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It may soon be legal to jailbreak AI to expose how it works
It could soon become easier to break technical protection measures on AI systems in order to probe them for bias and harmful content and to learn about the data they were trained on, thanks to an exemption to US copyright law that the government is currently considering. (404 Media)
The data that powers AI is disappearing fast
Over the last year, many of the most important online web sources for AI training data, such as news sites, have blocked companies from scraping their content. An MIT study found that 5% of all data, and 25% of data from the highest-quality sources, has been restricted. (The New York Times)
OpenAI is in talks with Broadcom to develop a new AI chip
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is busy working on a new chip venture that would reduce OpenAI’s dependence on Nvidia, which has a near-monopoly on AI chips. The company has talked with many chip designers, including Broadcom, but it’s still a long shot that could take years to work out. If it does, it could significantly boost the computing power OpenAI has available to build more powerful models. (The Information)
Published: 2024-07-23T09:09:32
