According to the UK’s FT in June 2024, San Francisco based OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is expanding its lobbying team to influence AI regulation and plans to grow its politically influencing global affairs team currently 35, to 50 by the end of the year to meet the growing international sentiment of governments worldwide that…
Month: June 2024
Lies, Lies, More Lies and Silence
Both major UK parties—Labour, which is poised to win, and the Conservatives, who have been in power for 14 years but are currently embroiled in scandals and accusations of incompetence—have included measures in their manifestos to support AI development. These measures involve removing planning barriers for new data centres and establishing a National Data Library…
Recall is ……recalled!
Microsoft has postponed the launch of its controversial AI Recall feature on new Windows computers which captures periodic snapshots of a computer screen, giving Microsoft’s AI assistant Copilot a photographic memory of a user’s virtual activities to help recall previously viewed content across apps, websites, images, and documents. Initially set for broad release on June…