In other news, big tech companies including Google, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok, Adobe, and OpenAI have pledged to defend against political deepfakes. The pledge, which is nonbinding and voluntary, was made at the Munich Security Conference. Despite this, the companies have so far failed to create AI systems that can detect deepfakes. The pledge includes developing technologies, standards, open-source tools, and user information features to counter the risks from the creation and dissemination of deceptive AI election content.
Key takeaways:
- Andrej Karpathy, one of OpenAI’s original founding members, has left the company to pursue personal projects. This is the first executive departure since CEO Sam Altman was briefly fired and reinstated in November.
- OpenAI is planning to raise as much as $7 trillion in new capital to produce more graphics-processing chips (GPUs), which could draw attention from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
- Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor have launched a new AI company, Sierra, that uses conversational AI to help brands build smarter customer service agents. The company has already been testing its product with brands like WeightWatchers, SiriusXM, and Sonos.
- At the Munich Security Conference, major tech companies including Google, Meta, Microsoft, TikTok, Adobe, and OpenAI will pledge to make efforts to keep political deepfakes off their platforms and to prevent their tools from creating such content.