Generative AI is Here. Who Should Control It?

<p>We sit down with the founder of Stability AI, Emad Mostaque, on the heels of his $101 million fund-raising round. His open-source Stable Diffusion image generator is the key to unlocking creativity, he says, and “one of the ultimate tools for freedom of expression” — as long as it stays out of the hands of a few censorious tech giants. So what’s this former hedge fund manager turned tech mogul thinking about how this technology could be used — or misused? Plus: A.I. Kevin and A.I. Casey stop by.</p><p><strong>On today’s episode</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Emad Mostaque</strong>, the chief executive of Stability AI</li></ul><p><strong>Additional resources</strong></p><ul><li>“<a href="https://eshoo.house.gov/media/press-releases/eshoo-urges-nsa-ostp-address-unsafe-ai-practices" target="_blank">Eshoo Urges N.S.A. & O.S.T.P. to Address Unsafe A.I. Practices</a>” (Press Release, Representative Anna Eshoo of California)</li><li>“<a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/09/16/1059598/this-artist-is-dominating-ai-generated-art-and-hes-not-happy-about-it/" target="_blank">This artist is dominating A.I.-generated art. And he’s not happy about it.</a>” (Melissa Heikkilä, M.I.T. Technology Review)</li><li>“<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/technology/generative-ai.html" target="_blank">A Coming-Out Party for Generative A.I., Silicon Valley’s New Craze</a>” (Kevin Roose, The New York Times)</li></ul>