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AI chip tags can fight espionage from hostile states, report says

15-02-2024 17:06 via thenextweb.com

Tags on chips and a global registry of their locations can reduce the risks of AI espionage by hostile nations, experts say. The proposals were made in a new report on AI safety, which calls for a stronger regulation of hardware. Three Cambridge University institutes co-led the study paper, alongside OpenAI and the GovAI research community. They fear that governments are overlooking the dangers of compute, which could trigger disasters. Without tighter protections, they warn that

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Microsoft to pump €3.2B into German AI technologies

15-02-2024 16:49 via thenextweb.com

Microsoft will invest €3.2bn in AI tech in Germany over the next two years, the firm’s vice chair Brad Smith announced today. The investment will see the doubling of Microsoft’s AI and data centre infrastructure capacity in Germany, said Smith. It marks the largest single investment in Microsoft’s 40-year history in the EU country. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz welcomed the move, noting that it signifies a vote of confidence for Europe’s largest economy.

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Anti-piracy messages encourage MORE piracy — if you’re a man

15-02-2024 12:20 via thenextweb.com

Anti-piracy campaigns can actually cause more piracy — if you’re a man. So say the cybercrime experts at the University of Portsmouth, who investigated efforts to deter illegal torrenting, streaming, and file-sharing. To test the techniques, the researchers exposed 962 adults to threatening messages used in anti-piracy campaigns. They then evaluated potential changes in behaviour. They discovered a cavernous gender gap. The messages led piracy intentions to decline by 52% in wo

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Dutch startup secures $25M to bring autonomous bricklaying robots to Europe

15-02-2024 12:09 via thenextweb.com

The construction sector builds the homes we live in, the offices we work in, and the schools our children learn in — but in Europe, there’s a chronic shortage of people to do this critical work. Dutch startup Monumental thinks it has a solution: AI-powered bricklaying robots capable of working autonomously alongside humans. Fitted with sensors and computer vision, the fully-electric machines use small crane-like arms to place bricks and mortar with human-level precision, the startup

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DeepMind COO on building a responsible future for AI and humanity

15-02-2024 10:32 via thenextweb.com

Recently, a New Zealand-based supermarket was miffed to find its AI meal bot going haywire. Instead of providing wholesome recipe suggestions using its products, it had begun suggesting dishes such as “bleach-infused rice surprise” and “mysterious meat stew” (with the mysterious meat being human flesh). While this may have been a bit of fun for internet pranksters who prompted the bot with ever more outlandish ingredients, it also raises a growing concern. What can happe

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