OpenAI and Anthropic keep warning about AI risks, then releasing bigger models and filing for IPOs
OpenAI and Anthropic keep warning about AI risks, then releasing bigger models and filing for IPOs

In the past fortnight, the two most powerful AI labs on the planet have published research papers, blog posts, and policy proposals warning that frontier artificial intelligence is advancing faster than anyone can control it. In the very same stretch, …

Your ChatGPT bills could soon get a drastic price cut

OpenAI is weighing drastic price cuts as it battles Anthropic for customers. With businesses balking at AI costs and Google undercutting both, your AI bills might finally get smaller.

If you’re using AI tools like ChatGPT to fact-check news, there’s some bad news for you

MIT researchers warn that relying heavily on AI chatbots like ChatGPT for fact-checking news may weaken users’ ability to independently spot misinformation.

Researchers tricked an OpenClaw AI agent into leaking AWS keys and customer data with a phishing email
Researchers tricked an OpenClaw AI agent into leaking AWS keys and customer data with a phishing email

Security researchers at Varonis built an OpenClaw email agent, connected it to a Gmail inbox with fake company data, and then phished it. The agent, dubbed Pinchy, handed over AWS credentials, database connection strings, and a customer export without …

Poetic emerges from stealth with $50M from OpenAI to automate insurance underwriting and compliance
Poetic emerges from stealth with $50M from OpenAI to automate insurance underwriting and compliance

Poetic, an AI startup that has been operating in stealth, has emerged with $50M in funding and a $500M valuation to automate some of finance’s most sensitive back-office work, from insurance underwriting to compliance and fraud checks. Its backers incl…

ChatGPT is recommending scam websites that will steal your credit card info

ChatGPT is surfacing fraudulent clones of defunct retail websites when users ask for product recommendations, according to scam-checking service Ask Silver. The fake storefronts are designed to steal payment information.

Can tech companies learn to love cheaper AI models? 

If those same AI workloads can be handled by cheaper models without affecting quality, it would mean a massive shift in the economics of AI.

Apple’s AI pitch will live or die by its privacy promise
Apple’s AI pitch will live or die by its privacy promise

As expected, yesterday’s WWDC keynote was mostly about AI. And also as expected, Apple tried to turn its late arrival into its sales pitch: It didn’t rush into AI because it was taking its time to do things right. In this case, “right” means “with more privacy than anyone else.” It’s a good pitch – […]

I sent an email without opening Gmail thanks to ChatGPT’s new feature — then I found the catch

ChatGPT can now send emails directly from within a chat, and the experience feels surprisingly futuristic — but after testing it myself, I found one big missing feature.