Gods and Robots In this episode of the podcast we shake things up! Neil is on the guest side of the table with his partner Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner to discuss their upcoming project Gods and Robots. Katherine is joined on the host side by friend of the show professor Michael Littman. See... See More Episodes arXiv Whitepapers (Beyond) Reasonable Doubt: Challenges that Public Defenders Face in Scrutinizing AI in Court Accountable use of AI systems in high-stakes settings relies on making systems contestable. In this paper we study efforts to contest AI systems in practice by studying how public defenders scrutinize AI in court. We present findings from interviews with 17 people in the U.S. public defense... Transparent AI Disclosure Obligations: Who, What, When, Where, Why, How Advances in Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) are resulting in AI-generated media output that is (nearly) indistinguishable from human-created content. This can drastically impact users and the media sector, especially given global risks of misinformation. While the currently discussed... On the Societal Impact of Open Foundation Models Foundation models are powerful technologies: how they are released publicly directly shapes their societal impact. In this position paper, we focus on open foundation models, defined here as those with broadly available model weights (e.g. Llama 2, Stable Diffusion XL). We identify five distinctive... More featured content News Articles Image recognition accuracy: An unseen challenge confounding today’s AI Automated system teaches users when to collaborate with an AI assistant Stay in the loop. Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly update on the latest podcast, news, events, and jobs postings. E-mail Leave this field blank Forget dystopian scenarios – AI is pervasive today, and the risks are often hidden AI accelerates problem-solving in complex scenarios New method uses crowdsourced feedback to help train robots How AI could reveal secrets of thousands of handwritten documents – from medieval manuscripts to hieroglyphics Using AI to optimize for rapid neural imagin Long hours and low wages: the human labour powering AI’s development Biden’s executive order puts civil rights in the middle of the AI regulation discussion Explained: Generative AI More news