Too Much, Too Soon? AI Backlash Heats up Globally

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Editor’s Choice: Italy became the first Western country to ban ChatGPT. Here’s what other countries are doing

AI is already a fast-moving story, so keeping up with which countries are looking to ban or limit ChatGPT requires some effort. That said, this round up of steps being taken by the EU, Britain, China and the United States offers a quick overview of where things stand today.

Spoiler alert: "The U.S. hasn’t yet proposed any formal rules to bring oversight to AI technology."

Stay tuned: there's plenty to watch out for in the days ahead here. (8 mins)

For a few different angles on this, see the Quick Hits new items below. 

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Is ChatGPT Facing a Global Ban? After Italy’s move to restrict ChatGPT, officials in Germany, France and Ireland are thinking out loud about a similar move, and talking with Italian officials. (2 mins)

From China to Syria - Here's a list of countries that have banned ChatGPT TL;DR: Besides Italy ... China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, Cuba, Syria. For now. (2 mins)

Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter "We call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4." Signed by over 50,000 humans including Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, Yuval Noah Harari and Andrew Yang, The Future of Life Institute wants an AI time-out. (4 mins) Or, skip to their FAQs here. (5 mins)

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"Godfather of artificial intelligence" talks impact and potential of new AI. Having championed machine learning decades ago, Geoffrey Hinton is considered a godfather of artificial intelligence. CBS News' Brook Silva-Braga interviews Hinton about the past, present and future of AI. (8 mins)

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Is AI the next great computing platform? ChatGPT vs. Google 
Will generative AI be more important than mobile and the internet itself?
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In a rather tone deaf style for 2023, Levi's recently announced their use of AI generated models to showcase "diversity" in a "sustainable" way. Critics immediately expressed concerns over employing AI instead of real, human representations of diversity which showed a fundamental lack in understanding of representation. (5 mins)

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The FTC has issued a warning about the surge of scam voice calls using AI Voice cloning to impersonate loved ones in need. Rivalling the speed of get-rich-with-ChatGPT hustlers, the ease of voice cloning with widely available AI tools is rapidly opening nefarious new doors for scammers.(5 mins)