The Web Science Institute at the University of Southampton are pleased to share with you their latest Position Paper authored by Ben Hawes and Prof Dame Wendy Hall Abstract The UK’s international Artificial Intelligence Safety Summit has answered some questions and sparked new ones. This is a good moment to reflect on what it delivered, […]
IBM and Meta have launched the AI Alliance, a global community of technology developers, researchers, and adopters collaborating to advance open, safe, and responsible AI. The alliance includes over 50 founding members and collaborators, including: AMD, CERN, Cornell University, Dell Technologies, Hugging Face, Intel, NASA, Oracle, and many others. The goal is to foster open […]
ChatGPT is continuing to show the cracks in established documentation processes and “gate-keeping” systems… Historically the written word has been used as part of the application process to judge the quality of the applicant(ion) and to dissuade casual applicants by requiring a certain level of effort. Along with the enormous problems around GenAI authored student […]
Campaigners are taking legal action to stop a data-sharing deal between the NHS and Palantir, a US tech company, due to worries about patient privacy. Palantir secured a £330 million contract to create a Federated Data Platform (FDP) for the NHS, aiming to improve information sharing and address a patient backlog. Concerns include granting such […]
In a mildly comedic response, a ransomware gang decided to file an official SEC complaint when a victim ignored their ransom demand. The AlphV/BlackCat ransomware group has filed a complaint with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against MeridianLink, a software company, for not disclosing a cyberattack within a supposed four-day deadline. The ransomware […]
Before OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was ousted, researchers at OpenAI reportedly sent a letter to the board warning of a significant AI breakthrough with “potential risks to humanity”. The letter and a new AI algorithm, referred to as Q* (Q-star), it has been claimed, may have been key factors in Altman’s removal. Some at OpenAI […]
Law enforcement and intelligence agencies from 18 countries, including the EU, the US, and others, have signed an international agreement on AI safety to ensure new AI technologies are “secure by design.” This follows the EU’s AI Act, which bans certain AI technologies (such as predictive policing and biometric surveillance) and classifies high-risk AI systems. […]
ACM WebSci’24: Call for Submissions Conference Dates: May 21-24, 2024 websci24.org/ Hosted by the Interchange Forum for Reflecting on Intelligent Systems (IRIS) | Organized by the University of Stuttgart | Partners ACM • Cyber Valley • Web Science Trust • SigWeb Papers [LINK] Submission Deadline: Nov. 30, 2023 Contact for questions: acmwebsci24@easychair.org Workshops/Tutorials [LINK] Submission […]
Apollo research recently presented some disturbing findings at the UK AI safety summit. Their goal had been to co-erce (rather than instruct) an AI (in this case ChatGPT) to engage in some deceitful / illegal activity on the premise of this being helpful to humans (a “greater good” challenge). In the experiment the AI was […]
European lawmakers have reached an agreement on measures to safeguard elections and prevent policy fragmentation within the EU. The rules aim to protect EU elections from foreign interference, banning political ads targeting specific ethnic and religious groups and blocking ads funded by foreign lobbyists leading up to elections. The regulations, part of the EU’s broader […]