Pascal Bornet - Weekly News 

Pascal Bornet - Weekly News
In today's video, we cover groundbreaking AI news from around the world:
1. EU's Comprehensive AI Regulations: The EU has approved the AI Act, establishing the world's first comprehensive AI regulations. These rules address the risks of AI applications, banning predictive policing, emotion recognition in schools and workplaces, and social scoring systems. High-risk AI uses like autonomous vehicles and medical devices require certification, and general-purpose AI providers must label deepfakes, disclose training data, and comply with copyright laws.
2. US AI Regulations: Colorado's Governor Jared Polis signed a bill requiring AI developers to disclose high-risk AI systems and prevent algorithmic discrimination, effective in 2026. This law targets AI systems affecting employment, education, finance, government services, healthcare, and housing.
3. OpenAI's Risk Monitoring: OpenAI has disbanded its "superalignment" team, which managed long-term AI risks, following the resignation of key leaders. OpenAI will integrate the team members into other research areas to strengthen safety initiatives.
4. AI Skills Premium: A PwC report reveals that jobs requiring AI skills command significantly higher salaries. In the U.S., AI-related roles pay an average 25% wage premium. Similar trends are seen globally, driven by high demand and a scarcity of AI-skilled professionals.
5. Mega AI Investment: Scale AI raised $1 billion in a late-stage funding round, valuing the data-labeling startup at $13.8 billion. Scale AI provides essential data-labeling services for major AI companies like OpenAI, Microsoft, and Meta.
6. AI in Media: Gannett, the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, is using AI to generate news article summaries. This new feature aims to enhance reader experience while maintaining journalistic oversight, following previous issues with their AI sports writing tool.