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| Here's a look at today's AI briefing: - China's participation in global AI summit sparks controversy.
- OpenAI forms 'preparedness' team to safeguard against AI's risks.
- AI boom fuels surge in U.S. office leasing in SF and Silicon Valley.
- AI helps create new Beatles song set for Nov. 2 release.
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| 1 | | China will participate in the U.K.'s global AI summit next week, British Deputy PM Oliver Dowden confirmed today. Chinese officials are invited to both days of the Nov. 1-2 summit but excluded from a second-day meeting on AI safety and security risks. More: - The summit will bring together AI industry reps, political leaders, and experts to discuss AI's risks and seek a consensus on its safe development.
- China's invitation has sparked a backlash, with former British PM Liz Truss among those calling for China's withdrawal due to concerns about Beijing's use of AI for state control and national security.
- "No reasonable person expects China to abide by anything agreed to at this kind of summit," Truss wrote in a letter to current PM Rishi Sunak.
- Sunak, who invited China to the summit, defended the decision, arguing that engaging all leading AI powers is essential for a serious AI strategy.
Zoom out: - Arati Prabhakar, U.S. President Biden's top science adviser, has voiced support for the U.K.'s decision to invite China to the summit, saying there should be a global dialogue.
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| 2 | | The tech and AI industry is driving office leasing activity in the U.S., according to a new report by CBRE. Companies are rushing to secure office spaces as AI attracts more venture capital and investor interest, particularly in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. 
By the numbers: The Bay Area has been a major hub for AI funding, receiving 50% of the U.S. total last year, followed by New York, Boston, and Los Angeles. What it means: Now flush with cash, AI companies are growing their office footprints in key hubs. In the top five VC markets of San Francisco, Silicon Valley, New York, Boston, and Los Angeles/Orange County, AI firms have leased over 7.5 million square feet through 300+ transactions since 2019, according to CBRE research. Silicon Valley and San Francisco led in AI leasing by volume, with both exceeding 2 million square feet. As of September, the 10 largest AI companies in the market for SF space are seeking nearly 700,000 square feet — triple their current footprint. Quotable: AI alone will not quickly revive the commercial real estate market, but it could drive future growth, similar to the mobile internet's impact after the Great Financial Crisis, said Colin Yasukochi from CBRE's Tech Insights Center. "You need human intelligence to create artificial intelligence," Yasukochi told Yahoo Finance. "This is such an emerging area that people need to be more together to collaborate and innovate, and that's ever more important." | | | |
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| 3 | OpenAI is creating a team to oversee advanced AI models and monitor for "catastrophic risks" such as cybersecurity and nuclear threats. The "preparedness" team will monitor the company's AI models to make sure they follow its safety standards. More: - The team will "track, evaluate, forecast, and protect" against future AI threats, including issues like phishing attacks, malicious code generation, and nuclear threats.
- Members will also address "chemical, biological, and radiological threats" and the idea of "autonomous replication," which involves AI self-replicating.
- Aleksander Madry, director of MIT's Center for Deployable Machine Learning, will lead the team after joining OpenAI in May.
- Madry's new title is head of Preparedness at OpenAI. He is currently on leave from MIT.
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| 4 | | AI helped create a new Beatles song, titled "Now and Then," that will be released worldwide on Nov. 2. AI was used to separate the late John Lennon's vocals from an old demo he wrote and recorded in the late 1970s. More: - Lennon recorded the home demo in New York City after the Beatles broke up and before he was murdered in 1980.
- The song was part of a cassette of Lennon's demos that Yoko Ono, his widow, gave to Paul McCartney after his death.
- The new version includes contributions from McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Harrison passed away in 2001 from cancer.
- To create the song, AI technology was applied by Peter Jackson, director of "The Beatles: Get Back" docuseries.
- Specifically, WingNut Films' machine-assisted learning tech helped separate Lennon's voice from a piano, allowing McCartney and Starr to complete the track with the clearer vocals last year.
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| 5 | | The United Nations has formed a 39-member AI Advisory Body, which will convene for its first meeting on Friday. The group is made up of tech executives like Sony's Hiroaki Kitano and Microsoft's Natasha Crampton, along with government officials, AI experts, and academics from around the world. More: - UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced the group today, stressing AI's potential for good while acknowledging that it can harm trust, social cohesion, and democracy.
- The group's first goals involve forming a global consensus on AI risks and challenges while improving cooperation on international AI governance.
- While the advisory body has limited authority, its recommendations could influence the formation of a future UN agency focused on governing AI.
- The body's first report, due by the end of this year, will present preliminary recommendations, with final recommendations by summer 2024.
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| 6 | | Latest AI mergers and acquisitions: - AMD purchased Nod.ai, an open-source AI software provider, to strengthen its AI development ecosystem around its hardware. The deal will improve AMD's capacity to offer customers user-friendly software for deploying AI models tailored to AMD hardware. Transaction details remain undisclosed.
- IBM announced its acquisition of data lineage platform Manta Software for an undisclosed sum. Manta offers businesses a map of their data environments, including data flows, sources, and transformations. The deal will strengthen IBM's capabilities within watsonx.ai, its generative AI studio for enterprises.
- AI and analytics startup Databricks Inc. is set to acquire data tech provider Arcion Labs Inc. for $100M. Arcion's technology simplifies data movement between clouds, databases, and applications. It will boost Databricks' data analytics and ingestion from systems like Salesforce, Workday, and Oracle.
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- Google is rolling out new Maps updates, including AI-driven features for easier searching, exploration, and navigation.
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 | AI and technology writer | | Beth is an editor and writer of Inside's AI and Tech newsletters, with a career spanning journalism since 2007. She has written for publications including The Arizona Republic and USA Today and authored a book on the solar industry in 2016. Reach her at Beth.Duckett@yahoo.com. | | This newsletter was edited by Aaron Crutchfield | |
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