Episode 34: Senate Dot Roadmap Dot Final Dot No Really Dot Docx, June 3 2024

The politicians are at it again: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's series of industry-centric forums last year have birthed a "roadmap" for future legislation. Emily and Alex take a deep dive on this report, and conclude that the time spent writing it could have instead been spent...making useful laws.
References:
Driving US Innovation in Artificial Intelligence: A Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence Policy in the United States (cdn.sanity.io/files/3tzzh18d/production/f8329e…)
Tech Policy Press: US Senate AI Insight Forum Tracker (techpolicy.press/us-senate-ai-insight-forum-tr…)
Put the Public in the Driver's Seat: Shadow Report to the US Senate AI Policy Roadmap (senateshadowreport.com)
Emily's opening remarks on “AI in the Workplace: New Crisis or Longstanding Challenge” virtual roundtable (medium.com/@emilymenonbender/opening-remarks-o…)
Fresh AI Hell:
Homophobia in Spotify's chatbot (twitter.com/jkrwls/status/1787982145924841926)
StackOverflow in bed with OpenAI, pushing back against resistance (tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-inte…)
• See also: scholar.social/@dingemansemark/112411041956275…
OpenAI making copyright claim against ChatGPT subreddit (404media.co/openai-files-copyright-claim-again…)
Introducing synthetic text for police reports (404media.co/here-is-what-axons-bodycam-report-…)
ChatGPT-like "AI" assistant ... as a car feature? (theverge.com/2024/5/23/24163271/kia-ev3-electr…)
Scarlett Johansson vs. OpenAI (x.com/BobbyAllyn/status/1792679435701014908)
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Music by Toby Menon.
Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park (naomipleasurepark.com).
Production by Ozzy Llinas Goodman.