AI Chronicles — 22nd January 2024
One of our directors, Raymond Sun has had his take on the new interim report on AI policy that the government came out with this week
We can see the full Australian Parliament release here https://consult.industry.gov.au/supporting-responsible-ai
Here’s what others thought about it with HSF for example https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/insights/2024-01/australian-government-announces-mandatory-regulation-for-high-risk-AI
There was also the ABC report which included Minister Ed Husic but where experts criticised it as not doing enough
In other news, another member of our community, Mark (and his NotCentralised crew) had some good news being announced as tech partners for the upcoming Blockchain Australia Policy Forum where they’ll use their AI tool (SIKE) to analyse the upcoming meetings transcripts. You can see the announcement here:
And more on the AI tool from SIKE here
We also saw The Builders Club announcing their upcoming demo day in this post from Annie Liao so check it out
Here’s a great example of AI being used to not just translate the voice but to also change the image to make new Argentinian president Javier Millie speak in English even though the original was not
https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1747890393663017188?t=PSxekcuCcm2OKpeT_KALKA&s=19
You can even test it against what Elon posted here as you can hear the translator
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1747865288429682866?t=x8kvmC7jh4kjeCRoL-K27Q&s=19
Deception in GPTs? Michael Kollo highlights this interesting paper on the topic from Anthropic
And an update to the AI regulations in Australia looks likely
Finally, Google was able to make a pretty big research breakthrough here with AI passing Math Olympiad tests
Stay curious and informed as we navigate the fascinating world of AI together!
Mark Monfort
Editor, Data Science & AI Association of Australia (DSAI)
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