The download: AIDS denialism and AI safety mechanisms
These comments, and many others, have contributed to a resurgence of AIDS denial, a collection of false theories arguing that HIV does not cause AIDS, or that HIV isn’t even real. Read the full story.
–Anna Merlan
AI “godfather” Yoshua Bengio has joined a UK project to prevent AI catastrophes
What’s new:
Yoshua Bengio, regarded as one of the “godfathers” of modern AI, is putting his weight behind.
What’s it? Read the full story.
–Anna Merlan
AI “godfather” Yoshua Bengio has joined a UK project to prevent AI catastrophesWhat’s new:
Yoshua Bengio, a Turing Award winner who is considered one of the “godfathers” of modern AI, is throwing his weight behind a project funded by the UK government to embed safety mechanisms into AI systems.What is it? The project Safeguarded AI aims to create an AI system which can assess whether AI systems in critical areas deployed are safe and give risk scores. Bengio will join the program as the scientific director, providing critical input and advice. Read the full story.
–Melissa Heikkila
