AI News Today brings you the latest updates in the world of artificial intelligence. In our latest episode:

1. Young AI expert Leopold Aschenbrenner pens down an influential essay predicting the rise of superintelligent machines and argues for the US to take a leading role. He believes AGI is the next big leap toward creating machines surpassing human capabilities and pushes for an AGI-industrial complex to spearhead this endeavor.

2. Tech mogul Apple unveils the Apple Intelligence Initiative, planning to integrate generative AI into their devices and apps while prioritizing privacy. In addition to employing Private Cloud Compute to secure data in the cloud, the company also ensures that most models will operate locally on the devices.

3. Social media giant, Meta, faces backlash over plans to utilize customer data for AI training. Privacy concerns surface, as users find it difficult to opt out of the data collection, and there’s no apparent way to erase data once used. This issue has alarmed privacy activist group noyb and sparked debate over technological progress and customer privacy.

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