Here's a glitch/bug/MASSIVE-FSCKING-PRIVACY-RISK associated with the new #Bing #chatbot feature that I haven't seen documented.

Answers from one query bleed over into another.

Earlier today I asked it about the black power salute that Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave at the 1968 Olympic Games.

Tonight I asked it about headlines referencing chatbot halluncinations.

Look what it did. It returned an utterly irrelevant answer, reflecting my previous query. How can this be production technology?

A flurry of new state legislation—in CT, IL, TX, VT, DC, IN, KY, NY, WA and the big CA—is aimed at AI harms

We (with two of my heroes -
@geomblog & @sorelle) wrote about some commonalities of, and recommendations for, the state approaches

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2023/03/22/how-california-and-other-states-are-tackling-ai-legislation/

Testing a crospost to twitter.

@cyberlyra hi Janet, a few of my colleagues are putting together a proposal for an event at FAccT and were hoping to connect with you. Would you be interested in being connected and if so what email address should I use?

There's a lot happening in the world of algorithmic governance even within the US. But you have to look closely.

The first post from our new Center at Brown (stay tuned for more) focuses on an interesting regulation: life insurance

https://cntr.substack.com/p/colorado-doi-weighs-in-on-how-to

@jdp23 thanks for sharing that pic! that's awesome

Here's a screenshot of Sen. Hasegawa holding up the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights at the hearing.

Alas despite the great hearing, the bill is almost certainly dead for the #waleg session . I updated the "what next?" section of https://privacy.thenexus.today/automated-decision-systems-regulation/#next-steps with a bit of info.

@geomblog
@emilymbender @megyoung @meg @nwprogressive @bitz @timnitGebru @schock @randomwalker @evangreer @ali @gleemie @hypervisible @jilliancyork @FrankPasquale @Wolven

@jdp23 @emilymbender @megyoung @meg @nwprogressive @bitz @timnitGebru @schock @randomwalker @evangreer @ali @gleemie @hypervisible @jilliancyork @FrankPasquale @Wolven

That's great to know!

@sara Stay tuned :)

Achievement of the year: writing a serious paper for a serious venue that includes an extended rumination on the different ways to construct a coffee maker.

Paging @__lucab

@jdp23 to clarify, you have to be a Washington Resident to comment yes?

FYI: ⬆️ for a thread on a WA state bill regulating automated decision systems. Written comments, even if short, are very helpful - you don't have to be a WA resident. And, WA residents can "sign in" to state a position without comment!

If you can't see the thread, it's at https://pnw.zone/@waprivacy/109855636017837419

Please help get the word out!

@emilymbender @megyoung @meg @nwprogressive @bitz @timnitGebru @schock @randomwalker @evangreer @ali @gleemie @geomblog @hypervisible @jilliancyork @FrankPasquale @Wolven

Absolutely everyone needs to read Ted Chiang's take on chatGPT "blurry jpg of the web" and the brilliant echoes of Kolmogorov complexity within it.

https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/chatgpt-is-a-blurry-jpeg-of-the-web

Not to mention the description of why we write (excerpted below).

https://twitter.com/rao2z/status/1624494238208778240

Twitter announced today they're completely ending academic research access to the Twitter API, adding insult to injury on API restrictions for journalists and civil society.

Are you affected? The Coalition for Independent Tech Research is here to help. Complete this form, share with anyone you know who uses Twitter data, & (optionally) join our public campaign.

https://independenttechresearch.org/letter-twitter-api-access-threatens-public-interest-research/

@alexcengler thanks!

@alexcengler Where is the original paper? (it drives me nuts when journalists don't link to source material)

Join us Feb. 8 for a discussion with IFL's Fellows, innovators from around the world who are creating and testing interventions to address information needs and inequities in key areas, including health and digital literacy. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/meet-six-information-futures-fellows-leading-innovation-in-2023-tickets-526110329157

Harvard Kennedy School is apparently firing Joan Donovan.

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/2/2/donovan-forced-leave-hks/

This might go under the radar for many, but it's an important step forward. I'll have more to say after I read the report, but the effort to democratize access to AI resources is very important, especially so when powerful tools like chatGPT are controlled by private entities.

RT @amac46@twitter.com

On Tuesday, the National AI Research Resource Task Force (which OSTP’s Tess deBlanc-Knowles co-chairs) unveiled a plan for a national cyberinfrastructure that would expand researcher access to cutting-edge AI research and development: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2023/01/24/national-artificial-intelligence-research-resource-task-force-releases-final-report/

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🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/amac46/status/1620128827296075782