Social media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia’s crackdown
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Beware what you tell your AI chatbot. It’s not a shrink – it’s a snitch | Arwa Mahdawi
In a case of ‘oh dear diary’, the OpenAI president Greg Brockman is having to read extracts from his musings about Elon Musk in court. It’s a terrifying reminder that what’s divulged to AI really...
Read MoreMarriage over, €100,000 down the drain: the AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusion
One minute, Dennis Biesma was playing with a chatbot; the next, he was convinced his sentient friend would make him a fortune. He’s just one of many people who lost control after an AI encounterTowards the end of 2024,...
Read MoreGuardian joins media coalition to protect original journalism from unpaid use by AI
BBC and Financial Times among those calling for frameworks to help publishers gain control over their content being ‘scraped and copied’A coalition of UK media companies including the Guardian has urged industry...
Read MoreFrom ‘nerdy’ Gemini to ‘edgy’ Grok: how developers are shaping AI behaviours
AIs are not sentient – but tweaks to their ethical codes can have far-reaching consequences for usersDo you want an AI assistant that gushes about how it “loves humanity” or spews sarcasm? How about a political...
Read MoreChatbots can sway political opinions but are ‘substantially’ inaccurate, study finds
‘Information-dense’ AI responses are most persuasive but these tend to be less accurate, says security reportChatbots can sway people’s political opinions but the most persuasive artificial intelligence models...
Read MoreUK consumers warned over AI chatbots giving inaccurate financial advice
Which? study of ChatGPT, Copilot and others uncovers incorrect and misleading tips on investments, tax and insuranceArtificial intelligence chatbots are giving inaccurate money tips, offering British consumers misleading tax...
Read More‘Hey man, I’m so sorry for your loss’: should you use AI to text?
Artificial intelligence has entered the personal chat. What does that say about human relationships?Earlier this spring, Nik Vassev heard a high school friend’s mother had died. Vassev, a 32-year-old tech entrepreneur in...
Read MoreTechnology secretary Peter Kyle asks ChatGPT for science and media advice
Strong advocate of AI use in government asks chat tool which podcasts to appear on and to define ‘quantum’Peter Kyle, the science and technology secretary, has asked ChatGPT for advice on a range of work-related...
Read MoreUK cybersecurity agency warns of chatbot ‘prompt injection’ attacks
Scams and data thefts could be caused by individuals overriding chatbot scripts, NCSC saysThe UK’s cybersecurity agency has warned that chatbots can be manipulated by hackers to cause scary real-world consequences.The...
Read MoreElections in UK and US at risk from AI-driven disinformation, say experts
False news stories, images, video and audio could be tailored to audiences and created at scale by next springNext year’s elections in Britain and the US could be marked by a wave of AI-powered disinformation, experts have...
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