The Midas Project
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- Great to see OpenAI adopting a new whistleblower policy which, while flawed in important ways, nonetheless puts the company ahead of its peers on this issue. The industry still has a long way to go, but this is a step in the right direction.
- Last August, alongside @consumerfed.bsky.social and others, we warned that xAI hadn't done enough to prevent non-consensual sexual deepfakes. Now the EU has announced its investigation into the company. Good to see regulators taking this seriously.
- We are opening an investigation into Grok because we believe that X may have breached the DSA. We have seen antisemitic content, non-consensual deepfakes of women, and child sexual abuse material. In Europe, no company will make money by violating our fundamental rights. link.europa.eu/Fh8h84
- Something strange happened on conservative Twitter on Thursday. A dozen right-wing influencers suddenly became passionate about semiconductor export policy, posting nearly identical (and often false) attacks over a 27-hour period on a bill most people have never heard of. 🧵
- The AI OVERWATCH Act is a Republican bill that would let Congress review AI chip exports to adversaries like China. It's backed by Microsoft and right-leaning think tanks. But starting January 15, influencers called it pro-China sabotage and a Democrat plot, all in unison.
- OpenAI once said its nonprofit would be entitled to "the vast majority" and "all but a fraction" of the wealth it generates. Now, in their new restructuring, they are saying it will be entitled to only 20%. (~$100b out of a $500b valuation). From "Nearly all" to "one fifth" 🙄
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- 🚨 Breaking: A group of 100+ Nobel laureates, professors, whistleblowers, public figures, artists, and nonprofit organizations just released a letter asking OpenAI to tell the truth about its restructuring. Here’s what they had to say: 🧵
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- Google: Since 2018, Google’s AI Principles have served as a living constitution, keeping us motivated by a common purpose. Also Google: 🙄
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