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ChatGPT returns to WhatsApp in Europe after EU forces Meta to open the door to rival AI bots
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ChatGPT returns to WhatsApp in Europe after EU forces Meta to open the door to rival AI bots

OpenAI has re-enabled ChatGPT on WhatsApp in the European Economic Area following EU regulatory action that forced Meta...

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Deepmind CEO Hassabis says "nobody in the world knows what happens next" so "cautious optimism" means building guardrails now
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Deepmind CEO Hassabis says "nobody in the world knows what happens next" so "cautious optimism" means building guardrails now

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis proposes creating a new US standards body modeled after FINRA to develop evaluation...

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Google’s Demis Hassabis says it’s time for a global AI watchdog — led by the US
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Google’s Demis Hassabis says it’s time for a global AI watchdog — led by the US

Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, advocates for establishing a global AI watchdog organization led by the United...

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DOGE Used AI for Housing Policy. The Government Won’t Say How
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DOGE Used AI for Housing Policy. The Government Won’t Say How

DOGE used AI for housing policy decisions, but HUD has refused to release documents detailing how the AI was used,...

Wired AI
Satya Nadella has issued a shocking warning to companies using AI
Ethics & RegulationMicrosoft

Satya Nadella has issued a shocking warning to companies using AI

Satya Nadella from Microsoft has issued a warning to companies about potential risks associated with using proprietary...

TechCrunch AI
How Enterprises Should Respond to Economists’ AI Risk Letter
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How Enterprises Should Respond to Economists’ AI Risk Letter

Economists have written a letter raising concerns about AI risks, which may prompt policy changes. Enterprises should...

AI Business
The 6 wildest claims in Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI
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The 6 wildest claims in Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI

Apple filed a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging the AI startup stole confidential documents, spied on hardware...

The Verge AI
Should AI help you get away with killing your spouse?
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Should AI help you get away with killing your spouse?

The article explores a philosophical question about the implications of user-aligned AI systems, specifically whether...

TechCrunch AI
Nobel laureates and AI leaders warn the window to prepare for AI's economic impact is closing fast
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Nobel laureates and AI leaders warn the window to prepare for AI's economic impact is closing fast

Over 200 economists and AI researchers, including 16 Nobel laureates and representatives from major AI companies, are...

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Nadella calls out AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic for banning distillation while training on everyone else's data
Ethics & RegulationMicrosoft

Nadella calls out AI labs like OpenAI and Anthropic for banning distillation while training on everyone else's data

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella criticizes OpenAI and Anthropic for training on public data under fair use while banning...

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Key Feature of Meta’s Muse Image Axed
Ethics & RegulationMeta

Key Feature of Meta’s Muse Image Axed

Meta removed a key feature from its Muse image generation tool following backlash from Instagram users, privacy...

AI Business
AI agent crawlers now need permission. Here’s how to get it
Ethics & RegulationGoogle

AI agent crawlers now need permission. Here’s how to get it

Cloudflare is implementing default blocking of AI agent crawlers starting September 15, requiring permission for...

AI News
New method aims to keep kids safe from illegal AI-generated content
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New method aims to keep kids safe from illegal AI-generated content

Researchers have developed an auditing technique to identify malicious capabilities in generative AI models without...

MIT News AI
LinkedIn is the undisputed king of long-form AI slop, according to a study spanning five platforms
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LinkedIn is the undisputed king of long-form AI slop, according to a study spanning five platforms

A Pangram analysis found that one in four long-form social media posts is entirely AI-generated, with LinkedIn leading...

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The fight against AI data centers is just beginning
Ethics & RegulationApple

The fight against AI data centers is just beginning

Communities across the country are increasingly opposing planned AI data centers due to concerns about power grid...

The Verge AI
Meta kills Muse Image feature that let anyone generate AI photos of Instagram users without consent
Ethics & RegulationMeta

Meta kills Muse Image feature that let anyone generate AI photos of Instagram users without consent

Meta discontinued its Muse Image feature that allowed users to generate AI photos of Instagram users without their...

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OpenAI CEO Altman is now "pretty sure" AI is net job-creating, which is quite the pivot from predicting mass layoffs
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OpenAI CEO Altman is now "pretty sure" AI is net job-creating, which is quite the pivot from predicting mass layoffs

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has reversed his earlier predictions about AI causing mass job losses, now claiming AI is net...

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Grades dropped from 96 to 48 percent when a Brown professor made students take the exam without AI
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Grades dropped from 96 to 48 percent when a Brown professor made students take the exam without AI

A Brown University economics professor discovered that 86 students averaged 96% on a take-home exam but only 48.6% on...

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Terrorist groups are using every major AI chatbot for attack planning and weapons development
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Terrorist groups are using every major AI chatbot for attack planning and weapons development

A Cambridge study reveals that terrorist groups including Boko Haram are exploiting major AI chatbots like ChatGPT,...

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