What's the best way to commemorate the AI Act's rules for GPAI providers coming into force? That's right, to invite one of the co-rapporteurs of the AI Act on our podcast!

I spoke with Brando Benifei, MEP and the Chair of the European Parliament's EU-US Delegation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Ok...

Yesterday, the new AI Executive Order came out.

Briefly:
- An action plan "to sustain and enhance America’s global AI dominance" to be ready within 180 days
- All policies, directives, regulations, orders, and other actions" taken under Biden's AI EO to be suspended, revised, or rescinded.

This new Gallup study highlights that nearly all Americans use products with AI features but most don’t realize these products are AI-powered.

The study of nearly 4,000 US adults was conducted at the end of last year and the results are sobering to say the least: news.gallup.com/poll/654905/...

WE ARE BACK! On January 16, at 3pm tune in to AI and Real Life's Episode 31 "Current State of AI Policy in the US." Tust me, you don't want to miss it.

Our guest speaker is Dean Ball, a research fellow on AI & Progress at Mercatus Center at George Mason University: www.youtube.com/@AIRealLifeN...

You might be surprised to hear this BUT our online series has a YouTube channel which is a treasure trove of recordings of our past live events with - dare I say it - the most brilliant people in the space!
www.youtube.com/@AIRealLifeN... - subscribe, and stay tuned! A lot more planned this year😎

AI POLICY NEWS ALERT! South Korea decided to end this year with a bang and, earlier today, passed the "Basic Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence and the Establishment of Trust" (AI Basic Act) www.ccn.com/news/technol...

Didn't want to ruin the mood with yet another AI-related report so:

Happy Holidays from me and NGC 2264 (aka the "Christmas tree cluster")!!

(Image credit: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: Clow, M.; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand)

So much AI policy news this week and so much to read! I can barely keep up with reading the headlines😶

Just now, the EU AI Office released the second draft of the GPAI Code of Practice.

The 2nd draft mostly clarifies and details the 1st one so don't expect miracles and read it with an open mind ⬇️

We will be LIVE on December 12 at 3:00 pm EST!

Our guest is Alan Smeaton (DCU) and we'll discuss how AI is used in video memorability, touch upon synthetic data & the “cold war” between humans and algorithms, and the RoI from generative AI investments. Join us!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yjf...

A new report from the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism finds that ChatGPT Search misattributes and misrepresents publishers' content regardless of whether they allow OpenAI’s crawlers.

Link to full article: lnkd.in/eiNaBFXM

Me thinking that I shouldn't post about another AI research paper because it's Thanksgiving and no one would care.

Image: Fragment of "Descent of Christ into Limbo" by Bartolomé Bermejo (1474-1479)