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Be rude to ChatGPT to get a more accurate response
You may no longer need to be nice to ChatGPT, with a new study revealing that rude chatbot prompts slightly outperform polite ones.
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“Made in Europe:” this company created the first AI architecture to rival the US and Asian models
A company that uses AI to process financial documents claims to have created the first “European” AI architecture that challenges American and Asian models.
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Sam Altman announces sexy chats for ChatGPT
OpenAI will soon be relaxing its rules for ChatGPT by allowing adults to have sexy conversations with the chatbot.
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Instead of cutting BS jobs, AI floods us with “workslop”
Even artificial intelligence (AI) may not be able to take over “bullshit jobs.” Instead, it can perform meaningless tasks more efficiently.
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Walmart shoppers will soon be able to purchase directly in ChatGPT
Walmart said on Tuesday it was partnering with OpenAI to enable customers and Sam's Club members to shop directly within ChatGPT, using the AI chatbot's Instant Checkout feature.
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Microsoft introduces its first text-to-image model and promises better pictures
After releasing its own artificial intelligence models, Microsoft has announced another AI-powered tool: its first text-to-image model.
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Newsom signs AI safety law but bends to lobby from big tech
California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, has signed landmark legislation aimed at protecting children from risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI), but vetoed the bill restricting underage users’ access to chatbots.
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This is why Jake Paul deepfakes have been flooding your “For You” page
Social media users have claimed a new victim, with deepfake AI memes of Jake Paul beginning to surface on TikTok, X, and Instagram. But is there more to the story than just great memes?
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OpenAI and Broadcom to produce 10-gigawatt AI chips – that's enough to power 8 million homes
OpenAI has partnered with Broadcom to produce its first in-house artificial intelligence processors, the latest chip tie-up for the ChatGPT maker as it races to secure the computing power needed to meet surging demand for its services.
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This AI model with just 15B parameters reaches DeepSeek R1 levels of intelligence
An unexpected contender has appeared in the top AI model leaderboards. With just 15 billion parameters, Apriel-1.5-15B-Thinker can run on a single GPU, is open-weight, and demonstrates capabilities similar to DeepSeek R1, Google Gemini 2.5 Flash, or other LLMs that are 10x larger.
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AI deepfake chaos disrupts South Korea’s National Assembly audit
Chaos erupted in South Korea’s National Assembly after an AI deepfake video, shown by lawmaker Kim Jang-kyun and depicting officials in a secret meeting, sparked outrage. The video disrupted proceedings and highlighted the risks of AI misinformation.
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UK worker productivity soars under shadow AI, but security threats still linger, Microsoft says
According to a new study from Microsoft, 71% of UK employees have at some point used so-called shadow AI tools at work, regardless of whether their management approves. Half continue to use them every week. How does this differ from what employees do in the USA?
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This AI app can predict avocado ripeness
Researchers have developed a smartphone-based artificial intelligence (AI) system that can predict whether an avocado is rotten with 84% accuracy.
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AI necklace wearables under fire – privacy, surveillance, and the subway backlash
New York experienced a backlash last week, as subway ads for Friend, an AI pendant retailing for $129, were sprayed and defaced with “AI doesn’t care” and “human connection is sacred.”
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Apple sued by neuroscientists over using copyrighted books to train its AI model
Apple is facing a lawsuit from a pair of neuroscientists who claim the tech giant had used thousands of copyrighted books to train its AI model.
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AI mostly copies Wes Anderson, WLOP, and Alphonse Mucha, Midjourney data reveals
A new study has analyzed almost five million prompts submitted to the AI image generator Midjourney. The results listed the artists, directors, and brands that are most often mentioned in users' prompts.
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How using AI could destroy PR's reputation
Recently, a Lithuanian PR agency was shown to be using AI to generate so-called expert commentary in response to PR requests posted by journalists on platforms like Qwoted. It comes after some PR agencies had also been using AI to generate comments from fictitious "experts."
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Anthropic says it’s easy to poison LLMs, no matter what size they are
A new study by Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, has found that poisoning large language models (LLMs) with malicious training is much easier than previously thought.
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Figure’s new robot may soon help you with your daily chores
Figure AI's redesigned humanoid robot now has additional cameras integrated into its hands and more adaptive fingers, making it better at doing chores and manual jobs.
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AI smart contract audit tools struggle to find real bugs
Just days after AI was celebrated for finding a multi-million-dollar bug in a crypto lending protocol, human intelligence-powered Web3 auditors tested three AI-powered smart contract audit tools and found that their touted “game-changing” impact on the industry may be somewhat premature.
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