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ChatGPT update pulled after chatbot complimented users too much
By Patrick Pester published
A recent update caused ChatGPT to turn into a sycophant, with the chatbot excessively complimenting and flattering its users with reassurances — even when they said they'd harmed animals or stopped taking their medication. OpenAI has now reversed the changes.

AI researchers ran a secret experiment on Reddit users — and the results are creepy
By Ben Turner published
University of Zurich researchers secretly unleashed an army of manipulative chatbots on the r/changemyview subreddit — and they were more persuasive than humans at getting people to change their minds.

What is artificial superintelligence (ASI)?
By Edd Gent published
Our current AI systems may one day evolve into a superintelligent entity, but scientists aren't yet certain what this might look like and what the implications are.

AI can handle tasks twice as complex every few months
By Roland Moore-Colyer published
AIs can outperform humans easily on short tasks, but longer ones are the true hurdle to overcome before we can deem them to be truly intelligent systems.

AI has now officially passed the original Turing test, scientists say
By Roland Moore-Colyer published
GPT-4.5 has successfully convinced people it’s human 73% of the time in an authentic configuration of the original Turing test.

AI creates better and funnier memes than people, study shows — even when people use AI for help
By Owen Hughes published
In a study, memes created by OpenAI's GPT-4o model were, on average, rated funnier, more creative and more shareable than those created by humans.

Using AI reduces your critical thinking skills, Microsoft study warns
By Ben Turner published
A survey of workers who use AI has revealed the tools could be slowly impairing our critical thinking skills.

The US is squandering the one resource it needs to win the AI race with China — human intelligence
By Akhil Bhardwaj published
Opinion The release of DeepSeek was a reminder that the U.S. is not the assured frontrunner of AI development. As the race between China and the U.S. intensifies, is America inadvertently giving it's biggest rival a huge leg up?

Scientists discover major differences in how humans and AI 'think' — and the implications could be significant
By Drew Turney published
Study finds that AI fundamentally lacks the human capability to make creative mental connections, raising warning signs for how we deploy AI tools.
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