Artificial intelligence arms race

A tech industry leader and military AI experts testifying before the House Armed Services Committee on Tuesday said the US Department of Defense urgently needs to streamline its lagging data collection practices if it wants to maintain its lead in the global AI arms. Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang, who was among three witnesses testifying Tuesday, told the lawmakers he believed “data is the ammunition in an AI war.” Can AI Help with Mental Health?The hearing explored the top barriers believed to be preventing the DoD from…

India planted its flag in the sand of the global artificial intelligence race on Tuesday as a major agency saidthe government has no plans to regulate the technology.Generating Video Via Text? | Future Tech The bold proclamation comes just one week after more that 500 AI experts signed an open letter urging AI labs to pause development of new GPT4 style large language models amid increased security of the tech by lawmakers in the US and Europe. In a statement on Tuesday, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information…

Photo: Sean Gallup (Getty Images)When delegates from 50 countries met in the Netherlands this week to discuss the future of military artificial intelligence, human rights activists and non-proliferation experts saw an opportunity. For years, rights groups have urged nations to restrict the development of AI weapons and sign a legally binding treaty to restrict the use of them over fears their unrestricted development could mirror last century’s nuclear arms race. Instead, the results of what could have been a historic…

Photo: AFP (Getty Images)The Pentagon’s marching forward with AI weapons of war… responsibly.This week, the Department of Defense released a lengthy 47-page document outlining the military’s plan to implement its responsible artificial intelligence principles, which basically seeks to integrate AI in the military without turning the world into a Terminator-esque hellscape. Though the DoD first outlined its ethical AI goals in 2020, this week’s Responsible Pathway to AI Development and Acceleration document details…