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In today’s Daily Update:
🗞️ OpenAI lays out new AI safety plan
🤖 TomTom creates conversational assistant for vehicles
📸 Airbnb leverages AI to crack down on New Year’s Eve parties
🚨 AI Roundup: Four quick hits
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TOP STORY
🗞️ OpenAI lays out new AI safety plan
Source: OpenAI
OpenAI just adopted a new safety preparedness framework to protect against catastrophic risks posed by increasingly powerful AI models.
What you should know:
A dedicated “Preparedness” team will evaluate AI models’ capabilities and map out emerging risks.
A new Safety Advisory Group will review all reports and send them to leadership and the board of directors.
OpenAI’s board has been granted the right to reverse decisions about rolling out new models.
The framework also builds foundations for the safety of superintelligent models that OpenAI hopes to build in “a more distant future.”
Why it matters: AI safety is a top priority for researchers after last month’s OpenAI board drama. This initiative establishes a strong initial framework for evaluating and managing the real-world risks of highly advanced AI models.
AI INSIGHT
🤖 TomTom creates conversational assistant for vehicles
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Digital mapping specialist TomTom announced today that it has partnered with Microsoft to create an AI-powered conversational assistant for vehicles.
The details:
The assistant will allow users to “converse naturally with their vehicles.”
It also enables voice interaction with infotainment, location search and vehicle command systems.
TomTom used various Microsoft offerings like its Azure OpenAI Service to create the voice assistant.
The company previously launched a plug-in for ChatGPT that allows users to plan trips and explore new places using its maps.
The relevance: Imagine being able to map out a road trip or control your AC by talking to your car. Companies like TomTom are investing significant amounts of time and money to achieve this seemingly excessive level of automation.
BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
📸 Airbnb leverages AI to crack down on New Year’s Eve parties
Source: Airbnb
Airbnb is deploying AI-powered technology to reduce the risk of unauthorized and disruptive parties in local neighborhoods.
Key points:
Airbnb is activating proprietary AI and ML technology in several countries and regions globally.
The system identifies potentially higher-risk one, two and three night booking attempts for listings over the holiday weekend.
Airbnb’s anti-party measures blocked over 80,000 booking attempts last NYE.
The company’s system was also deployed across the U.S. and Canada earlier this year during Halloween weekend.
The bottom line: AI technology has enhanced Airbnb’s ability to enforce its global party ban. Although this is a buzzkill for many vacationers, Airbnb says it’s doing its part to promote responsible travel.
MORE TRENDING NEWS
🚨 AI Roundup: Four quick hits
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Hot Take: Bill Gates predicts AI development in 2024 will set the stage for a “massive technology boom.”
Protection Plan: Consulting giant Deloitte is using AI to prevent layoffs.
Behind Bars: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan uses AI to campaign from prison.
Controversy Continues: News publisher files class action antitrust suit against Google.
THAT’S ALL FOR TODAY