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With yet another new release from OpenAI, the hype around AI is more intense than ever. But there also seems to be greater public awareness of the risks.

This week Arj and Jordan evaluate efforts to make AI safer, looking particularly at the influence of larger players like OpenAI and Microsoft, and the likely consequences of the evident AI arms race.

Links:

Article about GPT-4 (The Verge) https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/15/23640047/openai-gpt-4-differences-capabilties-functions

Article about GPT-4 (Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/15/what-is-gpt-4-and-how-does-it-differ-from-chatgpt

Article about Responsible AI Network (InnovationAus) https://www.innovationaus.com/ai-ethics-alliance-to-put-australian-businesses-ahead-of-global-curve/

CSIRO report on AI concerns (InnovationAus) https://www.innovationaus.com/ai-uptake-inhibited-by-security-and-data-quality-concerns-csiro/

Article about Microsoft laying off ethics team (The Verge) https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/13/23638823/microsoft-ethics-society-team-responsible-ai-layoffs

Microsoft's responsible innovation toolkit https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/guide/responsible-innovation/

Article on history of OpenAI (MIT Technology Review) https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/02/17/844721/ai-openai-moonshot-elon-musk-sam-altman-greg-brockman-messy-secretive-reality/

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