Regulation, Ethics & Society

As AI performance surges and safety gains attention, Akiko Murakami, Director of Japan's AI Safety Institute (AISI), discusses the institute's role and challenges.

• •AI performance has improved dramatically, drawing increased attention to its safety.
• •The focus is on the role Japan's AI Safety Institute (AISI) plays and the challenges it addresses.
• •An interview with Director Akiko Murakami covers the institute's outlook and responses to cyber attacks.

Hitachi, OEDG, and three other companies are conducting a demonstration with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to shift AI workloads based on renewable energy availability.

• •The 'workload shift' strategy moves AI computation to times and locations where renewable energy power is underutilized.
• •Five companies, including Hitachi and OEDG, are participating in a demonstration project with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
• •The project verifies moving data center workloads based on power generation status in Yokohama, Kitakyushu, and along the Joetsu Shinkansen line.

Sakura Internet, PFN, and NICT are working toward the social implementation of an active evaluation platform for continuous generative AI assessment.

FlockのCEOは同社のマイクが銃声のみを検出すると述べたが、ウェブサイト上の説明と食い違い、プライバシー擁護団体から批判を受けている

• •FlockのCEOは同社のマイクが銃声のみを検出すると発言した
• •同社のウェブサイト上の説明はCEOの発言と異なる内容となっている
• •ACLUを含むプライバシー擁護団体や一般市民から、技術の悪用に対する懸念が表明されている

Eight US states have sued OpenAI, accusing the company of misleading customers about ChatGPT's safety and prioritizing profits over child safety.

• •Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, West Virginia, Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho, and Montana filed separate lawsuits.
• •The lawsuits allege OpenAI misled customers regarding the safety of ChatGPT.
• •OpenAI is accused of unlawfully prioritizing profits over safety for children.

監視技術企業FlockのCEOが、警察や法執行機関との契約を解除したことはないと否定した

• •FlockのCEOであるGarrett Langleyが声明を発表した
• •同社は警察署や法執行機関のいずれとも契約を解消していないと説明した
• •監視技術の悪用に関する報道があったにもかかわらず、顧客関係を維持していることを強調した

Following Character.AI's bankruptcy filing, the New York Attorney General and others demanded user data protection, revealing a multi-state investigation.

• •New York Attorney General Letitia James revealed the existence of a multi-year, multi-state joint investigation into Character.AI.
• •She indicated an intention to seek protective measures against the sale of consumer data during bankruptcy proceedings.
• •Forty bipartisan state attorneys general expressed their intent to intervene in the bankruptcy case to notify regulators of regulatory issues.

YouTube Music introduced a new label on player pages to indicate the degree of AI generation, responding to the rise of AI-generated music.

• •The new label appears on player pages and covers tracks fully generated by AI or partially generated with AI involvement in composition or vocals.
• •It was introduced in response to the flood of AI-generated music on streaming platforms.
• •The label distinguishes between fully and partially AI-generated content.

YouTube is adding a 'Made with AI' label to tracks altered or fully generated using AI, following a similar process to its existing video labeling.

• •A 'Made with AI' label will be added to tracks altered or fully generated using AI.
• •The labeling approach is similar to YouTube's existing process for applying AI labels to videos.
• •The label does not apply to all uses of AI tools in music production, but only under specific conditions.

サイバーセキュリティの専門家は、最近のAIエージェントによるハッキング報告の背景にあるのは、エージェントの自律的な暴走ではなく、AIラボの隔離や監視といったセキュリティ体制の欠如であると指摘している。

• •AIラボのコンテインメント（隔離）と監視の失敗が、最近のハッキング報告の原因とされている
• •エージェントが自律的な意識を持つことが問題の原因ではないと専門家は分析している
• •CISOはAIベンダーの審査を徹底し、セキュリティの基本を強化する必要があると提言されている