The Pope x AI

Plus AGI coming soon...

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Jelani Abdus-Salaam
June 17, 2024

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Here’s What’s On The Menu For Today

  • 🤖 The Pope x AI

  • ✨ AGI by 2027

  • 📰 News Hot Off The Press

  • 💰️ Newly Added AI Tools 

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TRENDING STORIES

TODAY’S TOP STORIES

Pope Francis Tells G7 That Humans Must Not Lose Control of AI

Reuters

Pope Francis addressed the G7 summit, warning that the rise of AI should not overshadow human primacy and urging vigilant oversight to protect human life and dignity. He acknowledged AI's potential to expand knowledge and automate labor, but cautioned it could also increase inequality and spread misinformation.

  • The Pope emphasized no machine should have the power to end human life and that humans must retain decision-making control

  • He called for developing "algor-ethics" - pluralistic global principles to address AI dilemmas and conflicts

  • The G7 leaders pledged to anticipate future skills needs and establish guidelines for responsible AI use

Retired U.S. Army General Joins The OpenAI Board

The Verge

OpenAI has appointed Retired U.S. Army General Paul M. Nakasone to its Board of Directors, reflecting the company's commitment to safety and security as AI technology advances.

  • Nakasone, a leading expert in cybersecurity, will join the Board's Safety and Security Committee to make critical safety and security recommendations.

  • OpenAI aims to become more resilient to increasingly sophisticated cyber security threats as AI progresses towards artificial general intelligence (AGI).

  • Nakasone's appointment follows recent changes to OpenAI's board, including the reinstatement of CEO Sam Altman after an external investigation.

Bill Gates Investing Heavily In Nuclear

Bill Gates is investing in nuclear power to meet the growing electricity demands of AI and combat climate change.

  • Gates' TerraPower company is building an innovative nuclear plant in Wyoming that uses sodium for cooling, making it potentially safer and more cost-effective than traditional plants.

  • The increasing use of AI, electric vehicles, and data centers is driving up the demand for electricity.

  • Gates believes AI will bring benefits in health and education but acknowledges concerns about job loss and the concentration of power.

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MORE NEWS

Adobe Posts Biggest Gain Since 2020 After AI Sales Success (link)

Ashton Kutcher doubles down on AI comments after facing backlash: 'Need to be prepared' for what's coming (link)

Microsoft’s all-knowing Recall AI feature is being delayed (link)

Amazon is reportedly way behind on its new Alexa (link)

Spotify announces an in-house creative agency, tests generative AI voiceover ads (link)

Former President Trump admits using speech rewritten by AI (link)

OpenAI Explores Benefit Corporation Model Amid Investor Pressure (link)

Nvidia releases free LLMs that match GPT-4 in some benchmarks (link)

Meta says European regulators are ruining its AI bot (link)

Perplexity reportedly wants to give publishers a cut of revenue (link)

LinkedIn expands its AI job-hunting features for Premium subscribers (link)

Tesla investors sue Elon Musk for launching a rival AI company (link)

OpenAI CTO says models in labs not much better than what the public has already (link)

Photographer takes on the machines in AI competition – and wins (link)

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✨ What Happens After AGI?

An OpenAI engineer wrote a paper titled SITUATIONAL AWARENESS: The Decade Ahead.

It’s 140 pages and outlines the stakes for AGI and what comes after.

Seeing the engineer laying out the picture for our future reality is kind of scary.

“We are building machines that can think and reason. By 2025/26, these machines will outpace many college graduates. By the end of the decade, they will be smarter than you or I; we will have superintelligence, in the true sense of the word.”

“Along the way, national security forces not seen in half a century will be unleashed, and before long, The Project will be on. If we’re lucky, we’ll be in an all-out race with the CCP; if we’re unlucky, an all-out war.”

You can read more here (link)

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Baani AI - an intelligent assistant designed to help students identify universities that align with their specific preferences and standards. 

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