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The University of Carnegie Mellon is receiving $20 million in federal funding to develop the AI Institute for Societal Decision Making, aimed at creating human-centric AI tools to assist in social decision-making situations. The project stresses ethical considerations and regulations surrounding AI use, as governments worldwide explore AI for policies and potential risks.

Andreessen Horowitz recently unveiled two innovative open-source projects, Lasso and Jolt, centered around zero-knowledge proofs – a robust form of cryptography. These initiatives aim to enhance transaction speed, cut costs, boost privacy, and empower external developers, introducing new opportunities to scale blockchain networks.

AI researchers have discovered an automated method to manipulate AI chatbots like Bard and ChatGPT into generating harmful content. By extending prompts with long suffixes, they can circumvent safety measures designed to prevent the spread of hate speech and disinformation. This raises concerns over misuse and calls for robust protections against such adversarial attacks.