The politicians are at it again: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's series of industry-centric forums last year have birthed a "roadmap" for future legislation. Emily and Alex take a deep dive on this report, and conclude that the time spent writing it could have instead been spent...making useful laws.
References:
Driving US Innovation in Artificial Intelligence: A Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence Policy in the United States)
Tech Policy Press: US Senate AI Insight Forum Tracker)
Put the Public in the Driver's Seat: Shadow Report to the US Senate AI Policy Roadmap)
Emily's opening remarks on “AI in the Workplace: New Crisis or Longstanding Challenge” virtual roundtable)
Fresh AI Hell:
Homophobia in Spotify's chatbot)
StackOverflow in bed with OpenAI, pushing back against resistance)
OpenAI making copyright claim against ChatGPT subreddit)
Introducing synthetic text for police reports)
ChatGPT-like "AI" assistant ... as a car feature?)
Scarlett Johansson vs. OpenAI)
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