David Fischer, former chief revenue officer at Facebook, has been named a partner with 01 Advisors, a venture capital firm co-founded in 2019 by former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo and former Twitter COO Adam Bain.
Driving the news: 01 Advisors also announced Tuesday that it has raised $395 million for its third fund, which is a step up from the $325 million it raised for Fund II.
Researchers released a new framework outlining possible harms from and benefits of AI, designed for regulators to decide how to move forward on regulation.
Why it matters: Regulators have failed to keep pace with AI advances, sometimes leading to biased or flawed outcomes with limited accountability, on issues ranging from medical misinformation to police surveillance .
A government pledge to not pay ransoms will prove difficult for companies and private organizations to replicate.
Driving the news: A group of 48 governments, as well as the European Union and Interpol, signed a pledge last week to not pay hackers if their systems are hit with a ransomware attack.
A key group of bipartisan lawmakers Tuesday introduced their blueprint for renewing a controversial surveillance tool before it expires at the end of the year.
Why it matters: The bill marks the first piece of legislation that lawmakers have introduced in the year-long battle to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
Evidence is piling upthat electric vehicles are driven much less than gas-powered models, which could sap the tech's power against climate change if the trend continues.
Driving the news: A new peer-reviewed paper analyzed odometer readings of used cars listed from 2016 to 2022.
Americans rank the importance of regulating AI below government shutdowns, health care, gun reform, immigration and the war between Israel and Hamas, according to a new Axios | Morning Consult poll.
Why it matters: The public's lack of urgency on this issue suggests that Congress might punt regulatory decisions until after the 2024 election.
People will be able to create their own specialized versions of ChatGPT equipped with custom instructions and data under a new program OpenAI is unveiling to developers Monday.
Why it matters:OpenAI is positioning these custom versions of ChatGPT, dubbed "GPTs," as something akin to the AI equivalent of apps on a smartphone. The firm also plans to create a store for people to sell their GPTs.
Sensitive, highly detailed personal data for thousands of active-duty and veteran U.S. military members can be purchased for as little as one cent per name through data broker websites, according to a new study published on Monday by Duke University researchers.
Why it matters: Researchers warned that the data can be easily obtained and used by malicious actors to target current and former military personnel, their families and acquaintances with a myriad of schemes, including blackmail and misinformation campaigns.
Elon Musk Saturday introduced a new chatbot called "Grok" out of his xAI startup, claiming that AI should be "useful to people of all backgrounds and political views."
Driving the news: xAI spent four months training Grok, which it categorizes as a "frontier large language model" — which would make it subject to new AI testing requirements bothfrom the White House and those agreed upon at last week's AI safety summit in London.
Just two states — California and Oregon — have issued policy guidance for schools on artificial intelligence platforms such as ChatGPT, a new report finds.
Why it matters: Teachers and administrators are eager for guidelines on how to use AI — and how to quash misuse. But the field is moving so rapidly that governments have been loath to issue pronouncements.
A start-up collaborating with Apple and backed by Nvidia's venture arm has launched what it calls the world's first "fully autonomous" platform that applies generative AI to heating and cooling systems.
Why it matters: Americans spend around $190 billion a year powering buildings — generating around one-third of total U.S. carbon emissions — and the company claims it can cut building energy costs by around one-third.
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