China’s Move: Banning AI chip materials. AI books take over Amazon’s best-seller list. OPINION: Say bye-bye to coders. Google's privacy policy reveals public data scraping.
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Here’s what we’ve got for ya today:
China’s Move: Banning AI chip materials
AI books take over Amazon’s best-seller list
OPINION: Say bye-bye to coders
Google's privacy policy reveals public data scraping
AI News: The Headliners 🏁
1/ China’s Move: Banning AI chip materials
Well, that was quick. In last week’s newsletter, we revealed that the US has plans to restrict AI chip exports to China.
On July 3rd, the Chinese government made a disruptive move of its own.
[The News] Starting August 1, the Chinese government is tightening the ropes on the country’s exports of specific gallium and germanium products in order to protect national security interests. A government-issued license will be required for future exports.
The 8 gallium products: gallium antimonide, gallium arsenide, gallium metal, gallium nitride, gallium oxide, gallium phosphide, gallium selenide and indium gallium arsenide
The 6 germanium products: germanium dioxide, germanium epitaxial growth substrate, germanium ingot, germanium metal, germanium tetrachloride and zinc germanium phosphide
[Why this matters] Not surprisingly, both of these metals are used primarily in the manufacturing of imported components used to train AI, such as semiconductors.
With over 80% of the world’s gallium coming from China…
This restriction will most definitely negatively affect the manufacturing of high-level AI chips like Nvidia’s A100 and H100 chips, as the materials will be less available.
Your move, United States…
2/ AI books take over Amazon’s best-seller list
AI is taking over the Amazon Kindle library. Here’s what we know.
[The News] In a recent tweet by author Caitlyn Lynch, she boldly calls out Amazon and the invasion of AI-generated books:
[How this is possible?] These days, indie authors no longer need to sign with a publisher to sell a book to the public. Thanks to Amazon’s self-publishing program, the Amazon Kindle Direct Program, anyone can self-publish with little to no friction to stop them.
While this may be a great tool for self-proclaimed authors, the wide-open platform also leads to a few BIG problems:
AI-generated books flooding the market
Click farms…
...i.e., Bots clicking through an AI-generated book that in turn generates revenue from royalties via the Amazon Kindle Unlimited program.
[Why this matters] So what does Amazon have to say about it?
While Amazon has taken the alleged AI-generated books off the best-seller list, the books are still available for purchase.
And worst yet, new AI-generated books could simply replace the removed ones.
Well, Techradar reached out to Amazon, and this is the response they got:
We have clear content guidelines governing which books can be listed for sale and promptly investigate any book when a concern is raised. We invest heavily to provide a trustworthy shopping experience and to protect customers and authors from abuse."
Looking forward… Amazon doesn’t currently have guidelines requiring sellers to disclose whether or not a book was generated by AI.
Another significant red flag that human authors are vigorously waving is concern about plagiarism and copyright infringement.
Amazon, we need answers or Kindle Unlimited may be doomed…
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AI News: The Shorts 🩳
3/ OPINION: Say bye-bye to coders
[The News] The founder and CEO of Stability AI (the company behind Stable Diffusion) recently went on a podcast and made a few shocking predictions:
There will be no programmers in five years.
By the end of next year, people will be able to use ChatGPT on mobile phones without an internet connection.
You can watch the full podcast here:
[Why this matters] As this is just a prediction, it is not one to gloss over. Large companies are already replacing teams of coders with AI models that are able to work more accurately and, most importantly, faster than even a team of coders.
Mostaque even shares the receipts, stating that based on data from GitHub, “41% of all code right now is AI-generated.”
Looking forward… To end on a more positive note, Mostaque seems to be on the side of humanity.
In short, AI will “enhance human potential”, not annihilate it.
It’s just a matter of how we go about adapting to this change.
4/ Google's privacy policy reveals public data scraping
Google’s privacy policy has been updated to reflect AI.
[The News] The updated policy states that Google may be scraping public data from the web to further train its AI services like Bard and various others.
(Image from Google)
[Why this matters] While Google is making an attempt to be transparent about its use of public data to train AI, it doesn’t mask the fact that many are still confused about how data is being collected and how it is being used.
As regulation surrounding AI takes off, it will be interesting to see how Google (and others) adapt their privacy policies to it, for better or for worse.
Your AI News Break 🥳
AI News Tid Bits…
👉🏻 Movie night! Here are the best films about AI, provided and ranked by yours truly, The Guardian.
👉🏻 Japan has issued its first rules on the use of artificial intelligence in education. While the education ministry believes that incorporating AI into the learning process is critical, educating students on AI ethical standards and personal protection is also high on the priority list.
👉🏻 Dolly Parton doesn’t want AI to carry on her legacy as a country legend. Her take? “When I’m gone, I want to fly with it.” Much respect, Dolly.
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