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Artificial Intelligence is a key technology that can help us solve major societal challenges such as climate change, energy supply, healthcare, education or logistics. AI can solve specific problems more effectively by supporting us in decision-making, automating solutions and thus scaling them, or discovering completely new solutions. But the use of AI also poses new risks, for example when it comes to surveillance or questions of social justice.

What is our society doing with AI – and what is AI doing to our society? We shed light on this question in our AI and Society Content Hub.

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"Unlimited genius" for all: Altman's naive dream of AI equality

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Study warns: creeping AI development could lead to our 'gradual disempowerment'

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OpenAI and Microsoft may be in trouble

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"There will be no programmers in five years," believes Emad Mostaque, founder and CEO of Stability AI. In an interview, Mostaque talked about the dominant role that generative AI systems like ChatGPT are already playing in programming. Forty-one percent of the code on GitHub is already AI-generated, he said.

Mostaque is committed to open source with his company and sees open AI as a "much better business model" than closed systems.

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The European Union is seeking closer cooperation with Japan on key technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and semiconductors as part of its strategy to reduce dependence on China. EU Commissioner Thierry Breton is meeting with the Japanese government to discuss an EU-Japan Digital Partnership Council, focusing on sectors such as quantum computing and AI. The move is part of the EU's plan to "de-risk" from China and deepen ties with technology allies.

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Following feedback from a 25-city global tour, OpenAI says it is increasing its focus on making AI products like ChatGPT and GPT-4 more useful, accessible, and impactful for users and developers worldwide. The tour was led by CEO Sam Altman, who was joined by his co-founders or employees, depending on the location.

Specifically, the company is working on improving performance for languages other than English and ensuring that models perform efficiently in real-world applications, not just "lab benchmarks," it says. OpenAI also wants to "make it easier for people to guide our models toward responses that reflect a wider variety of individual needs and local cultures and contexts."

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have expressed support for the EU's AI Act following discussions with European Commission Thierry Breton. Breton's discussions with Zuckerberg suggested alignment with the EU's risk-based approach to AI regulation, including measures such as watermarking.

Altman expressed appreciation for the EU's serious approach to AI regulation and said OpenAI's goal is to work in line with the European market, including on watermarking to make AI content traceable.

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OpenAI and Anthropic raise alarm over China's Deepseek in warnings to US government

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Google's new AI mode for search might turn the Web into a World Wide Wasteland

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Anthropic launches Claude 3.7 Sonnet hybrid AI model and Claude Code programming tool

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