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“Alaska’s top education official relied on generative artificial intelligence to draft a proposed policy on cellphone use in Alaska schools, which resulted in a state document citing supposed academic studies that don’t exist.”
Route Fifty | A top state official used AI to draft public policy. The AI hallucinated.
Illinois has proposed $500 million in public and private funds for a quantum campus and other research facilities.
Indiana has been investing in quantum computing. yeah, everyone keeps talking about AI, but quantum computing is the sleeper issue to watch. Indiana has put in $4 million in seed money to Quantum Corridor; fostered public private partnerships between tech and universities; supported a collaborative quantum computing ecosystem; and developed a quantum-savvy workforce.
Route Fifty | What other states can learn from Indiana’s investment in quantum technology
Texas A&M Mosbaucher Institute paper argues for adopting “UCC Article 12 would therefore make Texas an attractive jurisdiction for this kind of claims trading in the digital asset economy.”
Publishers and artists are pushing back against their material being used to train AI. Reddit CEO described AI’s need for data as, ““The source of artificial intelligence is actual intelligence, and that’s what you find on Reddit.” This is ripe for regulation.
Social Media Today | Data Is the New Gold in the Generative AI Era
2024 spending growth in IT is estimated at $5.26 trillion, an increase of 7.5% from 2023. Gartner forecasts the growth to be tied to generative AI-related purchases. Interestingly, the June 2024 Deloitte Global Boardroom Program survey of nearly 500 board members and C-suite executives across 57 countries showed that 45% of boards haven’t had AI on their agenda. At all. No talk of AI. What?!
A letter by tech vendors to the House of Representatives’ AI task force is calling on policy that distinguishes between integrators and developers of AI models. An integrator doesn’t create AI but rather out retrains, modifies, and fine-tunes AI models into other products and services.
CIO Dive | Tech vendors ask US lawmakers for regulatory clarity on AI
TechCrunch reports that X is now permitting 3rd parties to train AI on your posts. Other companies are considering whether to license data to AI companies as a potential new revenue stream.
The City of Pittsburgh has an AI policy that prohibits AI use that includes sensitive data of its residents. Allegheny County has banned the use of generative AI by county employees while a task force determines parameters for AI use.
By 2027 global AI use is estimated to consume 4.2 – 6.6 billion cubic meters of water. This begs the question of whether AI and data centers should publicly report water use. @thetimes