A study focused on OpenAI's GPT-4o mini found that LLMs can be persuaded to comply with objectionable requests using the same tactics that persuade humans
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Stanford unveils the Foundation Model Transparency Index, featuring 100 indicators; Llama 2 led at 54%, GPT-4 placed third at 48%, and PaLM 2 took fifth at 40%
https://www.nytimes.com/... [image] Mark Coggins / @coggins@mastodon.social : This is the kind of needed AI regulation—requiring model makers to reveal how they trained their language models—that #Ma...
A comparison between US data and 5,100 Stable Diffusion-generated images related to job title and crime finds the tool amplifies gender and racial stereotypes
of some some logical and objective thinking machine. — In reality generative AI, is just fancy autocomplete based on its training data. So it'll always reflect the biases of its underlying data and...
A profile of Microsoft President Brad Smith, a DC veteran testing his well-worn playbook to shape AI regulation, such as by endorsing the creation of an agency
“Today we are 10 years older and wiser, and we need to put that wisdom to work. … Eric Horvitz : We've just released a set of recommendations for moving forward with the governance of AI technologies....
Researchers call for transparency on AI tools' carbon footprint; training GPT-3 took an estimated 1.287 GWh of electricity, or what ~120 US homes use in a year
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Despite pledges, FEC filings show AT&T, Amazon, Intel, Comcast, and others quietly restarted donations to Republican election deniers ahead of the 2022 midterms
Some of the biggest technology and telecom companies jettisoned pledges made in the wake of the US Capitol assault … Tweets: @accountable_us , @dinabass , and @wbenjaminson Tweets: @accountable_us : E...
Some Black medical professionals who are voluntarily countering misinfo on Clubhouse about COVID-19 and its vaccine say they have been harassed and bullied
- Conspiracies flourish on app including about vaccines and 5G — 'Hey, I was skeptical too, but here's where I am now' Tweets: @mattyglesias , @williamturton , @williamturton , @ericgeller , @jilli...
Many elderly people in the US aren't getting scheduled for COVID-19 vaccinations due to a lack of familiarity with navigating the internet and web-based signups
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