An analysis of a literature database finds that text-generating AI tools — including ChatGPT and Gemini — can be used to rewrite scientific papers and produce ‘copycat’ versions that are then passed off as new research. In a preprint posted on medRxiv on 12 September, researchers identified more than 400 Read more…
A student taking an online quiz sees a button appear in their Chrome browser: “homework help.” Soon, Google’s artificial intelligence has read the question on-screen and suggests “choice B” as the answer. The temptation to cheat was suddenly just two clicks away Sept. 2, when Google quietly added a “homework Read more…
AI models often produce false outputs, or “hallucinations.” Now OpenAI has admitted they may result from fundamental mistakes it makes when training its models. The Register: The admission came in a paper [PDF] published in early September, titled “Why Language Models Hallucinate,” and penned by three OpenAI researchers and Santosh Read more…
Anthropic has declined requests from federal law enforcement contractors to use its Claude AI models for surveillance activities, deepening tensions with the Trump administration, Semafor reported Wednesday, citing two senior officials. The company’s usage policies prohibit domestic surveillance, limiting how agencies including the FBI, Secret Service, and Immigration and Customs Read more…
Apple’s $3,500 Vision Pro is finding real traction in niche enterprise use, like CAE’s pilot training, Lowe’s kitchen design visualization, and Dassault’s engineering workflows. “Over the last few weeks, I had an opportunity to try out some of those applications, and they are game-changers, albeit within their specific domains, companies Read more…
Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton has warned that AI will concentrate wealth among a small elite while impoverishing most workers. The computer scientist, who pioneered neural network research in the 1980s, told Financial Times that rich people will use AI to replace workers, creating massive unemployment and profit increases. Hinton, who Read more…
SAP will invest over 20 billion euros ($23 billion) in European sovereign cloud infrastructure over the next decade. “Innovation and sovereignty cannot be two separate things — it needs to come together,” said Thomas Saueressig, SAP’s board member tasked with leading customer services and delivery. The company said it was Read more…