safety

OpenAI’s new safety board has more power and no Sam Altman
16 Sep

OpenAI’s new safety board has more power and no Sam Altman

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OpenAI has announced significant changes to its safety and security practices, including the establishment of a new independent board oversight committee. This move comes with a notable shift: CEO Sam Altman is no longer part of the safety committee, marking a departure from the previous structure.The newly formed Safety and Security Committee (SSC) will be chaired by Zico Kolter, Director of the Machine Learning Department at Carnegie Mellon University. Other key members include Quora CEO Adam D'Angelo, retired US Army General Paul Nakasone, and Nicole Seligman, former EVP and General Counsel of Sony Corporation.This new committee replaces the previous Safety…
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The US government may be preparing to investigate internet retail giants like Shein and Temu
05 Sep

The US government may be preparing to investigate internet retail giants like Shein and Temu

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Online retailers like Temu and Shein are known for selling cheap products like baby clothes, kitchen gadgets and electronics. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) wants to know the true costs that foreign online retailers are cutting to sell these products at lower prices.CPSC commissioners Peter Feldman and Douglas Dziak released a joint statement today calling for their staff to evaluate the operations of foreign e-commerce sites. The statement cites Shein and Temu as two online retail companies that “raise specific concerns.”Recent news reports of “deadly baby and toddlers products” being sold on these platforms started to raise red flags…
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Amazon Has to Recall More Than 400,000 Dangerous Products
31 Jul

Amazon Has to Recall More Than 400,000 Dangerous Products

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Amazon failed to adequately alert more than 300,000 customers to serious risks—including death and electrocution—that US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) testing found with more than 400,000 products that third parties sold on its platform.The CPSC unanimously voted to hold Amazon legally responsible for third-party sellers' defective products. Now, Amazon must make a CPSC-approved plan to properly recall the dangerous products—including highly flammable children's pajamas, faulty carbon monoxide detectors, and unsafe hair dryers that could cause electrocution—which the CPSC fears may still be widely used in homes across America.While Amazon scrambles to devise a plan, the CPSC summarized the ongoing…
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OpenAI Touts New AI Safety Research. Critics Say It’s a Good Step, but Not Enough
17 Jul

OpenAI Touts New AI Safety Research. Critics Say It’s a Good Step, but Not Enough

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OpenAI has faced opprobrium in recent months from those who suggest it may be rushing too quickly and recklessly to develop more powerful artificial intelligence. The company appears intent on showing it takes AI safety seriously. Today it showcased research that it says could help researchers scrutinize AI models even as they become more capable and useful.The new technique is one of several ideas related to AI safety that the company has touted in recent weeks. It involves having two AI models engage in a conversation that forces the more powerful one to be more transparent, or “legible,” with its…
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