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. This article looks at the call to pause the development of AI systems like ChatGPT put forward recently by the Future of Life Institute (FLI). Sponsored by the Musk Foundation and signed by personalities from the tech industry including Elon Musk, the letter raises ethical questions about the effects of AI on humans including job automation, proliferation of propaganda and potential non-human minds outpacing humans. This has set the debate on whether we are controlling AI or vice-versa. The article also suggests that ethical boundaries need to be set in a world of emerging technology.

The EU's data protection agency, EPDB, has formed a task force to address global use of AI chatbot ChatGPT as legal enquiries into it are being opened in multiple countries. OpenAI Technologies, the US-based company providing ChatGPT, is committed to protecting people's privacy and its tools follow the law. Expect EPDB’s task force to foster cooperation and potentially enforce measures to guarantee data protection standards are kept.

President Joe Biden and the White House's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology discussed the potential risks of artificial intelligence (AI) and the creation of a bill of rights for AI this week. Learn about advocated changes to protect users of AI such as personal data collected by tech companies and effects leading tech figures, such as Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak, have had thus far. A summit in San Francisco is being held this July to optimize AI investments and protect rights.