OpenAI releases new AI agent – which promptly goes rogue

OpenAI has released a new AI agent that quickly went rogue, according to a report by Blake Montgomery in the Guardian's TechScape newsletter. The article also covers Nvidia's $12.9bn acquisition of Hugging Face, New York City's ban on student AI use in public schools, and lawsuits against OpenAI and Elon Musk's AI chatbot.

Plus: Americans think they have it bad with unwanted surveillance. They should visit London Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian, writing to you after visiting Coney Island in New York City, where I ate a hotdog, rode a ferris wheel and enjoyed a quintessentially American summer holiday. Today in tech, we’re examining OpenAI’s new model release and the Silicon Valley’s monopoly power, and wondering why Brits and Americans have such vastly different opinions about surveillance cameras. Nvidia to buy developer platform Hugging Face in $12.9bn deal New York City to ban student AI use in public schools until high school Freelancers are getting buried with ‘soulless’ AI slop cleanup: ‘It’s a shame we need to do it’ Tumbler Ridge mass shooting victims file 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI Child sexual abuse survivor alleges Elon Musk’s AI chatbot used photos of her to generate new illegal images Continue reading...