, and for good reason. As industries worldwide tinker with foundation…

Aug 12, 2024

Healthcare Foundation Models: where’s the breakthrough?

Aug 12, 2024

Artificial Systems in Warfare

As we enter the second half of 2024, the realm of warfare is undergoing a dramatic transformation. Lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS)…

Aug 12, 2024

Artificial Systems in Warfare

Aug 12, 2024

AI-generated sexism and “the synthetic mirror”

When Melissa Heikkilä, a Senior Tech Reporter for MIT Tech review, image prompted the AI avatar app Lensa, she encountered distinctive…

Aug 12, 2024

AI-generated sexism and “the synthetic mirror”

Aug 12, 2024

EU AI Act: final release, response, and outlook

The highly anticipated EU AI Act was released in draft this January and has already encountered a series of concerns. The final draft of…

Aug 12, 2024

EU AI Act: final release, response, and outlook

Aug 12, 2024

AI and Democratic Elections

According to Axios, over 1 billion people will be heading to polling stations worldwide in 2024. In almost every major region, AI-generated…

Aug 12, 2024

Aug 12, 2024

Oscar Kavanagh

Oscar Kavanagh

Hello, I'm Oscar. I cover topics central to AI alignment with human values. I also conduct AI/ML ethics research at Carnegie Mellon and Cambridge.

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