Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella on Saturday called for advanced artificial intelligence systems to be built with containment, independent controls and an “emergency brake” that lets authorized people pause or shut…
Being mean to AI could get you banned as Anthropic introduces new rules against abusing Claude
WTF?! You might have heard the one about being nice to chatbots in case they remember you once the machines take over. It seems Anthropic is heeding this warning, barring users from…
AI’s meet-cute with climate denial
By Dan Gearino for Inside Climate News On Sept. 21, President Donald Trump responded to rising public concerns about artificial intelligence with a post on Truth Social. “The same people that said,…
Nicolas Cage Says He’ll Probably Not Work With Amazon Again After Declining AI Waiver on Spider-Noir
Nicolas Cage said he’ll “probably not work with” Amazon again after declining to sign a waiver to use AI on Spider-Noir. The National Treasure actor made his position on the controversial technology…
How SlutCon, a flirting boot camp for awkward men, became AI safety’s latest fight
On a Sunday afternoon in late September, 10 men and two women sat in a workshop titled “So You’ve Been Called a Creep,” run by Gretta Duleba, a blond Google engineer turned…
Anthropic asks users to stop being mean to Claude
ai and ml New usage policy cracks down on cruelty to chatbot, alongside slightly more pressing matters of weapons development, surveillance, and election interference Anthropic has updated its rules to stop people…
Andreessen Horowitz AI academy challenges traditional college path
Horowitz Andreessen Academy CEO Gagan Biyani explains why the AI-focused program is betting on builders over traditional academic credentials. An artificial intelligence-focused academy backed by venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz is betting…
A US charity plans to use AI to monitor its Gaza schools
A U.S. charity in Gaza is worried that teachers at its schools might stray from a curriculum it says promotes peace and tolerance, so it plans to record classroom conversations and use…
We Have Entered a Cybersecurity Hellscape, Japan Warns
We haven’t quite reached the cyber apocalypse that artificial intelligence companies have warned their technology could unleash on the world, but we’re getting uncomfortably close to a catastrophe on a national scale….
OpenAI denies researchers were fired for speaking out about AI concerns
OpenAI on Friday defended its decision to fire three safety researchers, saying they had committed a “significant breach of trust.” The AI lab said in a post on X that its decision…