In other AI news, Elon Musk's X platform blocked searches for Taylor Swift due to explicit AI-generated images, and Musk's Neuralink successfully implanted a chip into a human brain. A surgical robot is being tested on the International Space Station, Samsung's Galaxy S24 AI features will remain free for two years, and China plans to develop its own "brain-computer interface" by 2025. Lastly, a federal agency is pushing to ban AI-generated robocalls following an incident of voter suppression in New Hampshire.
Key takeaways:
- A new report reveals that AI industry lobbying efforts increased by 185 percent in 2023, with companies like OpenAI, Nvidia, and Tesla among those trying to influence Congress.
- These lobbying efforts have been aimed at steering statehouses away from new regulations that might be unfriendly to their business interests, and spreading the idea of 'effective altruism' and light touch regulatory schemas in Washington D.C.
- Elon Musk's platform X halted searches for Taylor Swift after AI-generated explicit photos of her went viral, and his startup Neuralink has implanted a neural chip in its first human subject.
- Other AI developments include a surgical robot being sent to the International Space Station to test its abilities in a microgravity environment, and China setting a timeline to develop its own 'brain-computer interface' by 2025.