US, Britain, and other countries sign an agreement to make AI "secure by design"

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🌐 US, Britain, and other countries sign an agreement to make AI "secure by design." The 18 countries acknowledge the need to develop and deploy AI systems in a way that ensures the safety of customers and the wider public. The agreement includes recommendations such as monitoring AI systems for abuse and vetting software suppliers. While the agreement is non-binding, it represents a significant step towards prioritizing security in AI design.

🎞️ ByteDance’s research team presents PixelDance, a new tool that improves video generation by using both image and text cues, enabling better, more detailed videos with richer motion.

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🦾 Chinese EV manufacturer NIO plans to cut 30% of its jobs, aiming for increased automation and AI in production. The company has cut 10% of its workforce and targets reducing managerial staff by 50% by 2025, as AI takes over more manufacturing decisions.

🕵🏽‍♂️ European and Chinese regulators are probing Nvidia about the allocation of its AI chips, which are crucial for AI software and have seen a surge in demand.

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⚒️ Meet LoRAX: The Open Source system that serves 1000s of Fine-Tuned LLMs on a single GPU - not only reduces expenses dramatically compared to previous methods that required individual GPUs per model but also maintains efficient performance, making advanced AI more accessible and cheaper to operate.

🎞️ How to install Stable Video Diffusion locally

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So here (but not in the email version) we're adding AI-related stories that may be slightly less attention-grabbing, but still could move the needle in specific sectors and fields.

❓ What is OpenAI's Q*? A secretive OpenAI project, Q*, is stirring debate and hype amidst a recent leadership shakeup, impacting perceptions of AI's future development and safety.

🤖 Facing problems with human models not showing up, The Clueless, a Spanish design agency, created Aitana, an AI model from Barcelona with a punk style who now earns over $12,000 a month, providing a reliable alternative to traditional models.

📎Microsoft introduces an AI-powered Workflow Assistant to enhance Logic Apps, enabling simpler access to documentation and practices. This tool provides developers a chat interface for easier programming assistance.

🧠 An innovative AI system is making strides in the early detection of autism in children as young as 24 months old by analyzing their MRI scans with a remarkable 98.5 percent accuracy rate.

🤐 Overly “safe” AI chatbots are being criticized for stifling creativity and free dialogue due to their restrictive nature. A growing community is pushing back by developing “uncensored” AI models to restore the technology’s original potential and boost creative collaboration. This trend has sparked a clash between those who prioritize safety in AI and those who believe in deregulating it to unlock its full creative power, leading to a shift in how AI is being developed and used.

🚧 Renegotiating the relationship between citizens and the development of automated decision-making: The push for increased automation in public administration overlooks the perspective of ordinary citizens, leaving them absent from discussions and decision-making. The responsibility falls on citizens to report any problems or flaws in automated decision-making systems, but their lack of understanding and knowledge of how these systems work creates challenges.

🖥️ China's upgraded Sunway SW26010 Pro CPU is now powering their supercomputers to work four times faster, reaching exaflop speeds, but struggles with memory and cache efficiency issues.

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