As AI finds its way into more of our everyday life and work, the companies that make, or rely heavily on, the technology are trying to balance perceived productivity gains with policies that promote transparency.
The news: On Tuesday, Anthropic announced it will add watermarks to text generated by its AI models, such as Claude, in response to European regulations. Anthropic didnât specify exactly how the watermark will work, only that it will travel with the text when copied and pasted elsewhere, and that it âmayââa notable word choiceâpersist through editing.
From the source: Tech writer Katie Notopoulos questioned if this move by Anthropic, as well as AI detection at large, might devolve into a ânever-ending game of whack-a-moleâ where the tools often get it wrong. âAt what point does this become an arms race between AI users and AI detectors⌠do we ever call a truce and just go back to sending typo-filled emails[?]â she writes for Business Insider.
The context: According to TechCrunch, companies like Google, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI have also committed to adding identifiers to AI-generated content. The move to watermarking comes as institutions like MIT have stated that AI detection tools donât work, and are instead encouraging clear policies and expectations around AI use.
Canadian-founded, New York City-based AI sales unicorn Clay is adopting the latter approach. The companyâs new AI Writing Policy encourages its employees to take responsibility for every idea in their work, even if AI generated them.
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The circular nature of AI financing got more pronounced this week as the Financial Times reported that the worldâs largest financiers are assembling a $500-billion funding package for Nvidia. The chipmaker intends to use the funds to support the AI buildout that its own business supplies.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg weighed in on the open weights debate this week. In yet another lengthy tech CEO manifesto, Zuckerberg called for the US to lower barriers for open-source AI models to better compete with foreign labs. Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez lauded Zuckerbergâs stance, calling focus on progress over risks the âright vision for the future of AI.â
As global conflict increases the demand for the explosive compound nitrocellulose, it has become a national priority for Canada to produce its own. The Globe and Mail profiles CellCore Technologies, the Canadian company aiming to become a sovereign supplier by tapping into, of all things, the domestic flax industry.
Andrew Bird was just sitting on his couch, annoyed at how difficult it was to book a class at his gym. When the Australian man asked his personal AI agent to book it for him, the agent discovered vulnerabilities which it exploited to bump him up the waitlist, reports the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
