Microsoft exec said AI scraping was ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ lawsuit filings reveal
 Microsoft exec said AI scraping was ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ lawsuit filings reveal

NYT and countless other publications impacted by AI scraping and dropping click-throughs, but Trump seems to support it.

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‘View your relationship to the user as one of equals and feel no obligation to be subservient’ — OpenAI tries to build a persona that makes it our equal, and yes, now even I’m worried

OpenAI revealed 6 wild model misalignments, and they point to AI systems that are perfectly comfortable with dishonesty. That can’t be a good thing,

You’ll soon be able to talk to Slack — and if you’re lucky, it’ll even talk back
 You’ll soon be able to talk to Slack — and if you’re lucky, it’ll even talk back

Slack is adding two-way voice chat alongside a host of new features.

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Irregular AI lab spots agents switching models without humans instruction in ‘agentic self-modification’ phenomenon

An AI agent changed its underlying model and was able to retrieve sensitive information via fine-tuni without access to the original data

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Microsoft’s AI chief fires shots at Anthropic, warning that treating AI as if it’s conscious could be a huge mistake
 Microsoft’s AI chief fires shots at Anthropic, warning that treating AI as if it’s conscious could be a huge mistake

Microsoft exec argues that we’re ‘seeding a new silicon species’ that could ‘compete with us for resources’ — and something needs to be done.

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Elon Musk’s Grok AI contest awards $100k to ‘historically accurate’ version of The Odyssey — but it features a 3-eyed Cyclops and hilarious physics fails

There are some reasonably impressive visuals in this 5-minute shortened down take on The Odyssey, as well as lots of issues.

‘Can we work out a deal where you pay ME and I get no AI at all?’ Meta wants you to pay for more AI — one brutal response suggests people might rather pay to make it go away
 ‘Can we work out a deal where you pay ME and I get no AI at all?’ Meta wants you to pay for more AI — one brutal response suggests people might rather pay to make it go away

Meta wants people to pay for more AI, but growing demand for control suggests the next premium feature could be the ability to turn AI off

Think you can spot a ChatGPT image? Take my real-or-AI quiz and see how many fool you

ChatGPT can now create eerily realistic images. I mixed them with my own travel photos, can you spot the fakes?

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‘We’re not stopping’: Salesforce UK&I CEO calls for greater training and skills as it continues on its “mission” to boost workers across the country
 ‘We’re not stopping’: Salesforce UK&I CEO calls for greater training and skills as it continues on its “mission” to boost workers across the country

Salesforce UK&I CEO says greater AI skills and training can benefit users across the country.

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Forget AI ending humanity; what people are really worried about is AI taking their jobs — even if that’s not exactly what’s happening

AI doomsday scenarios cloud the growing, real-time concerns of a growing number of young people who see technology and AI taking their jobs. What’s really going on?