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| Welcome to Inside AI! Here are today's top stories: - X, formerly Twitter, says it may use public data to train AI models.
- More Americans now concerned about AI's growing presence.
- Anthropic agrees to lease former Slack HQ in San Francisco.
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| 1 | | X, formerly Twitter, plans to use public data such as tweets to help train AI and machine learning models, according to a privacy policy update. Some reports speculate that Elon Musk may have acquired Twitter partially for its vast amount of proprietary training data, which could be used to train systems for his new AI company. More: - According to Musk, the policy only applies to public data, not direct messages "or anything private."
- The policy changes is set to take effect on Sept. 29.
- It states that X "may use the information we collect and publicly available information to help train our machine learning or artificial intelligence models for the purposes outlined in this policy."
Zoom out: - The update is not unexpected, as prior reports said Musk's AI company, xAI, planned to use public tweets to train AI models, though it's unclear which models it refers to.
- X's updated privacy policy also includes the collection of biometric and employment data.
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| 2 | | Over half of Americans are now more concerned than excited about AI's expanding role in daily life, according to the results of a Pew Research survey. 52% of Americans expressed concern, a 14% increase from December 2022. Older adults are more concerned than younger adults, according to the survey of 11,000+ people. 
What the numbers show: While concern about AI dominates across demographic groups, 61% of 65+ adults are more concerned and 4% more excited about AI, whereas in the 18 to 29 age group, 42% are more concerned and 17% more excited. A deeper look: While public concern is growing, opinions about its impact across different domains vary. For example, 53% of Americans believe the technology does more harm than good for keeping personal information private. AI's reception is more positive in areas like finding online products and services, improving the safety of vehicles, and helping doctors provide quality care to patients. 
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| 3 | | AI research company Anthropic plans to sublease the former Slack headquarters building in San Francisco, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Pending landlord Heitman's approval, the deal could uplift San Francisco's post-pandemic office market and align with Mayor London Breed's declaration as the "AI capital of the world." More: - According to the Chronicle, locally-based Anthropic wants to sublease Slack's 230,000-square-foot former headquarters at 500 Howard Street in South of Market.
- While terms of the deal were not disclosed, the deal could rank among the city's largest since the pandemic.
- Salesforce, headquartered in San Francisco and the city's largest employer, owns Slack and is an investor in Anthropic.
Zoom out: - Anthropic has secured over $1.1B from investors, including a recent $100M in funding from SK Telecom.
- Its first product, Claude, is an AI assistant with built-in constitutional AI and 100,000+ token windows.
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| 4 | | Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of DeepMind, proposed that the U.S. should require companies purchasing Nvidia AI chips to agree to the same commitments made by leading AI firms to the White House. Suleyman predicts that the rapid growth of AI could result in language models 100 times stronger than GPT-4 within two years, which, he argued, warrants actions like chip sales restrictions. More: - At minimum, the U.S. should restrict sales of Nvidia chips to buyers unless they agree to the voluntary commitments, and likely "more than that," Suleyman said.
- "That would be an incredibly practical chokepoint that would allow the U.S. to impose itself on all other actors [in AI]," Suleyman told the Financial Times.
- Suleyman is also CEO and co-founder of Nvidia-backed Inflection AI, which developed the Pi chatbot, and a venture partner at Greylock Partners.
Zoom out: - In July, Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI pledged to commit to the AI safety, security, and trust standards endorsed by the White House.
- The eight measures cover areas like third-party model testing and virtual watermarks to distinguish real from AI-created content.
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| 5 | | Weekly roundup — The top AI stories you might have missed this week: - OpenAI launched ChatGPT Enterprise, the business-focused version of its popular AI chatbot. The version of ChatGPT offers "enterprise-grade security," along with unlimited access to GPT-4, longer context windows, advanced data analysis, and customization.
- Google is bringing its Duet AI assistant to all paying users of Workspace apps, including Gmail, Drive, Slides, Docs, and others. After extensive testing involving over 1 million users, Duet AI for Google Workspace is now generally available.
- Tech CEOs including Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and OpenAI's Sam Altman will attend Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's upcoming AI forum. The closed AI-focused meeting on Sept. 13 will tackle issues like AI regulations, worker safeguards, national security, and more.
- Chinese tech giants Baidu and SenseTime introduced their ChatGPT-style tools to the public this week after gaining approval from Chinese authorities. This follows the successful debut of U.S.-based OpenAI's ChatGPT, prompting a race among Chinese tech firms to develop their own generative AI models.
- OpenAI is on track to generate more than $1B in revenue over the next year, according to The Information. Previously, the ChatGPT developer anticipated $200M in revenue for this year. OpenAI's monthly revenue now stands at more than $80M, per the report.
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 | AI and technology writer | | Beth is the curator and writer of the AI and Tech newsletters at Inside. With a career in journalism and editing that began in 2007, she has written for publications including USA Today, The Arizona Republic, Arizona Business Gazette, and more. You can reach her at Beth.Duckett@yahoo.com. | | This newsletter was edited by Aaron Crutchfield | |
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