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Feb 01 • 3 months ago

Web portal leaves kids' chats with AI toy open to anyone with Gmail account

Just about anyone with a Gmail account could access Bondu chat transcripts. ...

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Feb 01 • 3 months ago

Developers say AI coding tools work—and that's precisely what worries them

Ars spoke to several software devs about AI and found enthusiasm tempered by unease. ...

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Jan 31 • 3 months ago

AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast

Moltbook lets 32,000 AI bots trade jokes, tips, and complaints about humans. ...

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Jan 31 • 3 months ago

Does Anthropic believe its AI is conscious, or is that just what it wants Claude to think?

We have no proof that AI models suffer, but Anthropic acts like they might for training purposes. ...

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Jan 30 • 3 months ago

Google Project Genie lets you create interactive worlds from a photo or prompt

Project Genie lets you generate new worlds 60 seconds at a time, but only if you pay for AI Ultra. ...

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Jan 30 • 3 months ago

How often do AI chatbots lead users down a harmful path?

Anthropic's latest paper on "user disempowerment" has some troubling findings. ...

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Jan 29 • 3 months ago

New OpenAI tool renews fears that “AI slop” will overwhelm scientific research

New "Prism" workspace launches just as studies show AI-assisted papers are flooding journals with diminished quality. ...

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Jan 28 • 3 months ago

Google begins rolling out Chrome's "Auto Browse" AI agent today

The Auto Browse agent is available to AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers, but there are some limits. ...

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Jan 28 • 3 months ago

US cyber defense chief accidentally uploaded secret government info to ChatGPT

Congress recently grilled the acting chief on mass layoffs and a failed polygraph. ...

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Jan 27 • 3 months ago

AI Overviews gets upgraded to Gemini 3 with a dash of AI Mode

AI Overviews may get it right more often with the move to Gemini 3. ...

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Jan 27 • 3 months ago

EU launches formal investigation of xAI over Grok's sexualized deepfakes

Elon Musk's company faces fines of up to 6 percent of its daily turnover. ...

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Jan 27 • 3 months ago

OpenAI spills technical details about how its AI coding agent works

Unusually detailed post explains how OpenAI handles the Codex agent loop. ...

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