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☕️ AI Accusations & Disinformation at Large During US Elections
AI-driven conspiracies revolving around disinformation can't seem to catch a break as Donald Trump accuses the Biden-Harris campaign of faking voter support with AI. Other key highlights include:
Elon Musk's X social media platform gets hit with multiple data protection complaints across the EU
Artists celebrate following a judge's decision to move forward with a lawsuit against generative AI art companies
Balderton Capital brings $1.3 billion in funding to European AI and tech firms
Join us at AI Tangle as we untangle this week's happenings in AI!
THE BIG AI STORY
Elon Musk's controversial social media post a few weeks ago alleged that AI was being used to spread "manipulated lies" against the Biden-Harris campaign. Now, Former President Donald Trump seems to be determined to make matters worse. As AI continues to contribute to truth decay, Donald Trump resorted to accusing his opposition, Vice President Kamala Harris, of using AI to falsely hype up her campaign.
How did the situation unfold?
On his Truth Social social media platform, Donald Trump maliciously accused Kamala Harris of using AI to fabricate crowd images at her rallies, echoing baseless conspiracy theories that circulate among his supporters. The Harris campaign firmly denied these allegations, stating that the photo in question depicts "an actual 15,000-person crowd for Harris-Walz in Michigan." Kamala Harris' campaign also took the occasion to point out Donald Trump's rather vacant campaign schedule in comparison. With how prevalent AI tools have been in spreading misinformation during elections, Trump isn't making it easier for voters to discern reality from internet conspiracy.
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Elon Musk's social media platform X, formerly Twitter, is facing multiple privacy complaints across the European Union for allegedly using user data to train AI models without consent after a user on the app spotted a curious setting indicating that X was training its Grok AI chatbot in the background. Privacy advocacy group NOYB (None of Your Business) then filed multiple complaints, arguing that X lacks a valid legal basis for EU user data use under GDPR. The Irish Data Protection Commission has already initiated legal action against X.
On Monday this week, Judge William H. Orrick of the Northern District Court of California ruled that the artists' "allegations of induced infringement are sufficient," sparking widespread celebration for the step across social media. The case will move into a discovery phase, which could allow the lawyers of the artists to examine documents from within the GenAI companies and peer inside their inner workings.
Cisco is allegedly set to lay off thousands of employees in a second round of job cuts this year to shift its focus onto higher-growth areas like cybersecurity and AI. The layoffs, similar in scale to the 4,000 jobs cut in February, will be announced along with the company's Q4 results. Cisco's diversification efforts include a $28-billion acquisition of Splunk and a $1-billion AI investment fund to try to cope with subpar demand and supply-chain constraints in its mainstay networking equipment business.
Balderton Capital, a prominent European venture capital firm, recently raised $1.3 billion across two new funds: $615 million for early-stage investments and $685 million for growth-stage companies. The firm's Europe-only focus has caused it to lose out on Silicon Valley sensations like OpenAI and Anthropic as Europe tries to play catch-up with the US. Balderton emphasizes its focus on AI applications rather than foundational models, citing the massive capital requirements of the latter.
Anysphere, a startup funded by MIT students behind the AI-powered coding assistant Cursor, recently raised over $60 million in a Series A round of funding, reaching a $400 million valuation. The funding round was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Thrive Capital, with participation from Stripe CEO Patrick Collison. As AI-powered coding assistants become evermore prevalent in the hands of young and seasoned developers alike, Anysphere is competing in a quickly growing and crowded market.
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AI READ & WATCH
When is AI Going To Start Affecting The GDP? (7-min read)
Though LLM technology has proven itself plenty capable of solving complex problems, AI still struggles with handling human-like tasks and workloads at scale, requiring organizations to take a nuanced approach to integrate the technology effectively for actual productivity gains.
Can LLMs Learn By Teaching Other LLMs? (29-min watch)
The saying "The best way to learn is to teach" has long been applied to human education, but does it apply to AI as well? YouTube channel Tunadorable delves into an AI paper to explore whether LLMs can enhance their learning by teaching other LLMs.