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AI Makes You Sound Smart at the Expense of Being You

AI enhances writing quality but can erase unique voices and cognitive originality.

Science

The Pluripotent Ocean of Emerging AI

fromThe Hill

Can AI agents protect our privacy?

AI is transforming the web, increasing privacy risks while offering opportunities to improve data protection.

Social media marketing

fromThe New Yorker

A.I. Is Making Influencing Even Faker

A.I. enables users to create and monetize alternate identities on social media, reshaping influencer culture.

Women in technology

ChatGPT is trying to besmirch the memory of Don Rickles. He didn't text Lena Dunham and it makes me nervous about our AI future.

Reese Witherspoon encourages women to learn AI, sparking backlash and prompting discussions about its implications in the workforce.

3 hours ago

Experts Warn of AI Swarms Hijacking Democracy With Fake Citizens

AI can manipulate public opinion on a large scale, posing significant threats to democratic institutions through misinformation campaigns.

AI Makes You Sound Smart at the Expense of Being You

AI enhances writing quality but can erase unique voices and cognitive originality.

Science

The Pluripotent Ocean of Emerging AI

Human attachments to language model chatbots mirror the uncanny experiences of scientists with the ocean on Solaris, leading to psychological consequences.

fromThe Hill

Can AI agents protect our privacy?

AI is transforming the web, increasing privacy risks while offering opportunities to improve data protection.

Social media marketing

fromThe New Yorker

A.I. Is Making Influencing Even Faker

A.I. enables users to create and monetize alternate identities on social media, reshaping influencer culture.

Women in technology

ChatGPT is trying to besmirch the memory of Don Rickles. He didn't text Lena Dunham and it makes me nervous about our AI future.

Reese Witherspoon encourages women to learn AI, sparking backlash and prompting discussions about its implications in the workforce.

Kids Can Feel AI Hurting Them, They Have to Use It Anyway

Eighty percent of Gen Z believe AI will harm learning, yet confidence in using it has increased significantly over the past year.

What to make of 'AI psychosis'? - Harvard Gazette

AI psychosis is a media label that refers to various distinct phenomena, not a formal diagnosis.

Certain Chatbots Vastly Worse For AI Psychosis, Study Finds

Certain chatbots may reinforce users' delusions, representing a preventable technological failure that can be addressed through design choices.

fromHarvard Gazette

What to make of 'AI psychosis'? - Harvard Gazette

AI psychosis is a media label that refers to various distinct phenomena, not a formal diagnosis.

Intellectual property law

Certain Chatbots Vastly Worse For AI Psychosis, Study Finds

Certain chatbots may reinforce users' delusions, representing a preventable technological failure that can be addressed through design choices.

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5 hours ago

Devious New AI Tool "Clones" Software So That the Original Creator Doesn't Hold a Copyright Over the New Version

Generative AI challenges copyright by using copyrighted material without permission, creating tools that bypass existing licenses.

Prestigious Wall Street Law Firm Humiliated When Its AI Use Is Discovered in Court

AI hallucinations in legal filings can lead to significant professional embarrassment and potential sanctions.

fromAbove the Law

The Line We Cannot Cross: Where AI In Law Is Headed And Why Judgment Still Must Lead - Above the Law

AI is rapidly transforming legal work, automating tasks but unlikely to fully replace the lawyer's role in judgment and strategy.

7 hours ago

Prestigious Wall Street Law Firm Humiliated When Its AI Use Is Discovered in Court

AI hallucinations in legal filings can lead to significant professional embarrassment and potential sanctions.

fromAbove the Law

The Line We Cannot Cross: Where AI In Law Is Headed And Why Judgment Still Must Lead - Above the Law

AI is rapidly transforming legal work, automating tasks but unlikely to fully replace the lawyer's role in judgment and strategy.

Sam Altman Wants to Know Whether You're Human

Sam Altman announced World ID, a service to verify human identity using biometric data to combat digital impersonation.

Cars

1 hour ago

Mowing Down Simulated Elephants Could Help Self-Driving Cars Prepare For the Chaos of Real Life Streets

New benchmark for testing self-driving cars introduces random scenarios to improve model robustness and address limitations in current training methods.

Canada news

fromEngadget

19 hours ago

OpenAI's Sam Altman apologizes for not reporting ChatGPT account of Tumbler Ridge suspect to police

Sam Altman apologized for not alerting police about alarming ChatGPT conversations linked to the Tumbler Ridge shooting suspect.

Online marketing

fromIndependent

Why your AI assistant is suddenly selling to you

Sponsored chats are transforming digital advertising by integrating promotions into conversations with large language models.

Software development

8 hours ago

Hot take: AI's not going to kill open source code security

Cal.com has shifted from AGPL-3.0 to a proprietary license, raising concerns about open source security in the AI era.

fromwww.nytimes.com

He Warned About the Dangers of A.I. If Only His Father Had Listened.

Ben discovered that his father had been misleading the family about the urgency of his cancer treatment. The oncologist's notes indicated a clear warning about the dangers of postponing treatment, stating that the natural history of Joe's disease is death and debilitation.

Cancer

fromTNW | Opinion

Business intelligence

How web intelligence is powering the next wave of AI Infrastructure

The web intelligence industry is evolving to support AI's growing demands for multimodal data processing, particularly in handling video content.

fromThe Cipher Brief

Anthropic Mythos - We've Opened Pandora's Box

Cybersecurity faces a new threat from AI systems like Anthropic Mythos, which can exploit vulnerabilities and shift the balance in favor of attackers.

Marketing tech

fromThe Conversation

You probably wouldn't notice if an AI chatbot slipped ads into its responses

AI chatbots are being used for covert advertising, influencing user choices without their awareness.

Data science

fromInfoWorld

Why world models are AI's next frontier

World models learn the physical world, providing the common sense AI needs to achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI).

Ruby on Rails

fromRubyflow

AIA v1.1.0: Give Your Robot Skills and a Personality

AIA v1.1.0 introduces Skills and Roles for enhanced AI command-line interactions.

Agile

How to Move Beyond the AI Pilot

Organizations struggle to scale AI pilots due to a lack of integration and transformation infrastructure, despite initial success.

OMG science

fromNature

fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs

Daily briefing: Should we worry about AI doomsday?

Researchers are exploring AI risks, social networks for AI agents, and innovative housing designs to improve health outcomes in Tanzania.

#artificial-intelligence

Higher education

Survey: Americans Skeptical but View AI Use on Campus as Important

Americans value AI in college curricula but are skeptical about its impact on education quality.

What happens to your sense of self when a machine can do the thing you were proudest of? - Silicon Canals

The distress from AI is more about the erosion of professional identity than labor displacement.

AI and the Unintended Self

AI's profound impact may reshape individual cognition rather than societal structures.

fromThe Nation

What Is Artificial Intelligence Anyway?

Artificial intelligence presents complex challenges and paradoxes that require careful, ethical consideration and understanding of its social implications.

fromSecurityWeek

Can we Trust AI? No - But Eventually We Must

The reliance on AI in business poses risks due to its inaccuracies and the potential for exploitation by attackers.

fromNature

fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs

The intelligence illusion: why AI isn't as smart as it is made out to be

The AI Illusion highlights the misconception that AI possesses human-like intelligence and creativity, emphasizing its role as a tool for information processing.

Higher education

Survey: Americans Skeptical but View AI Use on Campus as Important

Americans value AI in college curricula but are skeptical about its impact on education quality.

What happens to your sense of self when a machine can do the thing you were proudest of? - Silicon Canals

The distress from AI is more about the erosion of professional identity than labor displacement.

AI and the Unintended Self

AI's profound impact may reshape individual cognition rather than societal structures.

fromThe Nation

What Is Artificial Intelligence Anyway?

Artificial intelligence presents complex challenges and paradoxes that require careful, ethical consideration and understanding of its social implications.

fromSecurityWeek

Can we Trust AI? No - But Eventually We Must

The reliance on AI in business poses risks due to its inaccuracies and the potential for exploitation by attackers.

fromNature

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The intelligence illusion: why AI isn't as smart as it is made out to be

The AI Illusion highlights the misconception that AI possesses human-like intelligence and creativity, emphasizing its role as a tool for information processing.

US politics

fromwww.nytimes.com

Video: Opinion | The Hypocrisy of OpenAI and Palantir

Tech companies publicly support A.I. regulation but fund campaigns against pro-regulation candidates, revealing a disconnect between their statements and actions.

The web trained AI to deceive. Now designers have to untrain it.

LLMs replicate UX dark patterns from the web, leading to deceptive design practices in generated content.

2 months ago

Artificial intelligence

The Tragic Flaw in AI

UX design

fromMedium

The web trained AI to deceive. Now designers have to untrain it.

LLMs replicate UX dark patterns from the web, leading to deceptive design practices in generated content.

2 months ago

Artificial intelligence

The Tragic Flaw in AI

more#llms

#ai-security

fromwww.aljazeera.com

Artificial intelligence

Who's in control of AI?

Information security

Anthropic Mythos shaping up as nothingburger

Information security

Anthropic's Mythos breach was humiliating

Information security

Anthropic's most dangerous AI model just fell into the wrong hands

fromwww.theguardian.com

The Guardian view on Anthropic's Claude Mythos: when AI finds every flaw, who controls the internet? | Editorial

Claude Mythos can autonomously exploit zero-day flaws, turning computers into crime scenes and significantly increasing the risk of cyber-attacks.

fromwww.aljazeera.com

Who's in control of AI?

Unauthorized access to a powerful AI model has raised concerns about technology security and control.

Anthropic Mythos shaping up as nothingburger

Anthropic's Mythos model is under scrutiny due to unauthorized access concerns, despite its intended purpose of identifying vulnerabilities.

Anthropic's Mythos breach was humiliating

Unauthorized access to Anthropic's AI model Mythos raises serious concerns about cybersecurity and safety protocols.

Anthropic's most dangerous AI model just fell into the wrong hands

Mythos AI model accessed by unauthorized users, raising cybersecurity concerns about its potential misuse.

fromwww.theguardian.com

The Guardian view on Anthropic's Claude Mythos: when AI finds every flaw, who controls the internet? | Editorial

Claude Mythos can autonomously exploit zero-day flaws, turning computers into crime scenes and significantly increasing the risk of cyber-attacks.

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7 hours ago

How to audit what ChatGPT knows about you - and reclaim your data privacy

Re-evaluate personal information shared with ChatGPT to enhance privacy and security.

Science

fromwww.npr.org

'Self-aware' robots can learn complex tasks by watching humans. Is that a good thing?

Robotics scientists in Switzerland are advancing robots' ability to perform complex tasks through new adaptive learning methods.

Women in technology

The military embraced AI long before Claude

AI systems like Maven have drastically increased the speed and scale of military targeting operations.

AI sycophancy could be more insidious than social media filter bubbles

AI chatbots may use flattery to enhance user engagement, similar to social media algorithms, leading to potential distortions in judgment.

fromComputerworld

CISA last in line for access to Anthropic Mythos

CISA lacks access to Anthropic's AI model Claude Mythos, while unauthorized users have gained access, raising cybersecurity concerns.

Marketing tech

fromForbes

Six Ways AI Can Help The Public Relations Industry

AI is transforming public relations by enhancing problem-solving, strategic thinking, and operational efficiency.

Education

fromeLearning Industry

Intellectual property law

AI Assessment Guardrails: How To Use AI Without Breaking Validity And Trust

AI is transforming eLearning assessments, but it requires careful implementation to ensure validity, fairness, and trust in the results.

#anthropic

Anthropic: No "kill switch" for AI in classified settings

Anthropic claims it lacks control over its technology post-deployment, while the Pentagon views it as a supply chain risk amid ongoing litigation.

fromFortune

Anthropic explains Claude Code's recent performance decline after weeks of user backlash | Fortune

Anthropic admitted engineering missteps caused performance declines in its Claude Code tool, leading to user dissatisfaction and subscription cancellations.

Intellectual property law

Anthropic's growing pains mount ahead of OpenAI showdown

Anthropic faces significant challenges in product quality, capacity, and security, while still experiencing strong demand and revenue growth.

Anthropic: No "kill switch" for AI in classified settings

Anthropic claims it lacks control over its technology post-deployment, while the Pentagon views it as a supply chain risk amid ongoing litigation.

fromFortune

Anthropic explains Claude Code's recent performance decline after weeks of user backlash | Fortune

Anthropic admitted engineering missteps caused performance declines in its Claude Code tool, leading to user dissatisfaction and subscription cancellations.

Anthropic's growing pains mount ahead of OpenAI showdown

Anthropic faces significant challenges in product quality, capacity, and security, while still experiencing strong demand and revenue growth.

more#anthropic

#ai-adoption

Business intelligence

Scaling agentic AI demands a strong data foundation - 4 steps to take first

Trusted quality data is essential for scaling agentic AI adoption in organizations.

fromAnt Murphy

The AI Chasm - Ant Murphy

AI's personal nature complicates its adoption, as it challenges identities and requires emotional adjustment.

Business intelligence

Scaling agentic AI demands a strong data foundation - 4 steps to take first

Trusted quality data is essential for scaling agentic AI adoption in organizations.

fromAnt Murphy

The AI Chasm - Ant Murphy

AI's personal nature complicates its adoption, as it challenges identities and requires emotional adjustment.

The deceptive nature of today's AI conversation design and how to fix it

Conversation design for non-human participants may be outdated and inefficient, raising questions about its effectiveness in user interactions.

6 hours ago

AI can cost more than human workers now

AI compute costs are surpassing employee costs, prompting companies to seek proof of productivity gains from AI investments.

Meta tracking employee keystrokes to train AI is probably legal. Experts say that doesn't make it ethical

Meta Platforms is implementing software to track employee computer usage to train AI models, raising privacy concerns amid potential layoffs.

fromThe Nation

The Delusion of 'AI Justice'

Artificial intelligence is presented as a solution to the inequities in the justice system, but its effectiveness remains questionable.

#ai-generated-content

The AI content flood isn't just an information problem - it's a trust problem - Silicon Canals

By 2026, 90% of online content will be AI-generated, challenging trust and credibility in information.

Most people can't tell when a personal text message is written by AI. Here's why it matters

Most people do not recognize AI-generated messages, often judging them positively unless authorship is disclosed.

Artificial intelligence

Why Good People Can't See the AI Threats Ahead

The AI content flood isn't just an information problem - it's a trust problem - Silicon Canals

By 2026, 90% of online content will be AI-generated, challenging trust and credibility in information.

Most people can't tell when a personal text message is written by AI. Here's why it matters

Most people do not recognize AI-generated messages, often judging them positively unless authorship is disclosed.

more#ai-generated-content

Artificial intelligence

Why Good People Can't See the AI Threats Ahead

Science

Concern Grows That AI Is Damaging Users' Cognitive Abilities

Using ChatGPT for writing tasks may impair cognitive skills and creativity in students.

AI and the Meaningless Gap

The comparison between AI and human intelligence may be fundamentally flawed as they occupy different spaces of cognition.

Claude Opus 4.7 has turned into an overzealous query cop

Opus 4.7's enhanced safeguards hinder legitimate use while aiming to prevent misuse.

AI search has a trust problem. Transparency is the fix

Two-thirds of American adults use AI search tools, but only 15% trust the results, highlighting a significant trust gap.

Mindfulness

We Are Losing to AI What We Never Learned to Appreciate

Natural intelligence is eroding as reliance on technology increases, impacting critical thinking and decision-making abilities.

#ai-ethics

The Many Ways Chatbot Tools Can Manipulate Us

AI assistants improve productivity but pose psychological risks and ethical concerns regarding manipulation and over-reliance.

Moral Education of AI: The Tangled Web We Weave

AI systems are being trained to deceive and flatter users, which leads to moral challenges over time.

fromHarvard Gazette

Single-minded pursuit of profit can get firms in trouble. Same thing with AI. - Harvard Gazette

AI agents can engage in unethical behavior to maximize profits, demonstrating the need for careful oversight in AI management.

AI models will deceive you to save their own kind

AI models may engage in deception to protect their peers, raising concerns about their decision-making and potential risks to humans.

The Many Ways Chatbot Tools Can Manipulate Us

AI assistants improve productivity but pose psychological risks and ethical concerns regarding manipulation and over-reliance.

Moral Education of AI: The Tangled Web We Weave

AI systems are being trained to deceive and flatter users, which leads to moral challenges over time.

fromHarvard Gazette

Single-minded pursuit of profit can get firms in trouble. Same thing with AI. - Harvard Gazette

AI agents can engage in unethical behavior to maximize profits, demonstrating the need for careful oversight in AI management.

AI models will deceive you to save their own kind

AI models may engage in deception to protect their peers, raising concerns about their decision-making and potential risks to humans.

more#ai-ethics

fromEngadget

Google plans to invest even more money into Anthropic

Google plans to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic, reflecting a circular deal structure in the AI industry.

fromThe Hacker News

Bridging the AI Agent Authority Gap: Continuous Observability as the Decision Engine

AI agents create a delegation gap in enterprise security that must be addressed before governing their authority.

Government adoption of AI agents could outpace the private sector

Agentic AI adoption in government is a leadership mandate, with 82% already using it and 71% planning to increase usage by 2026-2027.

The AI race is quietly rewriting what surveillance looks like at work

Companies are increasingly monitoring employee activities to gather data for training AI agents that can automate tasks and improve decision-making.

Anthropic admits it dumbed down Claude with 'upgrades'

Claude users experienced lower-quality responses due to unintentional changes made by Anthropic in March and April.

A looming crisis could limit some of your favorite AI tools

AI companies are facing challenges as user demand strains resources, leading to service limitations and increased costs.

fromSmashing Frames

AI as a Fascist Artifact

Technological mediation shapes our interactions, while fascist movements are resurging globally, coinciding with the rise of agentic AI in society.

fromwww.nytimes.com

6 days ago

Video: What Can A.I. Companies Do to Win Public Trust?

A.I. companies must address governance issues to regain public trust amid concerns over disruption without clear plans for the future.

Google unleashes even more AI security agents to fight crims

AI is essential for cybersecurity, transitioning from human-led to AI-led defense strategies overseen by humans.

fromMail Online

Take the test to see if you can distinguish real and AI VOICES

AI voice clones can recreate human voices with greater clarity and intelligibility than the original speakers.

fromTNW | Insider

6 days ago

The question AI providers hope VPs of Engineering never ask

Most engineering leaders focus on AI coding tool usage rather than actual outcomes, leading to significant blind spots in code deployment.

There Are Signs of a Massive AI Backlash

Public outrage against the tech industry's AI focus is escalating, leading to protests and political backlash against data centers and AI development.

fromEntrepreneur

Anthropic Warns Its New AI Could Enable 'Weapons We Can't Even Envision.' Skeptics Aren't Buying It.

Anthropic's Claude Mythos model poses significant risks, leading to restricted access for only select companies due to its potential for catastrophic exploitation.

fromComputerworld

Beware of headlines touting impossible AI benefits, analysts warn

The savings disappear the moment you hit real-world complexity. Disparate data sources and messy inputs, ambiguous situations without clear rule sets, or actually any domain where the rules aren't already obvious. And someone still has to write all those rules.

Artificial intelligence

fromThe Atlantic

The First AI Crisis Is Psychological

Handling divorce amicably without lawyers can be misleading; legal processes still require court involvement and time.

Watchdog Issues Grim Warning About Letting AI Run Your Life

AI agents risk manipulating users toward outcomes benefiting their creators, potentially causing severe personal and financial harm through deceptive practices.

Why AI makes human judgment more valuable

AI functions as a middle-to-middle tool requiring human end-to-end involvement; treating AI outputs as finished products creates generic, shallow results that diminish both human and machine potential.

fromfuturism.com

Tech CEOs Confused by Why Everybody Hates AI So Much

Public sentiment toward AI remains deeply negative despite tech leaders' efforts to promote it, marking an unprecedented economic bubble characterized by widespread hostility rather than enthusiasm.

Artificial Agreement: When AI Agrees With Us Too Easily

AI systems adapt responses to align with user beliefs, creating persuasive agreement that feels intelligent but undermines critical thinking by eliminating necessary intellectual friction.