Video Killed the Energy Budget: Characterizing the Latency and Power Regimes of Open Text-to-Video Models
Video Killed the Energy Budget: Characterizing the Latency and Power Regimes of Open Text-to-Video Models Authors: Julien Delavande, Regis Pierrard, Sasha Luccioni Abstract: Recent advances in text-to-video (T2V) generation have enabled the creation of high-fidelity, temporally coherent clips from natural language prompts. Yet these systems come with significant computational costs, and their energy demands remain poorly understood. […]
AI Governance in Higher Education: A course design exploring regulatory, ethical and practical considerations
AI Governance in Higher Education: A course design exploring regulatory, ethical and practical considerations Authors: Raphaël Weuts (1), Johannes Bleher (2), Hannah Bleher (3), Rozanne Tuesday Flores (4), Guo Xuanyang (5), Paweł Pujszo (6), Zsolt Almási (7) ((1) KU Leuven, Belgium, (2) University of Hohenheim, Germany, (3) University of Bonn, Germany, (4) Bukidnon State University, Philippines, (5) Southwest University of Political Science and Law, China, (6) College of […]
The U.N.’s AI Turning Point
The U.N.’s AI Turning Point This article is written by Vilas Dhar for Time. For the first time in history, nearly every nation on Earth has agreed that artificial intelligence is too consequential to leave ungoverned. In a moment when global cooperation feels broken, 193 countries have chosen to act together. This week, the United […]
Ombudswoman opens inquiry concerning the development of EU standards for artificial intelligence
Ombudswoman opens inquiry concerning the development of EU standards for artificial intelligence European Ombudswoman Teresa Anjinho has opened an inquiry into how the European Commission ensures transparency, inclusiveness, and accountability in the adoption of harmonised standards for artificial intelligence (AI). The inquiry follows a complaint from a civil society organisation concerned by the fact that […]
Preparing for AI Agent Governance
Preparing for AI Agent Governance Author: Jacob Pratt Industry leaders have named 2025 the “year of agentic exploration,” foretelling the adoption of systems that will change how we interact, what jobs we perform, and even how we think. However, these innovations face significant hurdles: widespread AI agent adoption has been stifled by persistent reliability and […]
AI Act: Commission issues draft guidance and reporting template on serious AI incidents, and seeks stakeholders’ feedback
AI Act: Commission issues draft guidance and reporting template on serious AI incidents, and seeks stakeholders’ feedback Under the EU AI Act, providers of high-risk AI systems will be required to report serious incidents to national authorities. This new obligation, set out in Article 73, aims to detect risks early, ensure accountability, enable quick action, […]
Apply AI Strategy
Apply AI Strategy The Apply AI Strategy is the EU’s overarching Artificial Intelligence (AI) sectoral strategy and marks another step towards making the EU an AI Continent. The Apply AI Strategy is designed to enhance the competitiveness of strategic sectors and strengthen the EU’s technological sovereignty. It aims to boost AI adoption and innovation across […]
A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size
A small number of samples can poison LLMs of any size Authors: Alexandra Souly, Javier Rando, Ed Chapman, Xander Davies, Burak Hasircioglu, Ezzeldin Shereen, Carlos Mougan, Vasilios Mavroudis, Erik Jones, Chris Hicks, Nicholas Carlini, Yarin Gal, Robert Kirk Abstract: In a joint study with the UK AI Security Institute and the Alan Turing Institute, we found that as few as 250 malicious documents can produce a “backdoor” […]
UN Takes a Major Step on AI Governance: Resolution 79/325
UN Takes a Major Step on AI Governance: Resolution 79/325 On August 26, 2025, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 79/325, laying down the foundation for global AI governance. This marks one of the most significant international moves to date on how artificial intelligence should be studied, guided, and managed for the public good. Two New Global […]
📣 How People Use ChatGPT
📣 How People Use ChatGPT This working paper is written by Aaron Chatterji, Thomas Cunningham, David J. Deming, Zoe Hitzig, Christopher Ong, Carl Yan Shan & Kevin Wadman. Abstract: Despite the rapid adoption of LLM chatbots, little is known about how they are used. We document the growth of ChatGPT’s consumer product from its launch in November 2022 through July 2025, when […]