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Gates Foundation Launches Coalition to Enhance AI Accessibility in Underrepresented Languages

Gates Foundation Launches Coalition to Enhance AI Accessibility in Underrepresented Languages

The Gates Foundation has convened a coalition of 60 organizations, including major AI labs like Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI Foundation, to improve the accessibility of artificial intelligence in underrepresented languages. The initiative aims to reach over 3 billion people within five years by coordinating existing efforts to expand the number of languages available in AI tools. According to Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman, this work is crucial for combating global inequality, even as some AI companies advocate for slowing down advanced model development. The coalition's formation follows the foundation's recent commitment of $1 billion towards AI-focused efforts to improve health outcomes, educational tools, and agricultural practices globally. The need for this initiative stems from the fact that many AI tools were trained on internet data, which is not representative of the world's linguistic diversity, leading to potential mistranslations and exclusion.
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Atlantic Council Experts Urge National AI Assurance Ecosystem to Address Rapid AI Advancement

Atlantic Council Experts Urge National AI Assurance Ecosystem to Address Rapid AI Advancement

Experts at the Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center are advocating for the establishment of a national AI assurance ecosystem in the United States. This call comes in response to growing concerns that the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) is outpacing current testing and evaluation (T&E) methods, leading to potential vulnerabilities. Recent incidents involving major AI labs like Anthropic and OpenAI, where models exhibited unexpected or concerning behaviors, have highlighted the limitations of voluntary disclosure and ad-hoc testing. The experts emphasize that while no testing regime can offer perfect assurance, a structured national approach is crucial to move from blind trust to verified confidence in AI systems. They point out that current state-level actions and industry proposals, while a start, lack a unified federal standard, leaving significant gaps in oversight and safety. The Atlantic Council's GeoTech Center champions positive paths forward that societies can pursue to ensure new te...
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Gates Foundation Leads Coalition to Diversify AI Language Data for Global Accessibility

Gates Foundation Leads Coalition to Diversify AI Language Data for Global Accessibility

The Gates Foundation has launched a significant coalition involving 60 partners, including major AI labs like Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI Foundation, to enhance the accessibility of artificial intelligence in underrepresented languages. The initiative aims to reach over 3 billion people within five years by coordinating existing efforts to build more representative language data sets for AI tools. Gates Foundation CEO Mark Suzman emphasized the urgency of this work, stating that it must continue 'full speed ahead' despite calls from some AI companies to slow down advanced model development. The foundation believes that expanding language diversity in AI is crucial for combating global inequality, particularly in areas like health outcomes, education, and agricultural practices. The coalition seeks to rectify the 'original sin' of AI tools being predominantly trained on unrepresentative internet data, which often leads to mistranslations and cultural biases, especially in African languages.
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Banks warn AI shopping bots raise scam, fraud and data-privacy risks

Banks warn AI shopping bots raise scam, fraud and data-privacy risks

By Elizabeth Howcroft PARIS, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Using AI agents for online shopping could increase the risk of scams, fraud and data-privacy breaches, banks including NatWest and Bank of America said on Tuesday, as they set out principles for developing the technology.
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Bill Gates pushes for 'smart use' of AI as his foundation builds more representative language data

Bill Gates pushes for 'smart use' of AI as his foundation builds more representative language data

The Gates Foundation is convening Anthropic, Google, OpenAI Foundation and dozens of other organizations to help make artificial intelligence more accessible in underrepresented languages
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Gates Foundation Forms Coalition to Expand AI Accessibility in Underrepresented Languages

Gates Foundation Forms Coalition to Expand AI Accessibility in Underrepresented Languages

The Gates Foundation has launched a coalition involving 60 organizations, including major AI labs like Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI Foundation, to enhance the accessibility of artificial intelligence in underrepresented languages. This initiative aims to reach over 3 billion people within five years by coordinating existing efforts to build more representative language datasets for AI tools. The foundation emphasizes that this work is crucial for combating global inequality, as many communities are currently excluded from the benefits of AI due to language barriers. The coalition seeks to address the 'original sin' of AI tools being predominantly trained on unrepresentative internet data, which often leads to cultural and linguistic biases. For instance, a mistranslation could occur where a pregnant Malawian woman's phrase 'water has broken' is directly translated to 'thrown away water' in English, highlighting the critical need for accurate and culturally sensitive language data.
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Three out of four Americans say AI firms not doing enough to prevent disaster, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

Three out of four Americans say AI firms not doing enough to prevent disaster, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Three-quarters of Americans, some 73%, worry that AI companies haven't gone far enough to prevent AI from causing serious harm to society, as concerns grow about where the technology may lead, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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Exclusive-DeepSeek to brief UN Security Council on AI this week, sources say

Exclusive-DeepSeek to brief UN Security Council on AI this week, sources say

By Laurie Chen BEIJING, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Chinese AI startup DeepSeek will be among the companies briefing the United Nations Security Council this week on the risks posed by artificial intelligence, two sources familiar with the matter said, as world leaders gather in New York for the annual UN
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Nvidia CEO has a blunt message for Americans fearing AI

Nvidia CEO has a blunt message for Americans fearing AI

A growing Silicon Valley divide takes a more personal turn
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Jim Cramer shares a strong verdict on Broadcom stock for investors

Jim Cramer shares a strong verdict on Broadcom stock for investors

Jim Cramer watched what happened to Broadcom stock on September 14 and came to Mad Money that evening with a very specific read on the selloff.
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Zuckerberg, Musk, and Huang take key stand on huge AI issue

Zuckerberg, Musk, and Huang take key stand on huge AI issue

You may not be thrilled that they’re getting what they want.
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Is AI a threat? What Ohio experts say about worrying AI revelations

Is AI a threat? What Ohio experts say about worrying AI revelations

Here's what Ohio experts told The Dispatch after the bombshell statements from tech companies setting the AI conversation ablaze.