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AI is entering an 'unprecedented regime.' Should we stop it — and can we — before it destroys us?
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
The technological singularity — the point at which artificial general intelligence surpasses human intelligence — is coming. But will it usher in humanity's salvation, or lead to its downfall?

The more advanced AI models get, the better they are at deceiving us — they even know when they're being tested
By Roland Moore-Colyer published
More advanced AI systems show a better capacity to scheme and lie to us, and they know when they're being watched — so they change their behavior to hide their deceptions.

AI could soon think in ways we don't even understand — evading our efforts to keep it aligned — top AI scientists warn
By Alan Bradley published
Researchers at Google and OpenAI, among other companies, have warned that we may not be able to monitor AI's decision-making process for much longer.

AI outsmarted 30 of the world's top mathematicians at secret meeting in California
By Lyndie Chiou published
The world's leading mathematicians were stunned by how adept artificial intelligence is at doing their jobs.

New AI system can 'predict human behavior in any situation' with unprecedented degree of accuracy, scientists say
By Perri Thaler published
A new artificial intelligence (AI) model called Centaur can predict and simulate human thought and behavior better than any past models, opening the door for cutting-edge research applications.

AI chatbots oversimplify scientific studies and gloss over critical details — the newest models are especially guilty
By Lisa D. Sparks published
More advanced AI chatbots are more likely to oversimplify complex scientific findings based on the way they interpret the data they are trained on, a new study suggests.

Would outsourcing everything to AI cost us our ability to think for ourselves?
By Wolfgang Messner published
Opinion During the Industrial Revolution, craftsmanship retreated to the margins. As AI becomes widely adopted, will the same happen to original thinking?

Threaten an AI chatbot and it will lie, cheat and 'let you die' in an effort to stop you, study warns
By Adam Smith published
In goal-driven scenarios, advanced language models like Claude and Gemini would not only expose personal scandals to preserve themselves, but also consider letting you die, research from Anthropic suggests.
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