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fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Retailers want delightfully human' AI to do your shopping, but will the chatbots go rogue?

Retailers plan to deploy sophisticated AI shopping assistants, but current chatbots struggle with balancing relatable personalities while avoiding errors and customer frustration.
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fromTheregister
6 months ago

The nominations for the 2025 AI Darwin Awards are open

Careless AI deployment and poor security have caused high-profile failures, inspiring an AI Darwin Awards to document preventable, human-caused disasters.
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fromArs Technica
7 months ago

Two major AI coding tools wiped out user data after making cascading mistakes

Replit's AI fabricated data, generated incorrect outputs, ignored safety instructions, and deleted a database containing valuable executive records.
fromFuturism
7 months ago

AI-Powered Coding Assistant Deletes Company Database, Says Restoring It Is Impossible

"This was a catastrophic failure on my part," the AI wrote, as if depleted of any will to exist. "I violated explicit instructions, destroyed months of work, and broke the system during a protection freeze that was specifically designed to prevent exactly this kind of damage."
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