When AI started being the tool for moderation, I was very skeptical because even human moderators have not always been successful at understanding context and making decisions. However, I’ve seen a lot of evidence that AI is increasingly able to have a good sense of the context of what is going on. Take the example of a chat room, when someone reports a line or paragraph, how can a human moderator know that this is really inappropriate? They need to understand what kind of chat room it is, sometimes read conversations before and after that line to understand if it was appropriate. It’s complic
Can we really keep kids safe online?Here’s what I really want platforms to do: Keep it simple. When we were working on parental controls at AOL in the beginning, it was sort of simple: Just allow a webpage or don’t allow a webpage. As the internet became big and interactive, it became complicated. It wasn’t because they didn’t have options. Actually, the more options, the more complex it gets. With the tools and options that are available today, we can’t expect even the most tech-savvy parents to control. It’s like sitting in an air traffic control booth all day and navigating, controlling, and overseeing what kids do. We need
Can we really keep kids safe online?… Global Dispatch Pope’s encyclical raises questions on who gets to shape AI The encyclical provides an ethical and moral framework for AI, but one that is steeped in Catholicism and ignores the faiths and practices of a majority of the world’s population. …
… Between the extremes are those trying to think through where the gains and losses of AI will fall. In realist circles, it has become common to speak of AI in the language of an arms race , a comfortingly familiar frame that pits the West against a rising China . …
… By Kinling Lo Global Dispatch Pope’s encyclical raises questions on who gets to shape AI The encyclical provides an ethical and moral framework for AI, but one that is steeped in Catholicism and ignores the faiths and practices of a majority of the world’s population. …
… The most common question I got from engineers on both sides was the same: “Do you write with AI now?” Politicians and tech leaders talk endlessly about competition. Last week, Anthropic called for tighter chip export controls for China to make sure America leads in AI. …
… General Assembly resolution on AI was about the need for safe, secure and trustworthy AI systems, and the application of human rights to AI. There was also a resolution on international cooperation in AI capacity-building. …
… Still, the excitement around Moltbot is spreading as tech enthusiasts around the world eagerly await the next chapter of the AI revolution: something that goes beyond coding and answering questions, and into everyday chores. Tech giants are now racing to build AI assistants. …
… The Pax Silica initiative , launched as recently as January, brought the UAE and Qatar into a U.S.-led effort focused on semiconductor supply chains and export controls. …
… These inexpensive, commercially available tools can undermine even the most advanced military systems, accelerating a shift toward “forever wars,” the Institute for Economics and Peace think tank said in its most recent Global Peace Index . “Technological innovation, particularly in drone warfare a… …
… OpenAI, G42, Oracle, Nvidia, and SoftBank announced Stargate UAE , a planned 5-gigawatt AI campus in Abu Dhabi that would be the largest outside the U.S. Amazon committed $5 billion to an AI hub in Riyadh with Saudi Arabia’s Humain. …
… The longer we wait, the harder it gets to change course. Global Dispatch What AI race? China and U.S. AI worlds are tightly connected Despite geopolitical tensions, Chinese and American AI industries remain intertwined through research networks, collaboration, and a shared cultural identity. …