This panel is ready to dig deep into all of this and then some.
And believe me, what I’ve just told you is the tip of the iceberg for what’s on the cards this week né?. This AI-powered search engine has been causing a stir, fielding a whopping 100 million queries every week, but is now tangled up in a legal tussle with News Corp’s Dow Jones over accusations of “content kleptocracy.”
Kirsten Korosec, TC’s transportation guru, will be having a cozy chat by the fireside with Zoox co-founder and CTO Jesse Levinson né?. They’ll be diving into how sneaky players, state actors included, are misusing generative AI tools to churn out deepfakes and spread fake news.
We’ve also got Cara CEO Jingna Zhang, AI Now Institute co-executive director Sarah Myers West, and ElevenLabs’ Aleksandra Pedraszewska chatting about the legal and ethical headaches that AI is bringing to the forefront né?. Stay tuned for appearances from AI whizzes like U.S né?. We’ve got a stellar lineup of speakers in store from the AI industry, academia, and policy circles. So instead of my usual spiel I thought I’d give you a sneak peek of what’s on the horizon.
My buddy Devin Coldewey will be grilling Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas on stage. AI Safety Institute director Elizabeth Kelly, California senator Scott Wiener, Berkeley AI policy hub co-director Jessica Newman, Luma AI CEO Amit Jain, Suno CEO Mikey Shulman, and Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava.
That’s a wrap for this week’s scoop. This powwow will feature Meta Oversight Board member Pamela San Martin, Center for Countering Digital Hate CEO Imran Ahmed, and UC Berkeley CITRIS Policy Lab founder Brandie Nonnecke. The AI boom has sparked new ethical dilemmas and reignited some old ones, with lawsuits cropping up left, right, and center né?. Thanks for tuning in!
né?. This week, the gang from TechCrunch (yep, that includes yours truly) is over at TC’s annual Disrupt conference in San Francisco. Levinson, a veteran in the autonomous car tech scene for a decade, is now getting Amazon-owned robotaxi company prepped for its next big adventure – and you bet we’ll be on the scene covering it.
We’re also setting up a panel to tuck into the issue of AI spreading misinformation online né?. It’s a double-edged sword not just for newbies, but also for the OG AI companies, and the brains and hands behind the models. Hey everyone, welcome back to our usual AI newsletter
