From Our Weekly Note and More
On AI and the U.S. Government
Last week, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget issued guidance onArtificial Intelligence use
Hopeful Views on Artificial Intelligence
Comments by Yann LeCun (Chief AI Scientist for Facebook AI Research, Professor at New York University focusing on Data Science and Mathematical Sciences) from an interview with Lex Fridman.
On Sports Streaming: ESPN, FOX, Warner/Discovery and a Joint Venture
Comments from ESPN, FOX and Warner Bros. Discovery about a joint venture to stream sports content in the U.S. including NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL, NASCAR, College Sports, UFC, PGA TOUR Golf, Grand Slam Tennis, the FIFA World Cup, Cycling and more
On Social Media, U.S. Congress and Universal Music Group
Comments from Pew Research’s “Americans’ Social Media Use” report, U.S. Congress and United Music Group.
"Time to Take Action" on Climate Change
Comments from U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Bill Gates, Pope Francis, EPA Administrator Michael Regan, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and U.S. Chamber of Commerce President/CEO Suzanne P. Clark
On AI's Evolution: Comments from Business Leaders and Policy-Makers
Comments from OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and members of the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
On the Conviction of Sam Bankman-Fried
Comments from Mark Cohen, Sam Bankman-Fried's lead defense attorney, Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney’s Office - Southern District Court, and Danielle Sassoon, U.S. Assistant Attorney
On Gene Editing, Machine Learning and AI
Comments from the Rand Corp.’s ” Machine Learning and gene editing at the helm of a societal evolution."
Guidance for the Class of 2023: From Today and the Past
Consider commencement views from today and the past by Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Shonda Rhimes, U.S. Navy Admiral William H. McRaven, Steve Jobs and President John Kennedy.
On Silicon Valley Bank's Failure
On the “Review of the Federal Reserve’s Supervision and Regulation of Silicon Valley Bank” and comments from Michael Barr, its Vice Chair for Supervision.
On Being Pragmatic About Artificial Intelligence
Comments about AI from the The Economist and Jaron Lanier, in The New Yorker to consider.
On the "Benefits, Limits, and Risks of GPT-4 as an AI Chatbot for Medicine"
Comments from “Benefits, Limits, and Risks of GPT-4 as an AI Chatbot for Medicine” (New England Journal of Medicine; March 30, 2023)
On Fentanyl, Xylazine and Illegal Drug Trends
Comments from the U.S. Congress, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
On U.S. Inflation, Mortgage Rates and a Bank's Collapse
Comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, Freddie Mac Chief Economist Sam Khater and the closure of Silicon Valley Bank.