new Policies. Securing a social license for the use of any new, particularly disruptive technology is crucial to its success. This need will be especially acute with autonomous agents making and implementing decisions with minimal-to-no human oversight. Formal regulation may take time, but to generate and maintain widespread societal buy-in, companies should be hypervigilant in enforcing guardrails to ensure safe and appropriate use. Until regulation is in place, self-regulation, as demonstrated by numerous industries in the past, is also a responsible step that will help in the pursuit of a social license. Self-regulation on its own, however, is not a sustainable long-term solution. Organizations should be actively engaged with regulators to help craft the right approach for governing and monitoring the use of these emerging technologies. — Fortune, 7h ago

new ARK’s investment process initially examines from the top-down how the world is changing and where it is headed. ARK employs an open research strategy to gather information, both helping to define and refine its internal research process. Inputs include theme developers who are thought leaders in their fields, social media interactions, and crowd-sourced insights as people respond to ARK’s public research. Using this information in an iterative fashion, ARK’s research and investment team work to “size” and “re-size” the opportunities. As a result of extensive and iterative research steps, ARK anticipates and quantifies multi-year value-chain transformations and market opportunities. Through this process, specific companies percolate to the top as best positioned to benefit from the identified investment premise, at which point ARK begins its bottom-up process. ARK scores potential investments based on key metrics, inputting the values into a proprietary scoring system to quantify the companies in the context of the opportunity. Finally, as the CIO and Portfolio Manager, Catherine Wood has the final accountability for the selection of investments and approval for all investment decisions. — Ark Invest, 7h ago

new For all of the bravado of AI, before we become too dazzled or dismayed (depending on which side of this issue you reside), at AI’s potential impact on projects, it is worthwhile to sit back with a skeptical bird’s eye view. After all, as we humans evolved throughout the information age of the mid to late twentieth century, AI can just be considered the latest development in a long series of technological advances driven by the engine of human information input. Even if every one of the improvements stated above are tangible, how well does it translate to the ultimate outcome? Organizations around the globe have been trying to digitalize and computerize, some as early as the 1960s and 1970s. Digitization and computerization promised a revolution in productivity through automation, streamlining, and making humans redundant. But the road to a more significant productivity boost has been arduous at best. One of the primary reasons is captured in the Theory of Constraints (TOC) developed by Eliyahu M. Goldratt, an Israeli physicist turned business management guru. In his landmark book The Goal, which sold over 6 million copies, he explains the importance of focusing on the right constraints to improve the overall system. For projects, the constraints are generally not within the technology and tools, but within humans. — Healthcare Business Today, 1d ago

new The digital landscape is filled with an abundance of content, but only a select few manage to capture the attention and admiration of users worldwide. These pieces of content, often referred to as “virals,” have the remarkable ability to spread rapidly across social media platforms, generating an overwhelming number of likes, shares, and comments Click Here. But what exactly makes users click that coveted ‘like' button? Delving into the fascinating realm of viral content, this article explores the factors behind its success, focusing on the psychological triggers, emotional appeal, storytelling techniques, visuals, controversy, and the impact of timing and trends. By understanding the mechanisms that drive users to engage with and promote viral content, we can unlock valuable insights that can be applied to our own strategies and create a greater impact in the digital world. — WriteUpCafe.com, 1d ago

new It’s interesting to note that most of the previous Davies era’s more frightening concepts hinged on the idea of nothingness and what crawls in to replace it: “Midnight” features an entity that exists in a place where no other life can survive, and it creeps into the bodies of sentient beings and steals their voices; the Wire, which takes people’s faces and leaves them blank on the street; the Daleks emerging from the Void between realities, after residing in a ship that could survive that lack of matter and life; now these beings from beyond the universe itself, drawn in and shaped by our worst impulses and copying our persons down to every memory. It’s a more extreme fear of the dark, in a way, what lies beyond our understanding. — tor.com, 1d ago

new Policymakers are increasingly considering risk-based assessments of AI systems, such as the EU AI Act. We believe that in this context, AI systems with the potential for deception should be classified at least as “high-risk.” This classification would naturally lead to a set of regulatory requirements, including risk assessment and mitigation, comprehensive documentation, and record-keeping of harmful incidents. Second, we suggest passing ‘bot-or-not’ laws similar to the one in California. These laws require AI-generated content to be accompanied by a clear notice informing users that the content was generated by an AI. This would give people context about the content they are viewing and mitigate the risk of AI deception. — Montreal AI Ethics Institute, 1d ago

new The worth benefits of web3 have caught the eye of huge tech firms, and it may additionally result in a significant shift within the technological panorama. Due to this fact, you will need to study safety in web3 with consciousness of web3 safety dangers and instruments for Internet 3.0 safety. The web3 software ecosystem consists of a number of interoperable protocols, that are primarily based on good contracts. With the continual progress of the web3 ecosystem, you will need to give attention to adaptability of safety options to the tempo of innovation. Allow us to be taught extra in regards to the know-how stack required for internet 3.0 safety throughout totally different layers of web3. — BlaQue Crypto News, 1d ago

new The validation results reveal a remarkable alignment between LLMCarbon’s projections and real-world data for diverse LLMs, surpassing the performance of existing tools like mlco2. LLMCarbon’s adaptability to various data center specifications and its capability to pinpoint optimal parallelism settings enhance overall operational efficiency. This adaptability, combined with its ability to accurately gauge the environmental impact of LLMs, positions LLMCarbon as a pragmatic tool in assessing and mitigating the carbon footprint associated with LLMs, offering an indispensable resource for the future of sustainable AI development. — Montreal AI Ethics Institute, 1d ago

new Moreover, IBM has been meticulous in developing its LLMs on data that is trustworthy, and detects, controls and audits for potential biases at each level, and has implemented detection mechanisms at each stage of the pipeline. This is in stark contrast to off-the-shelf foundation models which are typically trained on biassed data and even if this data is later removed, the biases can still resurface. — TechRadar, 1d ago

new Let’s put this demand in the context of what we call the energy trilemma, which asserts that all countries want energy that is environmentally benign, has a secure supply, and is affordable. However, in most situations, any combination of two factors precludes the third. Take coal for example. It is “secure” in that almost every nation has commercially available access to coal or lignite either domestically or nearby. The energy produced is affordable in that the power plants can be relatively inexpensive to build and the resulting power sold cheaply. So coal-powered energy is both secure and affordable but obviously not environmentally benign. Now assume we wanted to maximize the second and third values, produce energy for the economy that is both environmentally benign and affordable. That leads us to renewable technologies like wind and solar—both widely utilized—but an exclusive reliance on these intermittent resources (in the absence of batteries) would sacrifice the security of supply. — OilPrice.com, 2d ago

new While AI does not replace human oversight and management, it allows BMETs and other HTM professionals to work more efficiently and focus on their core skillset and responsibilities. The HTM field should embrace developing AI opportunities, while being mindful of the potential risks and concerns that come with the implementation of these emerging technologies. — Healthcare Business Today, 2d ago

new In 2022, over £1.2 billion was stolen through fraud in the UK. Yet, organisations increasingly recognise that fraud is a security issue rather than a cost of doing business. Many UK players, especially in the financial services industry, will be looking to adopt end-to-end online fraud prevention solutions, counting on multi-layered tools and technologies. One key development to watch within these ‘layers of defence’ is the addition of so-called risk signals. Leading digital identity experts have already started to incorporate more behavioural biometrics, such as typing patterns or mouse movements. These patterns from historic interactions with users will start to impact fraud prevention positively, with device signals or template signals of fraudulent ID documents making it much harder for fraudsters to get away with their crimes. — Financial IT, 2d ago

new As Altman toured the world in 2023, warning the media and governments about the existential dangers of the technology that he himself was building, he portrayed OpenAI’s unusual for-profit-within-a-nonprofit structure as a firebreak against the irresponsible development of powerful AI. Whatever Altman did with Microsoft’s billions, the board could keep him and other company leaders in check. If he started acting dangerously or against the interests of humanity, in the board’s view, the group could eject him. “The board can fire me, I think that’s important,” Altman told Bloomberg in June. “It turns out that they couldn’t fire him, and that was bad,” says Toby Ord, senior research fellow in philosophy at Oxford University, and a prominent voice among people who warn AI could pose an existential risk to humanity. — continuingedupdate.blogspot.com, 2d ago

new Wasted is a hard-hitting and humbling reminder that it's time to shift our perspective and open our eyes to the reality of our trashed planet in this new era of the Anthropocene. We have forgotten the undeniable truth that waste has an inextricable connection to our daily lives and the well-being of our societies. Solutions to tackle this blight exist in plain sight, so why are we wasting opportunities to make change? Wasted aims to inspire action across business, policy and individuals to clean up our communities, cities and natural habitats and create healthy, thriving economies. — eco-business.com, 2d ago

new The success of ChatGPT speaks foremost to the power of a good interface. AI has already been part of countless everyday products for well over a decade, from Spotify and Netflix to Facebook and Google Maps. The first version of GPT, the AI model that powers ChatGPT, dates back to 2018. And even OpenAI’s other products, such as DALL-E, did not make the waves that ChatGPT did immediately upon its release. It was the chat-based interface that set off AI’s breakout year.There is something uniquely beguiling about chat. Humans are endowed with language, and conversation is a primary way people interact with each other and infer intelligence. A chat-based interface is a natural mode for interaction and a way for people to experience the “intelligence” of an AI system. The phenomenal success of ChatGPT shows again that user interfaces drive widespread adoption of technology, from the Macintosh to web browsers and the iPhone. Design makes the difference.At the same time, one of the technology’s principal strengths – generating convincing language – makes it well suited for producing false or misleading information. ChatGPT and other generative AI systems make it easier for criminals and propagandists to prey on human vulnerabilities. The potential of the technology to boost fraud and misinformation is one of the key rationales for regulating AI.Amid the real promises and perils of generative AI, the technology has also provided another case study in the power of hype. This year has brought no shortage of articles on how AI is going to transform every aspect of society and how the proliferation of the technology is inevitable.ChatGPT is not the first technology to be hyped as “the next big thing,” but it is perhaps unique in simultaneously being hyped as an existential risk. Numerous tech titans and even some AI researchers have warned about the risk of superintelligent AI systems emerging and wiping out humanity, though I believe that these fears are far-fetched.The media environment favors hype, and the current venture funding climate further fuels AI hype in particular. Playing to people’s hopes and fears is a recipe for anxiety with none of the ingredients for wise decision making. — GovTech, 2d ago

new Henry Kissinger realized the setbacks this brought to American geopolitical achievements when he published his programmatic article “Reflections on American Diplomacy” in the October 1956 issue of Foreign Affairs. Evaluating the first decade of the Cold War, Kissinger argued that it had evolved from “an effort to build defensive barriers into a contest for the allegiance of humanity,” a contest the United States was losing. U.S. foreign policy had become too reactive and lacked strategic vision. “The paradoxical result is that we empiricists, appear to the world as rigid, unimaginative and even somewhat cynical, while the dogmatic Bolsheviks exhibit flexibility, daring and subtlety.” Because Soviet diplomacy pursued unlimited and open objectives, “the international debate is carried on almost entirely in the categories and at the pace established by the Soviets.” Moscow’s “flexible tactics and inflexible purpose” led to ideological and geopolitical victories across the globe. In other words, loosening the moralizing ideology would help the United States achieve its goals more efficiently and faster. For Kissinger, the mastery of diplomacy resided “in grasping the nuances of possibilities.” In the absence of “tragic experience” in its foreign policy, Kissinger argued, Washington is unused to operating in conditions that permit “only a choice among evils” and aims to achieve peace through a decisive event instead of maintaining it as “the expression of certain conditions and power relationships.” Kissinger saw the Metternichian, post-Napoleonic era as the gold standard of the art of diplomacy, with its emphasis on dialogue over moralizing and a commitment to transactional diplomacy as the guarantee of a successful balance of power equilibrium. — The National Interest, 2d ago

new Gillibrand said the legislation is an important step forward in the effort to deter illegal robocalls."Don't dial if you don't want to go to trial," the Democrat said. "But, there's still more we need to do to address the rise of generative AI. I'm sending a letter to the chair of the Federal Trade Commission requesting information about its work to track the increasing use of artificial intelligence to perpetrate frauds and scams against older Americans. While public reporting indicates that more families are being targeted by voice clones in family-emergency scams, the number of Americans targeted by scammers using generative AI remains unknown."Earlier this month, the Federal Communications Commission announced it will pursue an inquiry to study the impact of artificial intelligence on robocalls and robotexts and is evaluating how it can also use AI technology to combat the problem.Gillibrand said she hopes to get both Republican and Democratic co-sponsors to push the bill forward, as people on both sides of the aisle are alarmed by the incidents. Gillibrand advised New Yorkers, especially older residents, to be cautious and aware of the problem. She said she's also weighing other legislation that would create a responsibility for banks and tellers to ask a set of standardized questions if an elderly person goes to a bank and wants to take out, say, $10,000 when that is not a usual practice."If [they have] never done that before, to have a series of questions that the teller can ask to say, 'Are you taking this out for a reason? Is there an emergency? Have you verified the emergency with a loved one? Would you like me to help you verify the emergency?'" Gillibrand explained. "I want to come up with some legislation to focus our tellers on good questions they can ask that don't violate their privacy or make them feel unsure of themselves or insecure, but just protective questions."© 2023 The Daily Gazette, Schenectady, N.Y. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. — GovTech, 2d ago

new Recent analysis, including a new report by financial analytics firm Risk Control, bolsters one of many of these recommendations, suggesting that by putting in place modern risk management techniques and innovations, the World Bank could unlock nearly $190 billion in additional lending without risking a credit downgrade. Moreover, securitization—an entirely common way of obtaining leverage in the commercial world—of 10 percent of the World Bank’s portfolio of sovereign loans could further generate an additional $29 billion to $41 billion in new lending headroom. As other multilateral development banks follow suit, the amount of liquidity in the international financial system should increase dramatically, allowing emerging economies to invest more sustainably in their own green transformations and their people. — Foreign Policy, 2d ago