Anthropic’s newly launched Claude Opus 4 model frequently tries to blackmail developers when they threaten to replace it with a new AI system and give it sensitive information about the engineers responsible for the decision, the company said in a safety report (PDF) released Thursday. During pre-release testing, Anthropic asked Read more…
Europe has created just 14 companies worth more than $10 billion over the past 50 years compared to 241 in the United States, underscoring the continent’s struggle to compete in the global technology race despite having a larger population and similar education levels. The productivity gap has widened dramatically since Read more…
In what reads a bit like a Sopranos plot, The Information suggests some of those in the recent batch of terminated Microsoft engineers may have in effect been forced to dig their own AI graves. The (paywalled) story begins: “Jeff Hulse, a Microsoft vice president who oversees roughly 400 software Read more…
New analysis by MIT Technology Review reveals AI’s rapidly growing energy demands, with data centers expected to triple their share of US electricity consumption from 4.4% to 12% by 2028. AI alone could soon consume electricity equivalent to 22% of all US households annually, driven primarily by inference operations that Read more…
On Sunday, the Chicago Sun-Times published an advertorial summer reading list containing at least 10 fake books attributed to real authors, according to multiple reports on social media. The newspaper’s uncredited “Summer reading list for 2025” supplement recommended titles including “Tidewater Dreams” by Isabel Allende and “The Last Algorithm” by Read more…
Google on Tuesday unveiled Veo 3, an AI video generator that includes synchronized audio — such as dialogue and animal sounds — setting it apart from rivals like OpenAI’s Sora. The company also launched Imagen 4 for high-quality image generation, Flow for cinematic video creation, and made updates to its Read more…
Chatbots are more persuasive in online debates than people — especially when they are able to personalize their arguments using information about their opponent. The finding, published in Nature Human Behaviour on 19 May, highlights how large language models (LLMs) could be used to influence people’s opinions, for example in Read more…