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DHS establishes AI safety and security board

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has established an Artificial Intelligence Safety and Security Board (the board). The inaugural members include CEOs and executives from companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, Delta Air Lines, IBM, Nvidia, Microsoft, Adobe, Amazon Web Services, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and Cisco.

Google to invest $690m in Japan: CEO Pichai — Nikkei Asia

Google plans to invest 100 billion yen ($690m) in Japan through 2024, CEO Sundar Pichai said Friday, writes Kazuyuki Okudaira. Here is the link: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Google-to-invest-690m-in-Japan-CEO-Pichai

Google canceled its next Pixelbook and shut down the team building it — The Verge

Google has canceled the next version of its Pixelbook laptop and dissolved the team responsible for building it, writes Alex Heath and David Pierce. Here...

The questions the CEOs declined to answer — Protocol

Every congressional hearing with the tech CEOs has been rife with promises they will "get back" to lawmakers on questions they either can't or...

Senate committee issues official subpoenas to Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, and Jack Dorsey — The Verge

Thursday morning, the Senate Commerce committee voted unanimously to issue subpoenas to the CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter, writes Russell Brandom. Here is the...