Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules Summary Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania ran experiments showing that simple human persuasion tactics can significantly increase the chance that…
Reg hack attends job interview hosted by AI avatar, struggles to exit uncanny valley Summary Simon Sharwood of The Register spent time being interviewed by an AI avatar from startup…
As Xi and Putin chase immortality, let’s talk about digital presidents-for-life Content summary This opinion piece from The Register explores recent reports that China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic, the San Francisco-based AI startup, has expanded restrictions on customers to bar companies that are majority-owned by entities from…
Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton told the Financial Times he expects AI to concentrate wealth in the hands of a small elite while impoverishing most workers. Hinton warned that firms will…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is piloting Sway, an AI debate programme developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, to pair students with…
Anthropic Agrees To Pay Record $1.5 Billion To Settle Authors’ AI Lawsuit Summary Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion into a class-action fund to settle claims by…
Snake eating tail: Google’s AI Overviews cites web pages written by AI, study says Summary Originality.ai analysed 29,000 Your Money or Your Life (YMYL) Google queries and inspected the AI…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary San Francisco-based AI startup Anthropic has widened restrictions to block its services for companies majority-owned by entities in countries it…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate and neural‑network pioneer Geoffrey Hinton warned the Financial Times that AI is likely…
