EU universities have been all but left out of the UK’s AI safety summit, while arguably more important is a ground-breaking new executive order from the US, which begins to demand outside scrutiny of the potentially dangerous capabilities of AI models
After a slow start, the new instrument allowing partners in Widening countries to join a project after it starts is beginning to have an impact – but reservations remain about the way the scheme is being run
As part of measures regulating artificial intelligence, Washington will move to improve surveillance of mail-order DNA. Scientists have long warned the current global system is full of loopholes. Now, the US government says the risks are ‘potentially made worse by AI’
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