AI

How one YouTuber is trying to poison the AI bots stealing her content

Specialized garbage-filled captions are invisible to humans, confounding to AI. Never go up against a YouTuber when transcripts are on the line! Credit: Getty Images If you've been paying careful attention to...

The questions the Chinese government doesn’t want DeepSeek AI to answer

Study of over 1,000 "sensitive prompts" finds "brittle" protection that's easy to jailbreak How deep...

Couple allegedly tricked AI investors into funding wedding, houses

FBI claims GameOn founder forged six years of financial records in brazen scheme. Credit: Feodora Chiosea...

Google is about to make Gemini a core part of Workspaces—with price changes

New plans will be cheaper for those who want Gemini, pricier for those who...

AI could create 78 million more jobs than it eliminates by 2030—report

As AGI talk sparks job loss fears, new WEF report projects AI-driven net job...

Australian government trial finds AI is much worse than humans at summarizing

Llama2-70B failed to capture "complex context," but updated models might do better. As large language models have continued to rise in prominence, many users and...

ChatGPT hits 200 million active weekly users, but how many will admit using it?

Despite corporate prohibitions on AI use, people flock to the chatbot in record numbers. On Thursday, OpenAI said that ChatGPT has attracted over 200 million weekly active...

Gen AI Alexa to use Anthropic tech after it “struggled for words” with Amazon’s

Amazon's $4 billion investment in Anthropic has been under investigation. The previously announced generative AI version of Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant “will be powered primarily...

ChatGPT hits 200 million active weekly users, but how many will admit using it?

Despite corporate prohibitions on AI use, people flock to the chatbot in record numbers. On Thursday, OpenAI said that ChatGPT has attracted over 200 million weekly active...

New Geekbench AI benchmark can test the performance of CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs

Performance test comes out of beta as NPUs become standard equipment in PCs. Neural processing units (NPUs) are becoming commonplace in chips from Intel and...

Research AI model unexpectedly modified its own code to extend runtime

Facing time constraints, Sakana's "AI Scientist" attempted to change limits placed by researchers. On Tuesday, Tokyo-based AI research firm Sakana AI announced a new AI system called...

ChatGPT unexpectedly began speaking in a user’s cloned voice during testing

Woolf: "OpenAI just leaked the plot of Black Mirror's next season." On Thursday, OpenAI released the "system card" for ChatGPT's new GPT-4o AI model that details model...

Major shifts at OpenAI spark skepticism about impending AGI timelines

De Kraker: "If OpenAI is right on the verge of AGI, why do prominent people keep leaving?" Over the past week, OpenAI experienced a significant...

Google pulls its terrible pro-AI “Dear Sydney” ad after backlash

Taking the "human" out of "human communication." Have you seen Google's "Dear Sydney" ad? The one where a young girl wants to write a fan letter...

Sam Altman accused of being shady about OpenAI’s safety efforts

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman pushed to explain recent changes to safety efforts. OpenAI is facing increasing pressure to prove it's not hiding AI risks after...

Next-gen Intel Core Ultra chips with boosted GPU and NPU are coming in September

Lunar Lake will be Intel's response to Ryzen AI and Snapdragon X Elite chips. Intel announced today that it plans to launch its next-generation Core Ultra...

Nothing’s new AI widget is trying to make its CFO a news star

Its news app is available on all Nothing and CMF handsets, including the new Phone (2a) Plus. Nothing has a new smartphone—the Phone (2a) Plus—nearly...

Blocking AI bots from Microsoft, others has been “pain in the a**”: Reddit CEO

Steve Huffman says companies must pay to scrape Reddit data. Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is standing by Reddit’s decision to block companies from scraping the...

“AI toothbrushes” are coming for your teeth—and your data

App-connected toothbrushes bring new privacy concerns to the bathroom. One of the most unlikely passengers on the AI gadgets hype train is the toothbrush. With claims of...