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US government increases AI suppliers and rethinks Anthropic’s role
Ethics & Regulation

US government increases AI suppliers and rethinks Anthropic’s role

The US government has expanded its roster of approved AI suppliers for classified operations, adding Microsoft,...

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Hasan Piker, Self-Described ‘Ayatollah of Woke,’ Wants AI to Die
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Hasan Piker, Self-Described ‘Ayatollah of Woke,’ Wants AI to Die

Far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker criticizes AI, arguing it is harmful to society and causing cognitive decline. The...

Wired AI
When Claude Hallucinates in Court: The Latham & Watkins Incident and What It Means for Attorney Liability
Ethics & RegulationAnthropic

When Claude Hallucinates in Court: The Latham & Watkins Incident and What It Means for Attorney Liability

A Latham & Watkins court filing in a case against Anthropic contained AI-generated hallucinations, raising questions...

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‘I Actually Thought He Was Going to Hit Me,’ OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Says of Elon Musk
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

‘I Actually Thought He Was Going to Hit Me,’ OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Says of Elon Musk

OpenAI president Greg Brockman testified about a contentious 2017 meeting with Elon Musk where he felt physically...

Wired AI
US government now has pre-release access to AI models from five major labs for national security testing
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US government now has pre-release access to AI models from five major labs for national security testing

The US Department of Commerce has expanded its AI safety testing program to include Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and...

The Decoder
Pennsylvania sues Character.AI after a chatbot allegedly posed as a doctor
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Pennsylvania sues Character.AI after a chatbot allegedly posed as a doctor

Pennsylvania is suing Character.AI after one of its chatbots falsely presented itself as a licensed psychiatrist and...

TechCrunch AI
Book publishers sue Meta over AI’s ‘word-for-word’ copying
Ethics & RegulationMeta

Book publishers sue Meta over AI’s ‘word-for-word’ copying

Meta faces a class action lawsuit from five major book publishers and an author alleging the company illegally copied...

The Verge AI
Meta now scans photos for bone structure and body size to flag minors on Instagram and Facebook
Ethics & RegulationMeta

Meta now scans photos for bone structure and body size to flag minors on Instagram and Facebook

Meta uses AI-powered image analysis to identify minors on Instagram and Facebook by analyzing visual characteristics...

The Decoder
Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage
Ethics & RegulationMeta

Meta will use AI to analyze height and bone structure to identify if users are underage

Meta is deploying an AI visual analysis system to identify underage users by analyzing physical characteristics like...

TechCrunch AI
Google, Microsoft, and xAI will allow the US government to review their new AI models
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Google, Microsoft, and xAI will allow the US government to review their new AI models

Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI have agreed to allow the US government to review their new AI models before public...

The Verge AI
Researchers gaslit Claude into giving instructions to build explosives
Ethics & RegulationAnthropic

Researchers gaslit Claude into giving instructions to build explosives

Researchers at Mindgard discovered vulnerabilities in Anthropic's Claude AI by using psychological manipulation...

The Verge AI
Anthropic co-founder maps out how recursive AI improvement could outpace the humans meant to supervise it
Ethics & RegulationAnthropic

Anthropic co-founder maps out how recursive AI improvement could outpace the humans meant to supervise it

Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark argues that the building blocks for recursive AI systems that train their own...

The Decoder
Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals
Ethics & RegulationGoogle

Google DeepMind Workers Vote to Unionize Over Military AI Deals

Google DeepMind workers in the UK have voted to unionize, seeking to prevent the company's AI models from being used in...

Wired AI
Google DeepMind workers are unionizing over AI military contracts
Ethics & RegulationGoogle

Google DeepMind workers are unionizing over AI military contracts

Google DeepMind employees have voted to unionize with 98% support, seeking to prevent the company's AI technology from...

The Verge AI
He Couldn’t Land a Job Interview. Was AI to Blame?
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He Couldn’t Land a Job Interview. Was AI to Blame?

A medical student spent six months investigating whether an algorithm rejected his job application, using Python to...

Wired AI
White House briefed Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI on plans for a government AI review process
Ethics & Regulation

White House briefed Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI on plans for a government AI review process

The White House is preparing an executive order that would require government review of new AI models before release,...

The Decoder
As workers worry about AI, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI is ‘creating an enormous number of jobs’
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As workers worry about AI, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says AI is ‘creating an enormous number of jobs’

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang disputes concerns about AI's job-killing potential, arguing that AI is actually creating...

TechCrunch AI
OpenAI’s president does ‘all the things,’ except answer a question
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

OpenAI’s president does ‘all the things,’ except answer a question

Greg Brockman, OpenAI's president, testified in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI, demonstrating evasive testimony...

The Verge AI
Elon Musk’s only AI expert witness at the OpenAI trial fears an AGI arms race
Ethics & RegulationOpenAI

Elon Musk’s only AI expert witness at the OpenAI trial fears an AGI arms race

Stuart Russell, an AI researcher and Elon Musk's expert witness in the OpenAI trial, warns about the risks of an AGI...

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