5 things about AI you may have missed today: China warns of AI risks, Elon Musk as Indian groom and more
The field of artificial intelligence is one of huge extremes. While on one end, companies like Google and Microsoft are rolling out AI products virtually every day, on the other hand, major protests are taking place that want the rise of AI to be halted. And these protests include major AI researchers including the father of AI Geoffrey Hinton and the man that started the AI craze, the founder and CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman. In a development to the protests, today China also called for security measures against AI, highlighting its risks. In a separate, lighter vein, a digital artist used AI to reimagine Elon Musk as an Indian groom. This and more in our daily AI roundup. Let us take a look.
The ruling party of China, the Chinese Communist Party, called for major national security measures to mitigate the risks of AI. The call for action was given in light of the big strides taken in the field of AI. According to the official Xinhua News Agency, a meeting was held on Tuesday headed by party leader and President Xi Jinping where the need for “dedicated efforts to safeguard political security and improve the security governance of internet data and artificial intelligence” was highlighted.
The wedding photography Instagram page called Rolling Canvas Presentations shared a new image created using the help of Midjourney, an AI-powered text-to-image generator. The image reimagined billionaire Elon Musk as a groom wearing traditional North Indian attire.
The caption read, “When Elon Musk had an Indian wedding - in my imagination :) From the times when we used to paint our imagination on paper to now when we can convey our ideas to computers/AI and it brings them to reality. Fascinated to be alive at these times and be part of a
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