OpenAI Will Invest $50 Million In A New University Research Consortium

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence research company, is investing $50 million in a new 15-institution research consortium aimed at exploring how artificial intelligence can advance knowledge in several fields.

The NextGenAI consortium is intended to “catalyze progress at a rate faster than any one institution would alone,” according to the company’s announcement. It’s the latest entry for the company into the higher education space, following its introduction of ChatGPT Edu last May. “This initiative is built not only to fuel the next generation of discoveries, but also to prepare the next generation to shape AI’s future,” wrote OpenAI.

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How ‘Self-Silencing’ Your Opinion May Change Behavior

Researchers found that those who felt they were in the minority didn’t want to elaborate on why they supported their position when they spoke to someone who held the majority opinion.

But even more important, those with the minority viewpoint showed behavior that wasn’t in line with their true opinions after they spoke to those with the opposing view, the study found.

“We found that those with the minority belief didn’t just refrain from speaking up — they conformed their behavior to the majority, which is very consequential,” said Nicole Sintov, co-author of the study and associate professor of behavior, decision making and sustainability at The Ohio State University.

Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun, Industry leaders talk future of AI architecture, Impact at Responsible AI Symposium

Artificial intelligence leaders and researchers convened at Duke for a four-day symposium on responsible AI, placing discussions of AI ethics, alignment and labor market impacts in the limelight.

Among the symposium’s lineup of speakers Monday were Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun and Ronnie Chatterji, inaugural chief economist of OpenAI and Mark Burgess & Lisa Benson-Burgess distinguished professor of business and public policy.

The event, co-sponsored by the Society-Centered AI Initiative and other programs across health, engineering and sustainability, featured over 10 talks ranging academic disciplines and a Society-Centered AI Hackathon.

More than a Quarter of Computer-Programming Jobs Just Vanished. What happened?

More than a quarter of all computer programming jobs have vanished in the past two years, the worst downturn that industry has ever seen. Things are sufficiently abysmal that computer programming ranks among 10 hardest-hit occupations of 420-plus jobs for which we have data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.