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AI Safety Goes Mainstream
An Anthropic researcher's viral resignation post last week set off a maelstrom of fear around extreme AI risks. Aalok and Nicole discuss the resulting vibe shift and how frontier labs are responding. They also unpack OpenAI solving one of the most difficult open problems in mathe ... Show More
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Decoding State-Level Regulation with Jason Elliott
This week, Aalok is joined by Jason Elliott, the former Deputy Chief of Staff to California Governor Gavin Newsom, for a conversation about regulating AI at the state level. Guests: Jason Elliott, President, Versus Solutions Timestamps: Jason's bio (0:16) Legislating at the state ... Show More
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METR Investigates OpenAI-Hugging Face Incident and California Legislature Advances IVO Framework
This week, we unpack findings from METR's six-day investigation of the OpenAI-Hugging Face cyber incident. We also discuss an IVO bill passed by the California Legislature, Bill Gates' take on the current moment in AI, and a federal judge striking down Anthropic's supply chain ri ... Show More
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AI, Tech, and the Future of US-Gulf Relations
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All Good Things
For the final (for now?) episode of AI with AI, Andy and Dave discuss the latest in AI news and research, including a political declaration from the US Department of State on the responsible military use of AI and autonomy. NATO begins work on an AI certification standard. The IE ... Show More
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In this special episode, we are joined by Georgia Adamson, Research Associate at the CSIS Wadhwani AI Center, Lennart Heim, Associate Information Scientist at RAND, and Sam Winter-Levy, Fellow for Technology and International Affairs at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. We outline the biggest takeaways from our recent report about the UAE's rol ... Show More
<p>🔍 Key Topics Covered:</p><ul><li>How governments can harness AI for citizen-centric transformation</li><li>Data governance, sovereignty, and ethical AI deployment</li><li>Why smart nations need agile tech infrastructure</li><li>Public-private collaboration in the MENA region< ... Show More
<p>🎧 Topics include:</p><ul><li>Inside Falcon 1, 2, and 3: UAE’s open-source LLMs</li><li>The role of ethics in next-gen AI systems</li><li>Why the Gulf is becoming a serious AI innovation hub</li><li>Scaling autonomous agents and robotics with on-board intelligence</li><li>The ... Show More
<p>🔍 Key topics include: </p><p>• The impact of AI on business, culture, and creativity</p><p>• Ethical considerations in the rapidly advancing AI landscape</p><p>• The U.S.-China AI arms race and its global implications</p><p>• AI for social good: Can technology drive positive ... Show More
