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Tech companies are pledging to fight election-related deepfakes as policymakers amp up pressure. Today at the Munich Security Conference, vendors including Microsoft, Meta, Google, Amazon, Adobe and IBM signed an accord signaling their intention to adopt a common framework for responding to AI-generated deepfakes intended to mislead voters. Thirteen other companies, including AI startups OpenAI, Anthropic, Inflection AI, ElevenLabs and Stability AI and social media platforms X (formerly Twitter), TikTok and Snap,…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is working to secure approval from the U.S. government for his new AI chips venture, which could potentially raise national security and antitrust concerns, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.Altman, who is reportedly working on a new business that could boost global chip manufacturing, has told potential investors and partners that he cannot move forward without a green light from Washington, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill…

The Government of India is about to finalise a policy on the concessions on import duties on EVs in India, that cost over Rs 30 lakhs. Elon Musk was willing to to invest up to $2 billion in a Tesla factory in India, if the Indian government reduced the import duty it levies…

In mid-2021, about a year before he began his longstanding feud with the biggest employer in his state, Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation attempting to seize control of content moderation at major social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter (now called X by Elon Musk). A few months later, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, also a Republican, signed similar legislation in his state. Both laws are almost comically unconstitutional — the First Amendment does not permit the government to order…

The Department of Defense sent a data breach notification letter to thousands of current and former employees alerting that their personal information had been leaked, DefenseScoop reported on Tuesday. While the department first detected the incident in early 2023, the notifications didn't begin to go out until earlier this month. More than 20,000 individuals appear to be affected by the breach.The letter explains that emails messages were "inadvertently exposed to the internet" by a Defense Department "service provider."…

From the moment I heard about tech billionaires’ weird plans to create a bustling new city in the heart of California’s Solano County, I was preoccupied with one basic question: Who is actually going to run this thing? Why Bitcoin won’t reach $1,000,000Libertarian dreams of creating a new community from scratch are all well and good but, at the end of the day, you can’t operate a municipality of any real size without a team of boring, dysfunctional bureaucrats to decide what the local zoning laws are and how to spend the…

Photo: Ian Dyball (Getty Images)Can’t we all just get along? Not if you’re an employee of the federal government. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) just filed a lawsuit against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) over a $1.45 billion tax bill stemming from the bailout of Silicon Valley Bank.Why Bitcoin won’t reach $1,000,000In other words, the US government filed a lawsuit against the US government. May the best bureaucracy win.Back in 2023, Silicon Valley Bank collapsed overnight. It threatened to take the…

Australia has a problem with slowing productivity growth. As the group tasked with addressing this, the Australian Government’s Productivity Commission is looking at AI as a potential part of the problem. Recently, the Commission released a three-paper report, Making The Most Of The AI Opportunity: Productivity, Regulation And Data Access, to further analyse this opportunity. To maximise productivity gains from AI, the paper advocates for a soft-touch approach to regulation. Additionally, the Commission…

Last Updated: February 12, 2024, 11:22 ISTMysuru-Bengaluru Expressway: Union Government to Pilot Satellite-Based Toll Collection For Hassle-Free Travel. (Representative image)Union govt launches pilot for GNSS-based tolling on Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway, promising barrier-free travel & hassle-free payments.The Union government has announced plans to initiate a pilot project for Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) based toll collection on the 10-lane Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway.This decision, revealed by…

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser signed an executive order Thursday that outlined how she plans to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into local government agencies. “We are going to make sure DC is at the forefront of the work to use AI to deliver city services that are responsive, efficient, and proactive,” Bowser said in a statement. “With these guiding values, we will make sure that when we use AI, we are responsible and we use it in a way that aligns with our DC values.” The mayor’s…