Artificial Intelligence #242

Hey, in this issue: man arrested for creating fake bands with AI; if robots could lie, would we be okay with it?; AI’s impact on elections is being overblown; Google's AlphaProteo generates novel proteins; novel architecture makes neural networks more understandable; a survey on large language model security and privacy; and more.

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• Man arrested for creating fake bands with AI, then making $10 million by listening to their songs with bots
• If robots could lie, would we be okay with it? A new study throws up intriguing results
• [MIT TR] AI’s impact on elections is being overblown
• [Sponsored] Learn how to Score LLMs with Fiddler Trust Service: Guided Tour

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• [Google] AlphaProteo generates novel proteins for biology and health research
• Novel architecture makes neural networks more understandable
• [ArXiv] Can LLMs generate novel research ideas? A large-scale human study with 100+ NLP researchers
• [Sponsored] Machine Learning Engineering book
• [Nature] Thermodynamics-inspired explanations of artificial intelligence
• A survey on large language model security and privacy: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

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