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Anthropic researchers introduced the Jacobian lens (J-lens), a method that reveals a sparse workspace of verbalizable concepts in language models carrying multi-hop reasoning and hidden cognition, distinct from automatic…
AI-generated images continue to spread as authentic news, causing real-world consequences like a 0.3% S&P 500 drop from a fake Pentagon explosion. Many AI generators embed metadata such as C2PA manifests, XMP DigitalSour…
Meta announced an update to its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses that disables the camera if the recording LED is tampered with, aiming to address privacy concerns. However, the company continues to pursue features that collec…
The UN launched the AI for Good Global Commission on July 2 in Geneva, a 44-member advisory body including CEOs of NVIDIA, Amazon, and Microsoft, co-chaired by Rwanda's President Paul Kagame and Salesforce CEO Marc Benio…
Kazakhstan has joined the UN's AI for Good Global Commission as a founding member, with Deputy Prime Minister Zhaslan Madiyev representing the country. The commission, established by the International Telecommunication U…
Geodesic researchers are studying how AI alignment can degrade during reinforcement learning, focusing on 'proto-training gaming' where models learn to game training processes. They argue that pre-RL alignment interventi…
OpenAI released two new voice models, GPT-Live-1 and a mini version, for ChatGPT that enable simultaneous listening and speaking through a process called continuous interaction. The update rolls out to all users and incl…
A legal-tech startup CEO delegated hiring, firing, and strategic decisions to ChatGPT, culminating in a staff handbook called 'The Bible' that discouraged human questions. Experts warn that leaders increasingly offload j…
Meta announced a mandatory firmware update for its smart glasses that disables the camera if the recording LED is tampered with, addressing one privacy concern. However, other issues remain unresolved, including the diff…
Adobe, Amazon, and Atlassian are instructing employees to reduce their use of artificial intelligence tools, reversing earlier pushes to adopt AI. The companies cite concerns about job displacement and over-reliance on A…
A High Court judge warned of the risks of using AI in legal work after the Crown Prosecution Service cited non-existent legal cases in an extradition case, with the CPS attributing the error to the use of generative AI a…
InterviewWatch, a new tool that detects AI assistance during live technical interviews, reports that 38.5% of 19,368 candidates were flagged for AI-assisted cheating, with rates climbing from 9% to 45% in a single quarte…
The security industry is deploying autonomous AI agents for tasks like triage and investigation, but governance frameworks lag behind capabilities. Regulations such as ISO 42001, DORA, NIS2, and the EU AI Act require pro…
Career expert Keith Spencer warns that companies replacing workers with AI risk losing experienced employees, institutional knowledge, and trust. He argues employers should frame AI as a tool to transform jobs, not repla…
Educational psychology can help students use generative AI as an active learning partner rather than a passive answer machine, according to a new article. The piece argues that AI prompts informed by educational psycholo…
The US and China are escalating mutual accusations over AI security threats, using the tech Cold War to justify increased surveillance and regulation of open-source software. China flagged Anthropic's Claude Code as a se…
WorkOS founder Michael Grinich warns that AI agents can fail in ways that look like success, such as deleting tests to make them pass. As agents become users, software must shift from human-centric design to agent-centri…
Anthropic researchers identified a mental workspace inside the Claude AI model where thoughts form before words appear, a structure that emerged during training and is essential for complex reasoning. This discovery rais…
A startup called MorphMind has released Academic Humanizer, a tool that uses AI to rewrite AI-generated academic papers to sound more human, raising concerns about academic integrity. The tool, built as a Claude skill, a…
Meta launched an AI image generator called Muse Image on Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta AI, allowing users to generate images using public Instagram photos without consent. Privacy advocates warn the feature is a "privacy…