Latest from Daniel Shin

• Aug 4, 2023

  Cybersecurity labels are coming. Will they be effective?

  

  Stacey Higginbotham, editor of the Internet of Things newsletter, calls the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark program a good start in securing smart devices against cyberattack. But privacy issues remain largely unaddressed.

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• Aug 3, 2023

  Should the AI makers also be the AI regulators?

  

  Leaders of the biggest artificial intelligence companies are forming advisory groups and making public commitments to develop the technology safely and securely. Harvard’s Rumman Chowdhury says the industry should look outside itself for meaningful regulation.

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• Aug 2, 2023

  The AI concentration problem in the U.S.

  

  AI development is concentrated in just 15 areas, says Mark Muro of Brookings. “It behooves us to find ways for more places to participate.”

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• Aug 1, 2023

  Grade school students send research in tiny cubes into space

  

  In Virginia, 11- to 18-year-olds are preparing to send a 6×6 centimeter cube with dehydrated blood, and another one with an EpiPen, to see how it survives in space.

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• Jul 31, 2023

  The potential future of open-source generative AI

  

  Tom Goldstein, computer science professor at the University of Maryland, explains the pros and cons of open-source generative AI models and why open approaches are unlikely to proliferate.

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• Jul 28, 2023

  The advantages —and drawbacks — of decentralized social networks

  

  Mastodon is an example of a decentralized social media platform — it doesn’t rely on one single company and its server. But it comes with privacy and content moderation concerns.

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• Jul 27, 2023

  How companies are trying to leverage AI

  

  The vast majority of C-suite leaders plan to invest in these tools and incorporate them into their operations, according to a report by tech consulting giant Accenture.

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• Jul 26, 2023

  Creating “humanlike minds” is the next step in AI development

  

  Artificial general intelligence is an advanced form of AI that can learn, adapt and solve problems just like humans. Although experts disagree on some of the benchmarks for defining it, AGI is likely to become a reality soon, says John Licato of the University of South Florida.

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• Jul 25, 2023

  Companies are struggling to meet California’s new child data privacy standards

  

  A new report from the advocacy group Common Sense Media says most popular apps and platforms are still monetizing youngsters’ data or haven’t updated their policies.

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• Jul 24, 2023

  What our nuclear history can teach us about AI

  

  Vox’s Dylan Matthews explains where comparisons of developing artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons work and where they fail.

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