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Is the future of AI open or closed? Watch today’s Princeton-Stanford workshop
By Sayash Kapoor, Rishi Bommasani, Percy Liang, Arvind Narayanan Perhaps the biggest tech policy debate today is about the future of AI, especially…
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One year update: book submitted; TIME 100; Sep 21 online workshop
It's been an eventful year
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August 2023
Does ChatGPT have a liberal bias?
A new paper making this claim has many flaws. But the question merits research
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Introducing the REFORMS checklist for ML-based science
ML-based science is in trouble. Clear reporting standards for researchers could help.
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ML is useful for many things, but not for predicting scientific replicability
How the veneer of AI is used to legitimize awful ideas
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July 2023
Is GPT-4 getting worse over time?
A new paper going viral has been widely misinterpreted
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June 2023
Generative AI companies must publish transparency reports
The debate about the harms of AI is happening in a data vacuum
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Three Ideas for Regulating Generative AI
Policy input to the federal government from a Stanford-Princeton team
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Is AI-generated disinformation a threat to democracy?
An essay on the future of generative AI on social media
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Licensing is neither feasible nor effective for addressing AI risks
Non-proliferation only benefits incumbents
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May 2023
Is Avoiding Extinction from AI Really an Urgent Priority?
The history of technology suggests that the greatest risks come not from the tech, but from the people who control it
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April 2023
Quantifying ChatGPT’s gender bias
Benchmarks allow us to dig deeper into what causes biases and what can be done about it
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