Good morning, and happy Monday. This week I am tired after jet lag, and some illness, so very little chat from my end.
Just to flag, because I’ll be reading it properly later, UNESCO have released a paper on ethics and AI (which I think is the first from a UN organisation?).
There is a piece in the conversation about brining back oral exams due to chatGPT. Obviously something needs to be done with chatGPT and how we examine, but I’m super skeptical of oral exams, given how much they are likely to impact on students with anxiety, etc. I used to teach somewhere with a very geographically diverse student body, and the differences in results for the one month take home exams versus the three hour sit down in a hall exam were astounding.
And for the Monday that’s in it, today’s tune…
Thanks as every to Sarah Zarmsky, next week’s newsletter will be coming to you from sunny California hopefully! So, if you are in the Bay Area and fancy a chat, please do get in touch.
Websites
OpenAI’s hunger for data is coming back to bite it, MIT Technology Review
ChatGPT and Advanced AI Face New Regulatory Push in Europe, The Wall Street Journal
Against AIdeology: A Marxist Analysis of Artificial Intelligence, Counter Punch
Turning AI to Crime, Communications of the ACM
UK police double down on ‘improved’ facial recognition, Computer Weekly
‘I didn’t give permission’: Do AI’s backers care about data law breaches?, The Guardian
How ChatGPT and similar AI will disrupt education, Science News
Artificial intelligence is infiltrating health care. We shouldn’t let it make all the decisions., MIT Technology Review
Generative AI risks concentrating Big Tech’s power. Here’s how to stop it., MIT Technology Review
From pope’s jacket to napalm recipes: how worrying is AI’s rapid growth?, The Guardian
Artificial Intelligence: examples of ethical dilemmas, UNESCO
Artificial intelligence – coming to a government near you soon?, The Guardian
Who Should Be Held Liable for AI’s Harms?, The Washington Post
Who Will You Be After ChatGPT Takes Your Job?, WIRED
Using A.I. in Everyday Life, The New York Times
How AI is Restoring Voices Damaged by ALS Using Voice Banking, The Washington Post
Fresh concerns raised over sources of training material for AI systems, The Guardian
AI-generated spam may soon be flooding your inbox – and it will be personalized to be especially persuasive, The Conversation
ChatGPT: lessons learned from Italy’s temporary ban of the AI chatbot, The Conversation
In this era of AI photography, I no longer believe my eyes, The Guardian
News coverage of artificial intelligence reflects business and government hype — not critical voices, The Conversation
How ChatGPT—and Bots Like It—Can Spread Malware, WIRED
Google calls for relaxing of Australia’s copyright laws so AI can mine websites for information, The Guardian
Why universities should return to oral exams in the AI and ChatGPT era, The Conversation
AI has social consequences, but who pays the price? Tech companies’ problem with ‘ethical debt’, The Conversation
You asked: How will deepfakes and AI affect the 2024 election?, The Washington Post
Photographer admits prize-winning image was AI-generated, The Guardian
MPs condemn Frasers Group’s use of facial recognition cameras in stores, The Guardian
Investigative journalism and algorithmic fairness, Algorithm Watch
Civil society statement: we call on members of the EU Parliament to ensure the AI Act protects people and our rights,Algorithm Watch
Police cameras won Big Brother Awards in Czechia, EDRi
A ‘ChatGPT’ For Satellite Photos Already Exists, Defense One
Blog Posts
The Developing Law of AI Regulation: A Turn to Risk Regulation, Lawfare
The AI Act Shall Say ‘Goodbye’ to “GDPR Jigsaw” on Automated Decision-Making, RAILS
ChatGPT Unbound, Lawfare
Journal Articles
*Disclaimer: The selected articles and chapters were not evaluated for their research methods and do not necessarily reflect the views of the AI & Human Rights Blog
The Incompatibility of Artificial Intelligence and Citizens United, Michael R Siebecker, Ohio State Law Journal
Predictive Privacy: Collective Data protection in the Context of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data, Rainer Mühlhoff, Big Data & Society
Events
Ethics in AI Lunchtime Research Seminars, University of Oxford (in person and online)