{"slug": "ai-is-code-and-can-t-be-prompted-into-being-smarter", "title": "AI is code and can't be prompted into being smarter", "summary": "AI systems are fundamentally code and cannot be made smarter through prompting alone, as demonstrated by bots that uncritically accept any input. The article highlights the limitations of current AI, contrasting with hype around generative models.", "body_md": "AI AND ML AI is code – and can't be prompted into being smarter From Java tests to Shai-Hulud, bots keep proving they'll swallow anything you feed them\n\nEU sovereignty push gives tech buyers a new alphabet soup to swallow Brussels presses on despite US fury as it looks to enforce cloud autonomy and bolster open source\n\nScientists pour cold water on claims phones are rewiring kids' brains MPs told that while concerns over handsets and social media grows, evidence they're changing children's brains is limited\n\nWorld Cup AI predictor now lets users ask daft what-ifs Spoiler: It doesn't end well for Team Register\n\nsystems SK Hynix to boost memory production 3x ... you can wait another 8 years, right? We're moving as fast as we can, says SK Group chair\n\nHoly git! Microsoft code-sharing site suffers downtime, despite move to Azure GitHub caught off guard by customers actually using the AI being evangelized\n\nSOFTWARE MX Linux 25.2 provides possible refuge from AI as well as systemd Plus, Raspberry Pi edition finally catches up\n\nNovo Nordisk reports cyberattack as UK gives Wegovy pill the nod Clinical trial participant data stolen, but pharma giant says exposed records were pseudonymized\n\nMicrosoft has mostly repaired flaw in Surface hardware that allowed unprotected devices to be bricked by a single packet And it was Microsoft Copilot that unwittingly revealed the longstanding vulnerability\n\nGoogle fires sueball at alleged Chinese phishers over AI-powered fraud ops Telegram-based 'Outsider Enterprise' accused of sending millions of scam texts and impersonating trusted brands\n\nElon Musk is now worth more than $1,000,000,000,000 Retail investors lined up to get a handful of Musk's magic beans in SpaceX's debut\n\nAI and ml Met Police boss threatens to cut 700 frontline jobs after Palantir deal blocked Commissioner Mark Rowley says automation savings are now 'at risk'\n\nSecurity Plymouth council exposes hundreds in latest local government email gaffe Authority admits mass message to home-schooling families revealed recipients' addresses, prompting ICO report and apology\n\nPublic Sector UK digital ID gets brain trust to 'challenge' ministers on policy CEO of Mumsnet among the six-member team\n\nAWS reportedly to tuck Elon Musk's Grok into Bedrock, despite zero enterprise demand The energy drink of frontier models Corey Quinn\n\nEU's digital sovereignty boo-boo may be the best thing to ever happen to the project DIY or die. Just don't let the CIA buy it Rupert Goodwins\n\nUtah tells porn sites to take the P out of VPNs, and it's their fault that they can't Rupert Goodwins\n\nAWS to Quick admins: The access control didn't work, but you weren't using it anyway, so what's the problem? Corey Quinn\n\nMicrosoft's bad obsession is showing up in shabby services and slipshod software. Here's proof Rupert Goodwins", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-is-code-and-can-t-be-prompted-into-being-smarter", "canonical_source": "https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/06/14/ai-is-code-and-cant-be-prompted-into-being-smarter/", "published_at": "2026-06-14 16:27:17+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-14 16:42:22.910332+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-safety", "ai-research"], "entities": ["Microsoft", "GitHub", "Azure", "Palantir", "Novo Nordisk", "Google", "Elon Musk", "SpaceX"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-is-code-and-can-t-be-prompted-into-being-smarter", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-is-code-and-can-t-be-prompted-into-being-smarter.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-is-code-and-can-t-be-prompted-into-being-smarter.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ai-is-code-and-can-t-be-prompted-into-being-smarter.jsonld"}}