Weekly Review 20 October 2023

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon and Threads):

1. An IEEE standard that can used to help regulate AI: https://spectrum.ieee.org/regulating-ai-programs-roadmap
2. How AI can help with software development: https://www.datasciencecentral.com/significance-of-ai-in-the-development-of-software-products/
3. Companies are developing military AI drone swarms: https://interestingengineering.com/military/shield-ai-v-bat-swarm
4. Another AI based educational tool, this one intended to support teachers: https://dataconomy.com/2023/10/13/what-is-almanack-ai-how-to-use/
5. The path to build a career in AI or data science: https://www.datasciencecentral.com/future-of-ai-and-data-science-how-to-secure-a-bright-career/
6. Therapeutic uses of AI generated speech: https://dataconomy.com/2023/10/13/the-therapeutic-power-of-sound-ai-speech-generators-in-therapy/
7. Uses of generative AI in robotics: https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/14/how-roboticists-are-thinking-about-generative-ai/
8. Introducing (not forcing) AI into teams can help the creative process: https://www.informationweek.com/machine-learning-ai/how-to-use-ai-to-inspire-it-team-creativity
9. How to check if your material has been used to train a generative AI model: https://dataconomy.com/2023/10/13/have-i-been-trained/
10. The areas in which generative AI is being trialed by organisations: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3708308/where-organizations-are-piloting-generative-ai.html
11. Now Google is also promising to protect its users from IP claims that arise from using its AI: https://www.infoworld.com/article/3708631/google-indemnifies-generative-ai-customers-over-ip-rights-claims.html
12. Building workplace relationships with AI: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3708730/why-we-need-to-focus-ai-on-relationships.html
13. Nvidia is the clear winner so far with respect to making the hardware needed for AI: https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/13/nvidias_accelerated_release_cadence_spells/
14. How biased AI pose a threat to the financial sector: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3708748/ai-bias-poses-danger-to-the-financial-sector-bank-of-england-warns.html
15. A generative AI package that will produce a UI: https://devclass.com/2023/10/10/build-a-user-interface-using-ai-prompts-vercel-v0-development-kit-now-in-public-beta/
16. How AI can be applied to designing EV batteries: https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/12/1081502/ai-battery-research/
17. The British government is looking for a (very under-paid) AI policy leader: https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/13/uk_deputy_director_ai/
18. How a financial services company rolled-out AI, using a governance council: https://www.computerworld.com/article/3708629/how-discover-financial-services-created-ai-governance-council.html
19. It will be a very long time, if ever, before an AI is as good as the best human developer: https://devclass.com/2023/10/10/google-sponsored-devops-survey-shows-limited-benefits-of-ai-return-of-elite-teams/
20. The safety barriers around generative AI are easy to defeat, even unintentionally: https://www.theregister.com/2023/10/12/chatbot_defenses_dissolve/