Uneven Evolution of the Responsible AI Ecosystem: A Growing Gap

2025-04-10
Uneven Evolution of the Responsible AI Ecosystem: A Growing Gap

AI-related incidents are surging, yet standardized responsible AI (RAI) evaluations remain scarce among major industrial model developers. New benchmarks like HELM Safety, AIR-Bench, and FACTS offer promising tools for assessing factuality and safety. A significant gap persists between corporate acknowledgment of RAI risks and meaningful action. Governments, however, are demonstrating increased urgency, with intensified global cooperation on AI governance in 2024, leading to frameworks from the OECD, EU, UN, and African Union emphasizing transparency, trustworthiness, and other core RAI principles.

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AI Music Generation: Convenience vs. Creativity

2025-01-31
AI Music Generation: Convenience vs. Creativity

The success of AI music company Suno sparks a reflection on the role of AI in artistic creation. The author, a Stanford professor, questions Suno's claim that AI can easily solve the tedious parts of music creation, arguing that the challenges and difficulties inherent in the creative process constitute the meaning and value of art. Using his own experiences and teaching practices as examples, he illustrates the importance of the creative process and calls for the preservation of human active creation in the age of AI, avoiding a purely consumerist culture.

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