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EU sets up research hub to analyze Big Tech’s AI algorithms

The research unit will be tasked with auditing the AI-backed algorithms used by large technology firms such as Google and Meta.

The European Commission has launched a new research unit that will investigate the impact of the algorithms made and used by prominent online platforms and search engines such as Facebook and Google.

The research unit dubbed the European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT), launched on April 18 and will help the Commission identify and address any potential risks posed by these platforms.

ECAT will be embedded within the European Union’s existing Joint Research Centre (JRC) which conducts research on a broad range of subjects including Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The team will consist of “data scientists, AI experts, social scientists and legal experts” that will analyze and evaluate the AI-backed algorithms used by Big Tech firms.

AI-based programs are built using a series of complex algorithms, meaning ECAT will also be looking at algorithms that underpin AI chatbots such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, which some believe could eventually replace search engines.

On its website, the Commission claims ECAT will conduct algorithmic accountability and transparency audits as required by the Digital Services Act (DSA) — a set of European Union rules enforceable as of Nov. 16, 2022.

According to the EU’s internal market commissioner, Thierry Breton, ECAT will “look under the hood” of large search engines and online platforms in order to “see how their algorithms function and contribute to the spread of illegal and harmful content.”

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Nearly a dozen EU politicians called for the “safe” development of AI in a signed open letter on April 16.

The lawmakers asked United States President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to convene a summit on AI and agree on a set of governing principles for the development, control and deployment of the tech.

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk also had issues with the development of AI, arguing on an April 17 Fox News interview that AI chatbots like ChatGPT have a left-wing bias and said that he was developing an alternative called “TruthGPT.”

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How to solve coding problems using ChatGPT?

ChatGPT, the AI language model, can assist in breaking down complex coding problems and finding efficient solutions.

Here’s how one can use ChatGPT’s abilities to solve coding problems:

  • Identify the problem: The first step is to identify the problem that you need to solve. Once you have identified the problem, you can start thinking about how to solve it.
  • Break the problem down: The next step is to break the problem down into smaller, more manageable pieces. This will help developers or programmers understand the problem better and make it easier to solve.
  • Research: Once you have broken the problem down, you may need to do some research to find out how to solve each part of the problem. So, you can use ChatGPT to search for information about coding algorithms, concepts and programming languages.
  • Create a plan: Once developers or programmers have researched the problem, they can create a plan to solve it.
  • Write the code: With a plan in place, you can start writing the code to solve the problem. And you can use ChatGPT to generate code snippets, check syntax and help debug the code.
  • Test and debug: Once you have written the code, they should test it to make sure it works as expected. In case of any errors, ChatGPT can help them debug the code.
  • Refine and optimize: After developers or programmers have tested their code, they may need to refine and optimize it to make it faster or more efficient, for which they can use ChatGPT.

Here are some examples of coding problems that you could solve using ChatGPT.

What kind of coding problems can be solved using ChatGPT?

Various problems that can be solved using ChatGPT are discussed below:

Syntax error

Syntax errors occur when the code violates the rules of the programming language. For example, forgetting to close a parenthesis or quotation mark can result in a syntax error. The following code shows an example of a syntax error:

This code produces a syntax error because the quotation mark is not closed. To solve this error, you can add the missing quotation mark and closing parenthasis as shown below:

Type error

Type errors occur when you try to perform an operation on a value that is not of the correct type. For example, trying to add a string to an integer can result in a type error. The following code shows an example of a type error:

This code produces a type error because you cannot add a string to an integer. To solve this error, you can convert the string to an integer using the int() function as shown below:

Name error

A name error occurs when the interpreter or compiler cannot find a definition for a particular name (variable, function, class, etc.) that is being used in the code.

This can happen for a variety of reasons, including the name is misspelled or incorrectly capitalized, the name has not been defined yet or has been removed from the code, or the name is defined in a different scope or module than where it is being used. The following code shows an example of a name error:

This code produces a name error because x has not been defined. To solve this error, you can define x and assign a value to it as shown below:

Index error

Index errors occur when you try to access an element of a list or array that does not exist. The following code shows an example of an index error:

This code produces an index error because “my_list” only has three elements, and you are trying to access the fourth element (which does not exist). To solve this error, you can access one of the existing elements of the list as shown below:

Reference error

A reference error occurs due to a variable or function not being declared. The solution is to declare the variable or function before referencing it. For example, let’s say we have the following code that causes a reference error because the variable “myVariable” has not been declared:

To fix this, we need to declare the variable before referencing it:

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