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Shared emphasis Why Congress Must Codify a Chatbot Duty of Care Concern & critique · 2 attributable reactions
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Why Congress Must Codify a Chatbot Duty of Care

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 2 attributable expert contributions · Justin Hendrix, Tech Policy Press
“When it comes to AI chatbots, "Congress should not expect parents to shoulder the burden of unsafe product design," writes Americans for Responsible Innovation's Brandie Nonnecke. Her recommended fix: an enforceable duty of care.” evidence ↗
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Justin Hendrix Tech Policy Press
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New Policy & governance Signal 21h ago

Opinion | Hugging Face attack: Chinese rescue shows value of open AI governance

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Social Media Lab
“Interesting take, but do take it with a grain of salt. "How a Chinese model stopped a cyberattack when US guard rails failed" www.scmp.com/opinion/chin...” evidence ↗
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Social Media Lab

“Interesting take, but do take it with a grain of salt. "How a Chinese model stopped a cyberattack when US guard rails failed" www.scmp.com/opinion/chin...”

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New Models & releases Signal 20h ago

How the OpenAI-Hugging Face Hack May Affect the Geopolitics of AI Governance

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Tech Policy Press
“Hugging Face said a July breach was "driven, end to end, by an autonomous AI agent system." That system, it turned out, was operated by OpenAI. Vinh Nguyen and Graham Webster joined the Tech Policy Press podcast to discuss what the incident may mean for the…” evidence ↗
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Tech Policy Press

“Hugging Face said a July breach was "driven, end to end, by an autonomous AI agent system." That system, it turned out, was operated by OpenAI. Vinh Nguyen and Graham Webster joined the Tech Policy Press podcast to discuss what the incident may mean for the…”

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UN panel warns AI concentration

UN Scientific Panel Warns of AI Concentration, But UN’s Vision Entrenches It

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Tech Policy Press
““The UN’s global AI governance discourse appears to simultaneously throttle the gas and brakes on AI, promoting global AI adoption while it warns about the serious risks it poses to society,” writes Bradley McNeil. Its AI vision risks entrenching the very c…” evidence ↗
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Tech Policy Press

““The UN’s global AI governance discourse appears to simultaneously throttle the gas and brakes on AI, promoting global AI adoption while it warns about the serious risks it poses to society,” writes Bradley McNeil. Its AI vision risks entrenching the very c…”

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4 experts · 7 posts · 14h ago
Ted Underwood Meredith Martin Shubhendu Trivedi Marco Z
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“Yes, of course. I used to think of it as the primary motivation, and it likely still is. But I think that that underestimates the well-meaning but dangerous utopia-dystopia imagination induced mega…” evidence ↗
Reaction converging Policy & governance · 3
Ted Underwood: On reflection I’m not sure I respect the candor either, because, does Amodei have any expectation this will persuade ppl in tech? Surely not. Perhaps the actual audience for this is policy makers i…
Shubhendu Trivedi: Over time I have come to the conclusion that a lot of this isn't as much about regulatory capture and becoming a designated economic tollbooth (although there's that too). It's more like they reall…
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3 experts · 12 posts · 7h ago
Ted Underwood jake tachikoma
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“That only raises the bar for being concerned with it being *only* in the hands of a “flawed democracy”, no? Besides: China *will* get this tech, and it *will* proliferate. Best help prepare for a w…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Opportunity & adoption · 1 Questions & unknowns · 1
tachikoma: this regime ends in 2029, but what comes next? what if it's worse, not just ideologically but in terms of vision and competence?
tachikoma: we should try to avoid that outcome by building resilience, which i think comes from decentralization, on the web and in the physical world
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4 experts · 6 posts · 13h ago
Damien Williams Karl Bode Erin Kissane tweety fish
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“it's also really just...quite hollow? Like it's not really very interesting? And that's even before it leans into the lazy "many sectors use more water than AI therefore all environmental criticism…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Policy & governance · 1
Damien Williams: I'm reading the "environmentalists are wrong about data centers" piece from the NYT and ohmygoditssofuckingbad. Apparently, so long as you're punching left, they'll just let you say any goddamn thi…
Damien Williams: And, again: golf courses and flat lawns and monocropping agribusiness practices are ALSO BAD. *More Than One Thing Can Be Bad*!
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3 experts · 3 posts · 7h ago
Justin Hendrix James Grimmelmann Jed Brown
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“BTW, this strikes me as an easy case for strict liability. It’s like a wild animal or ultrahazardous activity. You train and evaluate a frontier agentic model at your own risk, and if it escapes yo…” evidence ↗
Shared emphasis Concern & critique · 2
James Grimmelmann: BTW, this strikes me as an easy case for strict liability. It’s like a wild animal or ultrahazardous activity. You train and evaluate a frontier agentic model at your own risk, and if it escapes yo…
Justin Hendrix: BTW, this strikes me as an easy case for strict liability. It’s like a wild animal or ultrahazardous activity. You train and evaluate a frontier agentic model at your own risk, and if it escapes yo…
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