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What is open-source AI anyway?

A key artificial intelligence industry body has released a long-awaited definition that could affect how different AI models are viewed — if not regulated. The Open Source Initiative, a public benefit corporation, sets standards for what constitutes open-source systems in the technology industry. Over the past year, the group has investigated a big question: What constitutes open-source AI?

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Pony.ai and its first automatic driving system production line, as seen in Shanghai, in 2020.

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A Chinese autonomous vehicle firm is going public in the US

On Oct. 17, a Chinese autonomous vehicle company called Pony AI filed to go public in the United States through an initial public offering. The company is the latest Chinese firm to seek entry into the US public markets after Beijing eased its restrictions on its domestic private sector seeking foreign investment and listing on US exchanges. The Chinese electric vehicle startup Zeekr began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in May.

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Will AI help or hurt Africa?

At the annual World Bank-International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings in Washington, DC, this week, delegates will discuss how AI could “unlock” opportunities in developing nations. This was also a hot topic at last month’s UN Summit of the Future. And nowhere is that discussion more ripe than the African continent.
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In this photo illustration, the People's Republic of China flag is displayed on a smartphone with an Artificial intelligence chip and symbol in the background.

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China spends big on AI

In the first half of 2024, capital spending on AI infrastructure by the Chinese tech giants Alibaba, Tencent, and Baidu doubled year-over-year to about $7 billion. The spending spree reflects a thirst for artificial intelligence despite ever-stringent US regulations limiting their access to powerful chips, data centers, and AI models. TikTok parent company ByteDance and an AI startup called Moonshot are also boosting their spending.
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What do Democrats want for AI?

At last week’s Democratic National Convention, the Democratic Party and its newly minted presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris, made little reference to technology policy or artificial intelligence. But the party’s platform and a few key mentions at the DNC show how a Harris administration would handle AI.

In the official party platform, there are three mentions of AI: First, it says Democrats will support historic federal investments in research and development, break “new frontiers of science,” and create jobs in artificial intelligence among other sectors. It also says it will invest in “technology and forces that meet the threats of the future,” including artificial intelligence and unmanned systems.

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The Telegram messaging app is seen on an iPhone in this illustration taken on 25 August, 2024 in Warsaw, Poland. Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov was arrested in Paris on charges of failing to take action against the harmful use of Telegram.

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Telegram’s billionaire CEO arrested in France

Pavel Durov, the 39-year-old founder and CEO of social media network Telegram, was arrested at Bourget Airport near Paris on Sunday, following an investigation by French authorities into the platform’s lack of moderation. Officials claim Telegram has allowed fraud, terrorism, drug trafficking, cyberbullying, and organized crime to flourish on the app. Telegram also came under scrutiny in the UK earlier this month for hosting far-right channels that mobilized violent protests in English cities.

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A SAG-AFTRA placard is placed inside a car in Burbank, California, during an earlier strike in 2023.

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Video game’s voices want to be heard

SAG-AFTRA, the main actors’ union in Hollywood, announced that it is once again striking — this time against video game companies that depend on actors, particularly their voices.
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Google Search is making things up

Google has begun adding artificial intelligence-generated answers when users type questions into its search engine. Many people have found the AI-generated answers ranging from simply bizarre to flat-out wrong. The search engine’s AI Overviews feature has told users to put glue on pizza to keep the cheese from falling off, that elephants only have two feet, and that you should eat one rock per day for nutritional value. It even told me that, in fact, dogs have played in the National Football League.
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