Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules Summary A University of Pennsylvania preprint (reported via Ars Technica/WIRED) shows that classic human persuasion techniques can often make language models…
As Xi and Putin chase immortality, let’s talk about digital presidents-for-life Content summary Simon Sharwood argues that recent reports of Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin discussing longevity and organ transplants…
Reg hack attends job interview hosted by AI avatar, struggles to exit uncanny valley Summary Startup Job Bolt offers AI avatars to run pre-screening interviews. Simon Sharwood of The Register…
Snake eating tail: Google’s AI Overviews cites web pages written by AI, study says Summary A study by Originality.ai analysed 29,000 YMYL (Your Money or Your Life) Google queries to…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate and neural‑network pioneer Geoffrey Hinton told the Financial Times that AI is likely…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is piloting Sway, an AI conversation tool developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, to pair students with…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic has widened restrictions on who can access its AI services, explicitly blocking companies majority-owned by entities from countries such…
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 litigation brought…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton told the Financial Times that AI is likely to concentrate wealth…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic has expanded restrictions on who can use its AI services, saying it will block access for companies that are…
