The UK government has announced plans for the global AI Safety Summit on 1-2 November 2023.

The UK government has announced plans for the global AI Safety Summit on 1-2 November 2023.

The major event – set to be held at Bletchley Park, home of Alan Turing and other Allied codebreakers during the Second World War – aims to address the pressing challenges and opportunities presented by AI development on both national and international scales.

Secretary of State Michelle Donelan has officially launched the formal engagement process leading up to the summit. Jonathan Black and Matt Clifford – serving as the Prime Minister’s representatives for the AI Safety Summit – have also initiated discussions with various countries and frontier AI organisations.

This marks a crucial step towards fostering collaboration in the field of AI safety and follows a recent roundtable discussion hosted by Secretary Donelan, which involved representatives from a diverse range of civil society groups.

The AI Safety Summit will serve as a pivotal platform, bringing together not only influential nations but also leading technology organisations, academia, and civil society. Its primary objective is to facilitate informed discussions that can lead to sensible regulations in the AI landscape.

One of the core focuses of the summit will be on identifying and mitigating risks associated with the most powerful AI systems. These risks include the potential misuse of AI for activities such as undermining biosecurity through the proliferation of sensitive information. 

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Source: artificialintelligence-news.com, Ryan Daws, 04.09.2023

Alibaba has also received approval from the Beijing government for its language model. Artificial intelligence is set to become a central focus of the company’s strategy, as the corporation aims to further concentrate on artificial intelligence.

After the release of several Chinese ChatGPT rivals, it now appears that Alibaba’s language model has also received approval from the government in Beijing. The company announced on Wednesday that the Chatbot Tongyi Qianwen will be made accessible to the public.

In the near future, an open-source version of the large language model will be made available for free commercial use by the ‚entire society.‘ In an internal letter to Alibaba employees, CEO Eddie Wu explained that artificial intelligence (AI) will be at the center of Alibaba Group’s future strategy.

‚In the next ten years, the disruptions triggered by AI will be the most significant factor for change in all industries,‘ wrote Wu. ‚If we do not keep pace with the changes of the AI era, we will be left behind.‘ Alibaba first introduced Tongyi Qianwen in April.

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Quelle: wiwo.de (rtr) 13. September 2023

• Researchers in a new study tasked an AI-powered tech company with developing 70 different programs.
• They found AI could develop software in under seven minutes for less than $1 in costs, on average.
• AI bots were assigned roles and were able to talk, make logical decisions, and troubleshoot bugs. 

Artificial-intelligence chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT can operate a software company in a quick, cost-effective manner with minimal human intervention, a new study indicates.

The findings came after researchers published another study in which AI agents powered by large language models were able to run a virtual town on their own.

In the recent paper, a team of researchers from Brown University and multiple Chinese universities conducted an experiment to see whether AI bots powered by a version of ChatGPT’s 3.5 model could complete the software-development process without prior training.

To test this, researchers created a hypothetical software-development company named ChatDev. Based on the waterfall model — a sequential approach to creating software — the company was broken down into four stages in chronological order: designing, coding, testing, and documenting.

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source: businessinsider.com (Aaron Mok) Sep 11, 2023

The Ministry of Labor intends to raise awareness among companies and employees about AI applications, thereby addressing concerns about job losses as well. Experts express cautious views.

Munich, Berlin – Hubertus Heil takes an electric drill in hand, sinks a screw into the metal component, and looks at the screen. The display lights up green, everything is okay. In the second attempt, the Federal Labor Minister is a bit nervous; the angle is off, and the display turns orange – not ideal.

The SPD politician was being shown in the newly opened „AI Studio“ in Munich on Tuesday how artificial intelligence can make everyday work easier. The software recognizes whether the screw angle and torque are correct, whether the washer was properly inserted, and whether the employees need a break. Precision in drilling, for example, is crucial for battery packs for electric vehicles; otherwise, the cars could catch fire.

In the future, decision-makers and employees from small and medium-sized companies should also be able to learn about practical AI applications. Here, in the first stationary AI Studio in Munich, and in a second one set to open in Stuttgart by the end of the year. The rest of the country will be served by AI buses touring the country. The concept was developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering and Organization (IAO) in Stuttgart.

Because the Labor Minister is convinced that no company or employee can escape this issue. Experts in his department believe that by 2035, every job will be affected by artificial intelligence.

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Source: Handelsblatt.com (Hofer, Specht) 13.09.2023

New brain implants are designed to assist people who have lost the ability to speak due to a stroke or illness. Two research groups in California have recently achieved a breakthrough.

ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is an incurable neurodegenerative disease. Patients gradually lose control over their muscles and often eventually become unable to speak. A research team at Stanford University in California is collaborating with an ALS patient to further develop and test her brain implant. The implant aims to restore the ability to speak for her and others facing similar challenges.

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Source: tagesschau.de (David Beck, SWR) 30.08.2023

Microchip Based on Phase Change Modules Makes Language Models More Energy Efficient

Phase Change Instead of Digital Bits: IBM Researchers Have Developed a New Type of Analog Microchips That Could Reduce the Enormous Power Consumption of Artificial Intelligence. The Chip Processes and Stores Information Through the Phase Change of a Material. In Initial Tests, a AI Language Model Running on These Analog Chips Achieved an Energy Efficiency of 12.4 Trillion Operations per Watt – That’s 14 Times More Energy-Efficient Than Common AI Systems, as Reported by the Team in ‚Nature‘.

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Source: scinexx.de/Nature, IBM Research (Nadja Podbregar) 25.08.2023

Introducing ChatGPT Enterprise

Get enterprise-grade security & privacy and the most powerful version of ChatGPT yet.

We’re launching ChatGPT Enterprise, which offers enterprise-grade security and privacy, unlimited higher-speed GPT-4 access, longer context windows for processing longer inputs, advanced data analysis capabilities, customization options, and much more. We believe AI can assist and elevate every aspect of our working lives and make teams more creative and productive. Today marks another step towards an AI assistant for work that helps with any task, is customized for your organization, and that protects your company data.

We’ve seen unprecedented demand for ChatGPT inside organizations

Since ChatGPT’s launch just nine months ago, we’ve seen teams adopt it in over 80% of Fortune 500 companies.

The 80% statistic refers to the percentage of Fortune 500 companies with registered ChatGPT accounts, as determined by accounts associated with corporate email domains.

 We’ve heard from business leaders that they’d like a simple and safe way of deploying it in their organization. Early users of ChatGPT Enterprise—industry leaders like Block, Canva, Carlyle, The Estée Lauder Companies, PwC, and Zapier—are redefining how they operate and are using ChatGPT to craft clearer communications, accelerate coding tasks, rapidly explore answers to complex business questions, assist with creative work, and much more.

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Source: OpenAI 28.08.2023