Here’s the kitchen sink for October 4, 2024 of ten stories that I didn’t get to this week – with another brand-new meme from Gates Dogfish!

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Here is the kitchen sink for October 4, 2024 of ten stories that I didn’t get to this week, with a comment from me about each:

RIP To Human First Pass Document Review?: On the heels of last week’s Relativity Fest and the use of generative AI for first pass review, Joe Patrice compares human first pass reviewers to the “I’m not dead yet” guy from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Sorry, human reviewers, but I agree with Joe – it’s not just a flesh wound.

California Governor Vetoes AI Safety Bill: This is your basic ICYMI item for those who may have missed it. One guy (California governor Gavin Newsom) vetoed a bill which had been passed nearly unanimously in both houses of the state legislature, due to “heavy pressure to veto the bill from tech companies as well as influential members of his own party.” 😐

Every new Microsoft Copilot feature and AI upgrade coming soon to your Windows PC: Not much, if you’re using a standard PC, but if you’re using one of the new Copilot+ PCs, you’ll get a lot, including the controversial Recall capability. Those of you that have those new PCs, have fun with that! 😉

Rushing for AI ROI? Chances are it will cost you: Nearly half of AI decision-makers say their organizations expect ROI on AI investments within one to three years, while another 44% expect a longer timeframe, according to Forrester’s Q2 AI Pulse Survey, 2024. It’s not a “Staples-easy button”, folks.

Can AI Really Save the Future? A Lawyer’s Take on Sam Altman’s Optimistic Vision: Ralph Losey dissects the blog post titled “The Intelligence Age” from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on the EDRM blog that I covered on last week’s Kitchen Sink. In doing so, he raises the potential issues in Altman’s highly optimistic view of where we’re headed with AI.

12 famous AI disasters: OK, I knew several of these already, including this one and this one, but there are enough examples that there are bound to be some that you don’t know. AI is still only as effective as the people using it.

College students used Meta’s smart glasses to dox people in real time: You know those Ray-Ban smart glasses that we’re recently released? Two Harvard students created an eerie demo of how those smart glasses can use facial recognition tech to instantly dox people’s identities, phone numbers, and addresses. You have to check this out – it’s scary. Naturally, they’re from Meta. 😐 Hat tip to Nicole Black for the heads up on this story.

OpenAI is now valued at $157 billion: Another ICYMI post, as many of you may already have seen this. OpenAI raised $6.6 billion in a new funding round, but Apple decided to pass on participating at the last minute. Hmmm.

“FTC’s AI Crackdown” on Allegedly “Overhyped” Claims About AI: Michael Berman covers a Bloomberg Law article on the EDRM blog, which makes this a cover of his cover. One example: DoNotPay, which did pay $193,000 over claims it misled users about how well its AI could replace a real lawyer.

From Hacktivism to AI: ENISA’s 2024 Threat Report Unveils Evolving Cyber Dangers: Since October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, it seems appropriate to end with Rob Robinson’s coverage of the Threat Landscape 2024 report from the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), which hits on threats such as hacktivism, ransomware, denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and more.

Hope you enjoyed the kitchen sink for October 4, 2024! Back next week with another edition!

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