Bill Gates: Artificial Intelligence Won’t Be as “Gloomy” as Predicted

Bill Gates says estimates of how good or bad AI will be are exaggerated. ordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg – Getty Images Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is doubling down on his support for artificial intelligence, dismissing fears that the technology could destroy humanity and take over the world. The billionaire philanthropist has long been a cautious proponent of … Read more

Governor Abbott Signs Bill to Establish Houston Public Media Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence

https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s252/audio/2023/07/qa-brown-capriglione-on-ai-advisory-council-web-mix-01.mp3?ft=nprml&f=1186938972&source=rss- forage Last month, Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 2060 into law, which will establish an Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council for the state of Texas. The council will oversee how state agencies are developing and using AI in an effort to make sure this is done responsibly. This comes on the heels of a … Read more

Bill Gates: AI could ‘undermine elections and democracy’

Microsoft founder Bill Gates thinks a powerful new AI could program deepfakes and disinformation so bad they disrupt political processes around the world. “AI-generated deepfakes and disinformation could undermine elections and democracy,” Gates said in a new blog post on Tuesday. “On a larger scale, AI-generated deepfakes could be used to attempt to crash an … Read more