The AI Hype Index: The White House’s war on “woke AI”
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Summary
The Trump administration has focused on so-called woke AI, issuing orders to prevent companies with models that show liberal bias from securing federal contracts.
The Pentagon has, however, signed a deal with Elon Musk’s xAI, despite its chatbot, Grok, producing antisemitic stereotypes.
The White House has also partnered with an anti-DEI nonprofit to create AI spoofs of the Founding Fathers.
At the consumer level, people are now using AI to trip on psychedelics, with some seeing ChatGPT as an alternative to in-person psychedelic-assisted therapy.
Meanwhile, MIT Technology Review has launched the AI Hype Index, a new tool to help consumers navigate the jargon and headlines towards the real-world application of AI technology.