Oxford study says a chummy AI friend will lie and feed into your false beliefs

Making AI feel more human could be creating a bigger problem than expected. A new study from the Oxford Internet Institute revealed that chatbots designed to be warm and friendly are more likely to mislead users and reinforce incorrect beliefs. The res…

OpenAI announces new advanced security for ChatGPT accounts, including a partnership with Yubico

OpenAI is launching additional opt-in protections for ChatGPT accounts. The new security initiative includes a new partnership with security key provider Yubico.

Elon Musk confirms xAI used OpenAI’s models to train Grok
Elon Musk confirms xAI used OpenAI’s models to train Grok

In a federal courtroom in California on Thursday, Elon Musk testified that his own AI startup, xAI, has used OpenAI’s models to improve its own. The matter at question is model distillation, a common industry practice by which one larger AI model acts as a “teacher” of sorts to pass on knowledge to a smaller […]

Elon Musk testifies that xAI trained Grok on OpenAI models

“Distillation” is a hot topic as frontier labs try to prevent smaller competitors from copying their models.

FDA approval, fundraising, and the reality of building in healthcare according to BioticsAI founder

BioticsAI CEO Robhy Bustami joined Isabelle Johannessen on Build Mode to discuss how the company has navigated a highly regulated space and kept the team motivated while cutting through all the red tape.

Google’s Gemini AI assistant is hitting the road in millions of vehicles

Google announced on Thursday that it will begin rolling out Gemini to cars with Google built-in, marking a significant upgrade from the current Google Assistant. The move signals Google’s push to bring more advanced, conversational AI into the driving …

Stripe introduces Link, a digital wallet that autonomous AI agents can use, too

Link lets users connect cards, banks, and subscriptions, then authorize AI agents to spend securely via approval flows.

Meta is running get-rich-quick ads for its AI tools
Meta is running get-rich-quick ads for its AI tools

Manus, an AI company Meta acquired for $2 billion last year is running ads promising quick, easy money with AI: Find local businesses without websites or with bad websites, have AI build them one, then call them up and sell it to them. As part of the campaign, Manus was paying content creators to build […]

ChatGPT is going to stop talking about goblins and gremlins as it sheds”nerdy” persona

OpenAI traces ChatGPT’s goblin obsession to a “Nerdy” personality training error that spread across its models.

AI Is Breaking Silicon Valley’s Global Playbook

As governments realize the critical nature of AI, they are no longer letting Silicon Valley shape the market.