May 9, 2023

This Week in Responsible AI: May 9, 2023

This Week in Responsible AI: May 9, 2023

AI harms

• Gig work and secret algorithms (podcast)

• Geoff Hinton's resignation from Google and the reaction from AI ethicists

• Positive triggering method reduces nationality bias in large text generators

• AI is being used to generate whole spam sites

Privacy

• Facebook Doesn’t Know What It Does With Your Data, Or Where It Goes: Leaked Document

• Bridging the Gaps between the Right to Explanation and the Right to be Forgotten

• Tool Shows if Your Car Might Be Tracking You, Selling Your Data

• Therapy apps are still failing their privacy checkups

Law/Policy

• "Companies thinking about novel uses of generative AI, such as customizing ads to specific people or groups, should know that design elements that trick people into making harmful choices are a common element in FTC cases, such as recent actions relating to financial offers, in-game purchases, and attempts to cancel services."

• White House launches plans for ethical AI: 1, 2

• Fair use and copyright

• Lina Khan: We Must Regulate A.I. Here’s How.

• President Biden meets with AI CEOs at the White House amid ethical criticism

• OpenAI’s regulatory troubles are only just beginning

• ChatGPT back in Italy after meeting watchdog demands

Generative AI

• Challenges of evaluating toxicity of models when models are hidden behind APIs and frequently retrained

• ChatGPT is powered by these contractors making $15 an hour

• He wrote a book on a rare subject. Then a ChatGPT replica appeared on Amazon

• AI Village at DEF CON announces largest-ever public Generative AI Red Team

• Possible solutions to generative AI's copyright issues

• Having chatbots pose questions, rather than just give answers, helps users think more critically

• The looming threat of AI to Hollywood, and why it should matter to you

Compiled by Leif Hancox-Li