AI Safety Index – Summer 2025
AI Safety Index – Summer 2025 Source: Future of Life Institute AI systems are growing increasingly powerful as tech companies drive toward artificial general intelligence (AGI) and beyond. Just as functioning breaks give drivers the confidence to accelerate, effective AI safety measures give society the confidence to innovate and adopt AI. Competitive pressures can incentivize […]
đź“Ł The Regulation of Fine-Tuning: Federated Compliance for Modified General-Purpose AI Models
đź“Ł The Regulation of Fine-Tuning: Federated Compliance for Modified General-Purpose AI Models Authors: Philipp Hacker and Matthias Holweg Abstract: This paper addresses the regulatory and liability implications of modifying general-purpose AI (GPAI) models under the EU AI Act and related legal frameworks. We make five principal contributions to this debate. First, the analysis maps the […]
How to Scale GenAI in the Workplace
How to Scale GenAI in the Workplace Authors: Michael Wade, Konstantinos Trantopoulos, Mark Navas, and Anders Romare AS GENERATIVE AI’S EVOLUTION CONTINUES, the next challenge for leaders is clear: making GenAI scale and deliver measurable value across their organizations.1 As companies move from experimentation to enterprisewide adoption, many struggle not with the tools themselves but with […]
Meta says it won’t sign the EU’s AI code of practice
Meta says it won’t sign the EU’s AI code of practice This article was written by Will Shanklin for Engadget. Meta said on Friday, July 18th, 2025, that it won’t sign the European Union’s new AI code of practice. The guidelines provide a framework for the EU’s AI Act, which regulates companies operating in the European […]
General-Purpose AI Code of Practice now available
General-Purpose AI Code of Practice now available On July 10, 2025, the European Commission has received the final version of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, a voluntary tool developed by 13 independent experts, with input from over 1,000 stakeholders, including model providers, small and medium-sized enterprises, academics, AI safety experts, rightsholders, and civil society organisations. The Code is designed […]
A Swiss LLM: A language model built for the public good
A Swiss LLM: A language model built for the public good This article is written by Florian Meyer, Corporate Communications and MĂ©lissa Anchisi, Head of AI Communication EPFL Earlier this week in Geneva, around 50 leading global initiatives and organisations dedicated to open-source LLMs and trustworthy AI convened at the International Open-Source LLM Builders Summit. Hosted […]
📣 The European Union’s AI Act: Beyond Motherhood and Apple Pie?
đź“Ł The European Union’s AI Act: Beyond Motherhood and Apple Pie? Authors: Nathalie A. Smuha and Karen Yeung Abstract: In spring 2024, the European Union formally adopted the AI Act, aimed at creating a comprehensive legal regime to regulate AI systems. In so doing, the Union sought to maintain a harmonized and competitive single market […]
đź“ŁComputer-vision research powers surveillance technology
đź“ŁComputer-vision research powers surveillance technology Authors: Pratyusha Ria Kalluri, William Agnew, Myra Cheng, Kentrell Owens, Luca Soldaini & Abeba Birhane Abstract: An increasing number of scholars, policymakers and grassroots communities argue that artificial intelligence (AI) research—and computer-vision research in particular—has become the primary source for developing and powering mass surveillance. Yet, the pathways from computer vision to surveillance continue to be […]
How Much Energy Does AI Use? The People Who Know Aren’t Saying
How Much Energy Does AI Use? The People Who Know Aren’t Saying This article was written by Molly Taft and Paresh Dave for Wired. “PEOPLE ARE OFTEN curious about how much energy a ChatGPT query uses,” Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, wrote in an aside in a long blog postlast week. The average query, Altman wrote, uses 0.34 […]
‘Positive review only’: Researchers hide AI prompts in papers
‘Positive review only’: Researchers hide AI prompts in papers This article is written by Shogo Sugiyama and Ryosuke Eguchi Research papers from 14 academic institutions in eight countries — including Japan, South Korea and China — contained hidden prompts directing artificial intelligence tools to give them good reviews, Nikkei has found. Nikkei looked at English-language preprints — […]