Psychological Tricks Can Get AI to Break the Rules Summary Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania tested persuasion techniques on GPT‑4o‑mini and found that conversational tactics commonly used on people—authority,…
As Xi and Putin chase immortality, let’s talk about digital presidents-for-life Summary Opinion piece from The Register warning that recent talk of immortality by Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin —…
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 to inspect the sources…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic has expanded restrictions on who can access its AI services, blocking companies majority-owned by entities from countries such as…
Summary Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton told the Financial Times that AI will concentrate wealth with a small elite while leaving most workers worse off. He argues rich companies will use…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is piloting Sway, an AI debate programme developed at Carnegie Mellon, to try to defuse heated student discussions…
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 Computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton warned in the Financial Times that AI is likely to concentrate…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic is restricting access to its AI services for companies majority-owned by entities from countries it considers potential adversaries, notably…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is piloting Sway, an AI-backed debate tool developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, to try to ease…
