2024-08-01 One-Minute Post

States are introducing AI regulations, mirroring the path of privacy laws. The EU AI Act is now in effect, with fines for GDPR breaches. A new NSA-powered AI tool aims to optimize cyberdefense testing. Fairness in machine learning is a growing concern, prompting Unilever to outline steps to navigate the EU AI Act. A tech CEO asked diverse women to expose biases in their AI chatbot, revealing concerning results.

Articles we found interesting:

1. Taking a Byte From the Regulatory Apple: States Introduce AI Regulations, Creating Conflict … link Highlight: This places AI regulation on track to follow the same path as privacy/data collection—with the states, the courts, the industry itself, and other …
2. EU AI Act goes into effect: Here's what it means for U.S. tech firms - CNBC link Highlight: … privacy law. Companies faces fines of up to 20 million euros or 4% of annual global turnover for GDPR breaches. Oversight of all AI models that …
3. New NSA-powered AI tool would help industry optimize cyberdefense testing link Highlight: Your Privacy Choices; Exercise Your Privacy Rights. New NSA-powered AI tool would help industry optimize cyberdefense testing.
4. A novel approach for assessing fairness in deployed machine learning algorithms - Nature link Highlight: Fairness in machine learning (ML) emerges as a critical concern as AI systems increasingly influence diverse aspects of society, from healthcare …
5. Unilever lays out action plan as EU AI Act takes effect - Personal Care Insights link Highlight: Unilever outlines the steps it has taken to navigate the EU AI Act, which will come into force tomorrow to govern the risks of AI systems.
6. I'm a tech CEO and I asked a group of diverse women to expose biases in our AI chatbot. It … link Highlight: AI chatbots cursing and flirting—despite standard guardrails—were among the concerning results.

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