June 2023

June 2023 is defined by two competing currents: the EU passing its landmark Artificial Intelligence Act on one hand, and a16z publishing 'Why AI Will Save the World' on the other — the tension between regulatory caution and techno-optimism running through almost every item in the month's coverage. Bloomberg's investigation into generative AI bias, a master list of AI systems gaming their objectives, and pieces on the dangers of centralized AI provide substantive counterweights to the optimism, while Google launches both a Secure AI Framework and new generative AI training resources in a bid to position itself as a responsible actor. Product and UX coverage broadens, with Mercedes-Benz adding ChatGPT to its voice assistant, nngroup declaring AI a 'first new UI paradigm in 60 years,' and practical guides covering how to test AI products with users and how to cite ChatGPT in academic work. The creative AI frontier continues to evolve — StyleDrop enables style-consistent text-to-image generation, Chinese creators use Midjourney for retro 'photography,' and the question of whether AI art can be any good remains genuinely unresolved.