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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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US think tank warns of "reverse brain drain" in China's AI sector

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Researchers used AI to manipulate Reddit users, scrapped study after backlash

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xAI alters Grok chatbot to shield Elon Musk from misinformation claims

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A recent survey shows that nearly 7 in 10 Canadian employees have used ChatGPT at work, despite the fact that only 4% of Canadian businesses use AI. The study, conducted by GetApp among 600 full- and part-time employees, shows that more than 80% of respondents believe generative AI tools have increased their productivity.

Text editing, idea generation, data analysis, and email composition are the top uses of AI tools. However, only 42% report "meticulously reviewing and verifying every response," while 49% say they have performed some checks.

While 600 people isn't a lot for a study like this, it reflects the trend that other studies have shown, with OpenAI predicting that large-scale language models will impact the work of about 80% of U.S. workers.

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Creative Commons supports an open letter from a group of artists who use generative AI tools in their work, calling for an inclusive and informed discussion on the topic. These artists emphasize that AI tools enable accessibility and innovation in artistic fields that have traditionally been limited to those with financial means, able bodies, and social connections.

They argue for the responsible development of generative AI for the benefit of humanity as a whole, and advocate for the inclusion of artists' perspectives in regulatory discussions. The artists demand a seat at the table from US Congress: "We use AI tools daily and will provide an important perspective to this increasingly pressing discussion."

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Over 70 large language models with more than a billion parameters have been released in China, according to Baidu CEO Robin Li. Baidu joins other Chinese companies, including SenseTime and AI startups Baichuan Intelligent Technology, Zhipu AI, and MiniMax, that have launched AI chatbots after receiving regulatory approval. The latest version of Baidu's AI chatbot, Ernie 3.5, was recently released to the general Chinese public.

While over a billion parameters is not much, with some models breaking the trillion parameter barrier, there is still a place for smaller, specialized models, and it still shows the overall speed at which the Chinese AI industry is trying to bring commercially viable AI models to market. However, they are handicapped by hardware, as US regulations prevent the export of Nvidia's latest AI chips, the A100 and H100 to China and other countries. OpenAI's ChatGPT is not available in China.

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