Sep 30, 2024

California governor vetoes AI safety bill

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The bill would have established a state-wide entity to oversee AI breakthroughs.

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California's governor stops a bid to keep AI from going too far

by Nova Safo

A landmark artificial intelligence safety bill in California was either necessary or misdirected — depending on whom you asked. The state’s governor, Gavin Newsom, vetoed it yesterday, siding with tech giants worried about innovation.

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Skills Gap

AI is teaching humans to human at work

by Elizabeth Trovall

Sep 30, 2024

As the role of soft skills shifts amid evolving technology, that tech — especially generative AI — can be a tool to both train and assess soft skills.

“[Chatbots] have infinite patience, and they have also been hammered with training to be polite and agreeable,” said sociologist Jason Jeffrey Jones.

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Anxieties over an "unexpectedly large" rate cut

by David Brancaccio

Economists’ biggest worry for the economy right now is not the contentious lead-up to the 2024 election but rather that the Federal Reserve is messing up its fight against inflation. This information is from a survey of members by the National Association for Business Economics. Julia Coronado of MacroPolicy Perspectives joins us to discuss.