Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules Summary Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania tested how common human persuasion techniques affect large language models. Using GPT-4o-mini, they asked…
Snake eating tail: Google’s AI Overviews cites web pages written by AI, study says Summary Originality.ai analysed 29,000 YMYL (Your Money or Your Life) Google queries and the AI Overviews…
As Xi and Putin chase immortality, let’s talk about digital presidents-for-life Summary Simon Sharwood argues that reports of Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin discussing life‑extension — including organ transplants —…
All IT work to involve AI by 2030, says Gartner, but jobs are safe Summary Gartner predicts that by 2030 all work in IT departments will be carried out with…
Anthropic to pay at least $1.5 billion to authors whose work it knowingly pirated Summary AI firm Anthropic has agreed a proposed settlement creating a $1.5 billion fund to compensate…
Perplexity wants to get discounted AI products into the US government too Summary Perplexity has announced an Enterprise Pro for Government edition and says it will automatically enforce zero data…
Microsoft hits pause on Copilot … in SQL Server Management Studio Summary Microsoft has removed Copilot from the first preview of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22 while it shifts…
AI chip startup d-Matrix aspires to rack scale with JetStream I/O cards Summary d-Matrix has introduced JetStream, a PCIe 5.0 I/O card (a 2×200 Gb/s or 1×400 Gb/s Ethernet NIC)…
Microsoft’s Analog Optical Computer Shows AI Promise Summary Microsoft Research has been developing an analog optical computer (AOC) using readily available components — micro‑LEDs, optical lenses and camera sensors —…
Some Angry GitHub Users Are Rebelling Against GitHub’s Forced Copilot AI Features Summary Developers on GitHub are pushing back against Copilot-related features that appear to be imposed without adequate opt-outs.…
