Letters from Andrew Ng

A German court dismissed a copyright lawsuit against LAION, the nonprofit responsible for large-scale image datasets used to train Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, and other image generators.

Congratulations to Geoff Hinton and John Hopfield for winning the 2024 Physics Nobel Prize!

We won! California’s anti-innovation bill SB 1047 was vetoed by Governor Newsom over the weekend.

Dozens of countries endorsed a “blueprint for action” designed to guide the use of artificial intelligence in military applications.

Adobe is putting a video generator directly into its popular video editing application.

California, a jurisdiction that often influences legislators worldwide, passed a slew of new laws that regulate deepfakes.

Last week I spoke at Coursera Connect, the company’s annual conference in Las Vegas, where a major topic was AI and education.

Over the weekend, my two kids colluded in a hilariously bad attempt to mislead me to look in the wrong place during a game of hide-and-seek.

The European Union, United Kingdom, United States, and other countries signed a legally binding treaty that regulates artificial intelligence.

Recently I visited South Korea, where I spoke at length about AI with President Yoon Suk Yeol. Based on what I saw there in government, business, and academia, the nation is well positioned to become a strong AI hub.

Argentina created a national law-enforcement department that will use AI to detect crimes as they’re committed, investigate them afterward, and predict them before they occur.

AI is a red-hot topic for lobbyists who aim to influence government policies in the United States.

I’m encouraged at the progress of the U.S. government at moving to stem harmful AI applications.

A new company with deep roots in generative AI made an eye-catching debut.

When entrepreneurs build a startup, it is often their speed and momentum that gives them a shot at competing with the tech behemoths. This is true of countries as well.