AI @ Noon | April 2

AI @ Noon is artificial intelligence geopolitical business news + insights for communications pros.

Is AI the biggest Brexit benefit??One of the most advanced models is avoiding the bloc.?Sean Thomas

US and UK sign landmark agreement on testing safety of AI:?Allies reach world’s first bilateral deal as global governments seek to assess and regulate risks from emerging technology.?FT

+ UK Science Minister Michelle Donelan and US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo signed the agreement on Monday.

+ Under the terms, the UK's new AI Safety Institute and its yet-to-begin US equivalent will share knowledge and exchange researchers for temporary assignments.

US, Mexico to partner on semiconductor supply chain development:?Reuters reports the United States will partner with Mexico to explore semiconductor supply chain opportunities, the State Department said, as the Biden administration pushes to reduce reliance on China and Taiwan for the technology.

How to define artificial general intelligence:?Academics and tech entrepreneurs disagree. A court may soon decide.?Economist

'Godfather of AI' speaks on threat of tech surpassing humanity:?Geoffrey Hinton believes AI is already having experiences akin to humans.'?Nikkei

How one tech skeptic decided AI might benefit the middle class:?David Autor, an MIT economist and tech contrarian, argues that AI is fundamentally different from past waves of computerization.?NYT

AI chatbots are improving at an even faster rate than computer chips:?The large language models behind AI chatbots are developing so rapidly that after eight months, a model only needs half the computing power to hit the same benchmark score - which is much faster than the rate at which computer chips improve.?New Scientist

How Silicon Valley’s ‘Oppenheimer’ found lucrative trade in AI weapons:?Anduril Industries’ Palmer Luckey is leading the start-ups infiltrating the US government’s war machine.?FT

For data-guzzling AI companies, the internet is too small:?Firms such as OpenAI and Anthropic are working to find enough information to train next-generation artificial-intelligence models.?WSJ

Why unicorn AI startups are suddenly dying:?Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is poaching top talent in the AI industry.?Observer

Just how rich are businesses getting in the AI gold rush??Nvidia and Microsoft are not the only winners.?Economist

Reuters: Microsoft to separate Teams and Office globally amid antitrust scrutiny

OpenAI?is reportedly planning to open its first Asian office in Japan later this month.

Apple?researchers developed an AI system that can facilitate more natural interactions with Siri.?

A Peter Thiel-backed AI startup, Cognition Labs, seeks $2 billion valuation:?WSJ reports funding round could increase startup’s valuation nearly sixfold in a matter of weeks, reflecting AI frenzy.

Google?pledged to destroy millions of users’ web-browsing data after being accused of misleading its customers.?

I tried the new Google. Its answers are worse.?Google’s AI-‘supercharged’ Search Generative Experience, or SGE, sometimes makes up facts, misinterprets questions and picks low-quality sources — even after nearly 11 months of public testing.?Geoffrey A. Fowler

The chess master trying to propel Google’s AI push:?Demis Hassabis is tasked with keeping Google ahead on a technology that its CEO has called more profound than the invention of fire or electricity,?WSJ

Huge AI funding leads to hype and ‘grifting’, warns DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis:?British AI pioneer says the billions of dollars being poured into start-ups is obscuring scientific progress in the field.?FT

Taco Bell and Pizza Hut are going ‘AI-first,’ Yum’s new tech chief says:?NYT reports the fast-food giant’s chief digital and technology officer calls data shared by restaurants ‘secret sauce’ for enabling AI and digital sales.

Wendy's?launched an AI loyalty platform that analyzes customer data to deliver personalized rewards.

Will AI boost productivity? Companies sure hope so.?Economists doubt that artificial intelligence is already visible in productivity data. Big companies, however, talk often about adopting it to improve efficiency.?NYT

It’s time to hand cybersecurity over to the computers:?A healthcare-industry hack shows the need for autonomous databases and operating systems.?Larry Ellison + Seema Verma

He turned 55. Then he started the world’s most important company.?Morris Chang had decades of experience before he founded a business that’s indispensable to the global economy. What can other middle-aged entrepreneurs learn from him??WSJ

With Intel tie-up, Taiwan chipmaker UMC makes US push:?Nikkei reports the company fights for market share in mature chips against TSMC, Chinese rivals.

How to stop technology leading to anarchy:?Free societies are going to have to strike a balance between liberty and control — it’s difficult but it’s also urgent.?William Hague

Enjoy the ride + plan accordingly.

-Marc