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MIT and IBM Lab partnership launches 48 projects to tackle AI challenges — Forbes

Today, the lab has 100 AI scientists that include 60 from MIT and 40 from IBM and resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Within a year, the lab has received 186 proposals from 23 departments and centers, writes Maribel Lopez.

Here is the link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/maribellopez/2018/09/26/mit-and-ibm-lab-partnership-launches-48-projects-to-tackle-ai-challenges/#74160b8f97d2

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The FDA will apparently let Elon Musk put a computer in a human’s brain — The Verge

Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company Neuralink says it has received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to launch its first in-human clinical study, writes Sean Hollister and Jay Peters.

Sam Altman says OpenAI will leave the EU if there’s any real AI regulation – Gizmodo

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s overseas charm offensive is continuing...

FBI abused spy law but only like 280,000 times in a year — The Register

The FBI misused controversial surveillance powers more than 278,000 times between 2020 and early 2021, writes Jessica Lyons Hardcastle.