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Griffin on Tech: OpenAI’s safety conscious exiles, and the end of OMG Tech!
Whether Safe Superintelligence Inc. lives up to the name depends on its definition of safe AGI, and whether these co-founders will be able to resist the urge to go for broke in the way Altman has, prioritising speed to market over safety.
Indian election was awash in deepfakes – but AI was a net positive for democracy
Political parties in India spent an estimated US$50 million on authorized AI-generated content for targeted communication with their constituencies this election cycle. And it was largely successful.
Smashing out code - in the long run, it may be better to do it in the office
When it comes to software engineering in particular, bosses now have something solid to point to in the form of a high-quality study that suggests remote work may give coders an edge in the short term but is less productive than working face-to-face with team members in the long term.
What will a robot make of your résumé? The bias problem with using AI in job recruitment
Our research shows AI can subtly – and at times overtly – heighten biases. And the involvement of HR professionals may worsen rather than alleviate these effects. This challenges our belief that human oversight can contain and moderate AI.
Australia scrapped its key programme for gender equity in STEM. This could actually be good news
Is the end of the Women in STEM Ambassador position a setback for gender equity in Australia? Well, not necessarily.
Billions are spent on educational technology, but we don’t know if it works
The edtech sector is growing massively. The problem is that we don’t know very much about how effective many edtech apps or programs are – or if they are effective at all. And some effects may be negative.