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Administration urged to address AI climate risks |
Climate and tech advocacy groups are pressing the Biden administration to address how artificial intelligence (AI) can affect climate change. |
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In a Wednesday letter to President Biden, the groups highlighted two main concerns: - How generative AI tools may amplify the spread of false information about climate change
- And how the "enormous energy requirements and widespread use of large language models can increase carbon emissions."
Biden signed wide-ranging executive order on AI in October. The order included new standards for safety and directs federal agencies to accelerate the development of techniques in order to allow AI systems to be trained while preserving privacy. The advocates wrote they were "disappointed that AI's potential to worsen the climate change crisis" was not addressed as a risk associated with widespread use of AI in the executive order. "Unfounded hype from Silicon Valley says that AI can save the planet sometime in the future but research shows the opposite is actually occurring right now," the groups wrote. The letter also comes as Vice President Harris joined world leaders earlier this week in Dubai for COP28, the United Nation's Climate Change Conference. Read more in a full report at TheHill.com. |
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NASA on Wednesday celebrated 25 years of the International Space Station's (ISS) operations. The first two modules of the ISS, named Zayra and Unity, were joined together 25 years ago on Dec. 6, 1998. NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana and ISS Program Manager Joel Montalbano spoke to the seven members of the Expedition 70 crew aboard the station Wednesday to mark the occasion. “I cannot believe it was 25 years ago … |
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| Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) warned Wednesday that foreign governments could be using push notifications to spy on smartphone users. Wyden said in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland that his office received a tip last year that foreign governments were asking Apple and Google for their records of smartphone push notifications. When contacted by Wyden's office on the subject, Apple and Google said they were not permitted … |
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New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez (D) is suing Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg over allegations the company’s platforms — Facebook and Instagram — promoted underage accounts to purported child predators. The state attorney general’s office says its undercover investigation found Meta allowed its platforms to “become a marketplace for predators in search of children upon whom they prey.” The investigation … |
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Former Vice President Al Gore took aim at social media algorithms Tuesday, saying sites that are “dominated by algorithms” are the "digital equivalent of AR-15s." Gore, speaking at the Bloomberg Green at COP28 event, said spending too much time scrolling on social media could be dangerous and suggested algorithms be banned. Numerous lawmakers have raised concerns about the use of social media among children. "If … |
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Google releases updated Gemini AI |
Google launched an updated artificial intelligence (AI) model, called Gemini, that will power its Bard tool on Wednesday as the tech giant tries to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT, CNBC reported. |
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Meta to introduce watermarking for AI images |
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, plans to add invisible watermarking to images produced by its new AI-powered text-to-image generator, Reuters reported. |
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Google took its next leap in artificial intelligence Wednesday with the launch of project Gemini, an AI model trained to behave in human-like ways that’s likely to intensify the debate about the technology's potential promise and perils. The rollout will unfold in phases, with less sophisticated … |
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