Is OpenAI safe again?

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OPENAI HIRES FORMER META EXEC TO HANDLE SAFETY ⛑️

Don’t you feel safe now? 🙃

What’s new? OpenAI has reportedly named former Meta executive Irina Kofman to lead the company’s strategic initiatives, specifically as it pertains to safe AI development.

What does this mean? This effort is part of OpenAI’s strategy to accumulate top talent in the AI space. Kofman will initially focus on preparedness and safety initiatives, reporting to OpenAI’s technology chief, Mira Murati. Kofman spent five years at Meta, where she was a senior director of product management for generative AI, so her expertise will help fill the gaps left by the departures of Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike, which led to the disbanding of the “Superalignment” team.

CHINESE COMPANIES FIND LOOPHOLE IN U.S. CHIP BAN 👀

Q: Did you hear about the lawyer who was prosecuted for having a loophole fetish?

A: He got off on a technicality. 🫢

What’s going on? Recent reports have surfaced indicating that Chinese entities linked to the state have been using cloud services to gain access to advanced AI chips and technologies that are banned by the U.S. government.

What was found? A Reuters review of more than 50 tender documents posted over the past year on publicly available Chinese databases revealed that at least 11 Chinese organizations have sought to circumvent U.S. restrictions by leveraging cloud computing services, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), through intermediaries. Among the entities, Zhejiang Lab and Shenzhen University were noted for utilizing AWS cloud servers, which are powered by advanced Nvidia A100 and H100 chips. These chips have been central to the U.S.’s export restrictions aimed at limiting China’s AI capabilities, particularly in military applications.

What does this mean? This discovery underscores ongoing efforts by Chinese entities to bypass U.S. restrictions on advanced AI chips, raising concerns in the U.S. government about potential loopholes in the current regulatory framework.

INSIDE JENNA ORTEGA’S “I HATE AI” COMMENT 🔍

85% of people hate AI, but it’s coming anyway. 🦾

What’s up? Actor Jenna Ortega recently opened up about a disturbing AI experience that led her to delete her X (then Twitter) account a few years ago.

What went wrong? At just 14 years old, Ortega claims to have encountered disturbing AI-generated images of herself on the X (then Twitter) platform which led her to delete her account a few years ago. Ortega, now 21, reflected on the encounter as “terrifying” and “corrupt,” highlighting the traumatic impact it had on her as a minor. She now holds a strong aversion to AI, acknowledging its growing potential but condemning its misuse.

What does this say about how people view AI? Ortega said that she was sent these AI pictures of herself many years ago, long before the recent rise of GenAI. As a result of this incident, she hates AI. Even though a substantial amount of changes (both good and bad) have happened since this incident, it highlights how one bad experience can shape a person’s perception of the technology. It also shows how any famous person who talks about AI instantly makes headlines. With Ortega’s new Beetlejuice Beetlejuice movie coming out, perhaps that’s what this comment is really about.

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