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Trump 1st week, OpenAI, $500B Stargate, Cloudflare 5.6Tpbs DDOS, WEF x AI
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Trump 1st week, OpenAI, $500B Stargate, Cloudflare 5.6Tpbs DDOS, WEF x AI

GenAI Safety & Security | Jan 12 - Jan 19, 2024

Notice: FY2024 is coming in Feb 2024.

Highlights

 🔥 Trump admin pulls back on AI safety.
 🚀 'Stargate': $500B AI project!
 🤖 OpenAI brings AI to your browser!
 🛡️ Cloudflare stops 5.6 Tbps DDoS!
 🌍 WEF: AI safety and governance.

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Deep Dive

1.Trump Rescinds Executive Order on AI Safety The Verge

  • Rescinded 78 Biden-era executive actions.

  • Included Executive Order 14110 on AI.

  • Trump made AI development a priority.

  • EU AI Act showdown is now set.

  • Tech leaders attended inauguration.

Mitigation: Observe EU's AI act for guidance.

2.Introducing Operator research preview OpenAI

  • Agent uses its own browser for tasks.

  • Available to Pro users in the U.S.

  • Powered by "Computer-Using Agent" (CUA).

  • Mitigations for harmful tasks, model mistakes & prompt injections.

  • Still in early research preview stage.

Mitigation: Track safety improvements.

3.President Trump highlights 'Stargate' AI project AP News

  • Stargate is a $500B project to create 100K jobs.

  • Initial investment at $100 billion.11

  • 20 Data centers being built in Texas.

  • Includes OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank.

  • Partners include Microsoft, Arm, Nvidia.

Notice: DeepSeek, an Open Source o1-equivalent AI model, only trained with around $5 Million by a Chinese Hedge Fund.

4.Record-Breaking DDoS Attack 5.6 Tbps Forbes

  • Record DDoS hit 5.6 Tbps.

  • Attacked East Asian telecom.

  • 80 second attack utilized Mirai.

  • Previous high was 3.8 Tbps.

  • 21M DDoS attacks blocked overall in 2024.

Mitigation: Audit and update DDoS protection protocols.

5.The Dawn of Artificial General Intelligence | WEF YouTube

  • No agreement on definition of AGI.

  • Focus to shift away from large language models.

  • AI still not great with real world input.

  • Ethical use of AI remains key concern.

  • Open Source AI will become key.

Executive Mitigation/Notice: Adapt business for rapidly changing AI landscape.

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