Tuesday's International #JazzDay 🎷🎺 is an opportunity to celebrate the power of jazz as a universal language of freedom to promote mutual understanding, tolerance and solidarity. un.org/en/observances…

NEW: Today, DHS unveils new resources to address threats posed by AI, marking 180 days since President Biden’s Executive Order, “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.' Read more ⤵️ dhs.gov/news/2024/04/2…

“Six months later, the second AI Safety Summit, a primarily virtual event co-hosted by Britain and South Korea, will take place as hype around artificial intelligence’s potential gives way to questions over its limitations.” reuters.com/technology/sec… Reuters

“Finnish airline Finnair today suspended flights to Tartu, Estonia, due to interference with GPS signals over the Baltic Sea region that Estonian authorities blamed on Russia.” politico.eu/article/estoni… POLITICOEurope

“ #Japan is dramatically ramping up its support for the semiconductor industry. Between the financial years 2021 and 2023, which ended on March 31, the country invested 3.9 trillion yen (€23.17 billion, $24.8 billion) in the sector.” dw.com/en/why-japan-i… DW Deutsche Welle

“Understanding the geopolitics of the next 1/2-century requires understanding .. China .. large & economically powerful .. does not yet possess the ability or knowledge to build the sophisticated machinery one needs to manufacture the most advanced chips.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

New: The White House says agencies have met all the 180-day deadlines in Biden's AI EO, including several key safety and security projects like issuing guidelines for AI use in critical infrastructure. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

USC Commencement: It's On! See all the Commencement Week events going on from May 8-11 at commencement.usc.edu

In the six months since President Biden enacted his historic Executive Order on AI, U.S. Commerce Dept. has been working hard to research and develop the guidance needed to safely harness the potential of AI.

Today, we’re announcing new actions related to the EO. commerce.gov/news/press-rel…

“Questions over penalties .. powers of the eSafety Commissioner, whether digital platforms have a duty of care to their users & further steps required to act .. best interest of children will also fall under the microscope.” canberratimes.com.au/story/8609680/… Canberra Times Julie Inman Grant

Today the FCC has fined US telcos $200 million for illegally sharing phone location data. This comes after a NYTimes investigation into how corrupt law enforcement were using this data, and then my investigation on bounty hunters being able to buy it docs.fcc.gov/public/attachm…

' .. list includes OpenAI CEO Sam Altman & NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang; Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell & Maryland Gov. Wes Moore .. Maya Wiley .. Rumman Chowdhury .. CEOs of Alphabet, Amazon Web Services Delta Airlines, IBM, Adobe, Northrop Grumman ..' therecord.media/dhs-artificial… The Record From Recorded Future News

“ .. while some states have enacted laws allowing consumers to opt out of having their personal information sold, these protections vary widely and typically do not include connected-car data, leaving many privacy gaps.” reuters.com/legal/legalind… Reuters #Privacy #ConnectedCars

“It is the most extraordinary thing,” says Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, “that a normal dishwasher-busboy could grow up to be this.” An immigrant from Taiwan, Huang has been CEO of Nvidia for over 30 years and says he is still eager to create new technology. cbsn.ws/3WiNvU8

About one-quarter of U.S. adults over age 50 who are not yet retired say they expect to never retire and 70% are concerned about prices rising faster than their income, an AARP survey finds. to.pbs.org/3W9JjpH

“ ‘If you’re getting invited to a bunch of cool parties, embassies, and all that kind of stuff, just remember, it is your job and your title, and your news organization that’s getting invited, and not you, okay?’ “ washingtonpost.com/style/power/20… The Washington Post #LifeLesson #BrandNotYou

“late 2022 with the arrival of the ChatGPT online chatbot, Google put Dr. Hassabis in charge of its A.I. research. Mr. Suleyman .. founding .. Inflection AI .. struggled to gain traction before Microsoft unexpected hired him and most of his employees.” nytimes.com/2024/04/29/tec…

Monday's digit - 4/10: I like warm weather but 92 in April is too hot too soon. Jason, CWG

“The head of Indian IT company Tata Consultancy Services .. said artificial intelligence would result in ‘minimal’ need for call centres in as soon as a year, with AI’s rapid advances set to upend a vast industry across Asia and beyond.” afr.com/world/asia/ai-… Financial Review

“Vice-chancellors from 24 leading institutions .. Oxford, Cambridge & Imperial College London, were briefed on the threat by the domestic security service’s director general, Ken McCallum & National Cybersecurity Centre (NCSC UK) chief, Felicity Oswald.” theguardian.com/technology/202…