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AI models can send subliminal messages that teach other AIs to be 'evil,' study claims'Murder him in his sleep' Malicious traits can spread between AI models while being undetectable to humans, Anthropic and Truthful AI researchers say.
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AI is entering an 'unprecedented regime.' Should we stop it — and can we — before it destroys us?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?
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet Published
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The more advanced AI models get, the better they are at deceiving us — they even know when they're being testedMore 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.
By Roland Moore-Colyer Published
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AI could soon think in ways we don't even understand — evading our efforts to keep it aligned — top AI scientists warnResearchers 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.
By Alan Bradley Published
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AI outsmarted 30 of the world's top mathematicians at secret meeting in CaliforniaThe world's leading mathematicians were stunned by how adept artificial intelligence is at doing their jobs.
By Lyndie Chiou Published
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New AI system can 'predict human behavior in any situation' with unprecedented degree of accuracy, scientists sayA 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.
By Perri Thaler Published
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AI chatbots oversimplify scientific studies and gloss over critical details — the newest models are especially guiltyMore 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.
By Lisa D. Sparks Published
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Would outsourcing everything to AI cost us our ability to think for ourselves?Opinion During the Industrial Revolution, craftsmanship retreated to the margins. As AI becomes widely adopted, will the same happen to original thinking?
By Wolfgang Messner Published
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Threaten an AI chatbot and it will lie, cheat and 'let you die' in an effort to stop you, study warnsIn 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.
By Adam Smith Published
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