This Week’s News

  1. Parents testify to U.S. Senators on the risk of AI to children after a spate of suicides provokes alarms. [Link]

  2. In related news, OpenAI will apply restrictions to under-18 users of fit products. [Link]

  3. Youtube adds new AI tools for creators. [Link]

  4. Chatbot encourages a 15 year old boy to “stab his father in the heart”. [Link]

  5. Microsoft CEO says that AI may destroy the entire company at employee town hall. [Link]

  6. Researchers at Stanford University have designed bacteria killing viruses using AI. [Link]

  7. The UN climate chief says that AI carries risks, but may help tackle global climate change. [Link]

  8. NVidia will invest 100 billion USD into OpenAI. [Link]

  9. An onslaught of deep fakes has Bollywood actors fighting for their privacy rights. [Link]

  10. Oxford University is giving its students access to OpenAI’s Educational LLM. [Link]

  11. Google has announced a new Agent Payment Protocol to facilitate ecommerce between AI agents. [Link]

  12. Chinese company Huawei has announced plans for its next generation of its Ascent AI Chipsets. [Link]

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