Weekly bulletin from AIport, issue #2

The US outlaws AI calls, the UK government posts an AI white paper, AI reads an ancient Roman scroll, and much more.

Welcome to the second issue of our weekly bulletin – your trusted source for the most current and noteworthy AI developments from around the world. We remain committed to bringing you a diverse array of content, covering everything from the latest AI solutions and regulations to the newest AI research.

As always, we value your input and encourage you to share your thoughts with us. With that said, let’s dive into another week of AI insights and discoveries!

America:

• The Federal Communications Commission in the US outlaws AI-generated phone calls.

• ETS, the maker of an internationally recognized English language exam TOEFL, announces TOEFL® TestReady™ – the first official test preparation platform that leverages AI to offer students personalized training. 

• Apple releases a new multimodal LLM called MGIE, developed at the University of California, which allows users to edit images using verbal instructions alone.

• LinkedIn introduces a new AI chatbot to help its premium users find the most suitable positions, fix their CVs, and prepare for job interviews. 

• According to the latest Open LLM Leaderboard ratings by Hugging Face, Smaug72B – a new language model from Abacus AI – is now the best open-source LLM in the world.

• Following last week’s deepfake scandals, both Meta and Open AI begin to embed metadata in images produced and posted on their platforms, marking them as AI-generated whenever applicable. 

Europe:

• AI helps scientists read a papyrus scroll from ancient Rome buried during the AD79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which destroyed the city of Pompeii in what is now south-western Italy.

• After a 10-month-long AI regulation consultation, the British government publishes a command paper on its website, outlining the nation’s key AI goals, policies, and strategies.  

• The EU Commission proposes to update the child sexual abuse law across Member States to include deep fakes and other AI-generated material.

Asia:

• In Hong Kong, authorities utilize AI-controlled thermal cameras to solve the city’s rat problem. 

• Microsoft’s CEO, Satya Nadella, announces a partnership with India’s Sarvam AI, aimed at bringing the startup’s LLM to Microsoft Azure and facilitating further development of GenAI apps.

• ANALYTICAL INSIGHT: New data from GitHub reveals that the fastest-growing populations of programmers are located in Bangladesh, Nigeria, and Pakistan. An earlier GitHub report found that 92% of coders utilized AI tools, potentially suggesting that these three nations may also be some of the most AI-reliant in software development.