Trying to the yr forward, all indicators level to there being immense stress on AI corporations to indicate that generative AI can generate profits and that Silicon Valley can produce the “killer app” for AI.

This yr may even be one other enormous yr for AI regulation all over the world. In 2023 the primary sweeping AI legislation was agreed upon within the European Union, Senate hearings and government orders unfolded within the US, and China launched particular guidelines for algorithms. If final yr lawmakers agreed on a imaginative and prescient, 2024 would be the yr insurance policies begin to morph into concrete motion.

However even because the generative-AI revolution unfolds at a breakneck tempo, there are nonetheless some massive unresolved questions that urgently want answering. Learn the total story.

—Melissa Heikkilä

This story is from The Algorithm, our weekly publication masking the newest AI developments. Join to obtain it in your inbox each Monday.

The must-reads

I’ve combed the web to seek out you right this moment’s most enjoyable/vital/scary/fascinating tales about expertise.

1 We’ve lastly received a launch date for Apple’s Imaginative and prescient Professional headset
Should you’ve received $3,499 spare, mark February 2 in your diary. (The Verge)
+ Apple is coaching its retail employees on the way to demo the headset accurately. (Bloomberg $)
+ These minuscule pixels are poised to take augmented actuality by storm. (MIT Know-how Evaluate)

2 Issues aren’t trying nice for the Peregrine lunar lander
A gas leak means it’s extremely unlikely to make it to the moon in spite of everything. (WP $) 
+ It began experiencing issue simply hours after launch. (FT $)
+ The US firm in cost is anxious it received’t have the ability to management it for much longer. (BBC)