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☆ AI is going to drive a new globalization: Ian Bremmer
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Tania Bryer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAI is going to drive a new globalization: Ian BremmerCNBC's Tania Bryer heads to CogX to talk to Ian Bremmer. The president of Eurasia Group reveals he believes AI will be transformative for the geopolitical order in both good and problematic ways.

Persons: Ian Bremmer CNBC's Tania Bryer, Ian Bremmer Organizations: Eurasia Group Locations: CogX

☆ 'Harry Potter' audiobook narrator Stephen Fry said AI was used to steal his voice, and warned that convincing deepfake videos of celebrities will be next
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Actor Stephen Fry issued a warning about AI cloning his voice at the CogX Festival on Thursday. Fry said his readings of the "Harry Potter" audiobooks were input into an AI and used to create new audio. Fry said it won't be long before AI is used to create "deepfake videos" of actors without consent. "They used my reading of the seven volumes of the Harry Potter books, and from that dataset, an AI of my voice was created, and it made that new narration." "It won't be long until full deepfake videos are just as convincing," he said.

Persons: Stephen Fry, Fry, Harry Potter, Duncan Crabtree Ireland, Henry Ajder Organizations: Service, Fortune, SAG, Meta's Reality Labs Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Humane-tech campaigner on the ‘AI arms race’
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHumane-tech campaigner on the ‘AI arms race’Ahead of attending U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's AI Insight Forum alongside Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Bill Gates, the co-founder & Executive Director of the Center for Humane Technology, Tristan Harris, told CNBC's Tania Bryer backstage at the 2023 CogX Festival about his fears over the "AI arms race" and the need for international regulation.

Persons: Chuck Schumer's, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Tristan Harris, CNBC's Tania Bryer Organizations: U.S, Center for Humane Technology

☆ LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman thinks pausing AI development is 'foolish' and 'anti-humanist'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Reid Hoffman dismissed efforts to pause AI development in an interview at CogX Festival. Hoffman compared the development of AI to cars which also posed many risks and dangers at first. Hoffman pointed to other powerful technologies built in the past as an example of why the letter didn't have a logical basis. AdvertisementAdvertisement"When we built the car, we didn't know about safety belts, we didn't know about window washers, we didn't know about the crumple zone," Hoffman told the audience. Experts are divided on their opinions about the rapid development of AI.

Persons: Reid Hoffman, Elon, Hoffman, Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, Pinterest, Evan Sharp, Emad Mostaque, we'd, Eliezer Yudkowsky Organizations: CogX, Service, Apple, Greylock Partners Locations: Wall, Silicon, London, OpenAI

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