Scary, just scary.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/generative-ai-mba-business-school-13199631?st=q9pvcayy61q3q7w

Business Schools Are Going All In on AI

At the Wharton School this spring, Prof. Ethan Mollick assigned students the task of automating away part of their jobs.

Mollick tells his students at the University of Pennsylvania to expect to feel insecure about their own capabilities once they understand what artificial intelligence can do.

… Understanding and using AI is now a foundational concept, much like learning to write or reason, said David Marchick, dean of Kogod.

… One exercise that Iyengar walks her students through is using AI to generate business idea pitches from the automated perspectives of Tom Brady, Martha Stewart and Barack Obama. The assignment illustrates how ideas can be reframed for different audiences and based on different points of view.

An interesting look at an AI targeting ‘consultant’ with little useful human control?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/03/israel-gaza-ai-database-hamas-airstrikes

‘The machine did it coldly’: Israel used AI to identify 37,000 Hamas targets

Israeli intelligence sources reveal use of ‘Lavender’ system in Gaza war and claim permission given to kill civilians in pursuit of low-ranking militants

Rules, when we need tools.

https://www.insideprivacy.com/artificial-intelligence/omb-issues-first-governmentwide-ai-policy-for-federal-agencies/

OMB Issues First Governmentwide AI Policy for Federal Agencies

… The OMB guidance—Advancing Governance, Innovation, and Risk Management for Agency Use of Artificial Intelligence — defines AI broadly to include machine learning and “[a]ny artificial system that performs tasks under varying and unpredictable circumstances without significant human oversight, or that can learn from experience and improve performance when exposed to data sets” among other things.

Just out of curiosity, is there any way a smart young person could be granted an exception to this law?

https://www.insideprivacy.com/uncategorized/florida-enacts-social-media-bill-restricting-access-for-teens-under-the-age-of-sixteen/

Florida Enacts Social Media Bill Restricting Access for Teens Under the Age of Sixteen

On Monday, March 25, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed SB 3 into law. At a high level, the bill requires social media platforms to terminate the accounts of individuals under the age of 14, while seeking parental consent for accounts of those 14 or 15 years of age. The law will become effective January 1, 2025.

One more…

https://www.insideprivacy.com/state-privacy/kentucky-passes-comprehensive-privacy-bill/

Kentucky Passes Comprehensive Privacy Bill

Earlier this month, the Kentucky legislature passed comprehensive privacy legislation, H.B. 15 (the “Act”), joining California, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah, Iowa, Indiana, Tennessee, Montana, Oregon, Texas, Florida, Delaware, New Jersey, and New Hampshire. The Act is awaiting the Governor’s signature. If signed into law, the Act would take effect on January 1, 2026. This blog post summarizes the statute’s key takeaways.