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AI labs are toying with an industry-wide pact to slow development. Meanwhile, widely available AI chatbots are already helping uncover a tidal wave of security flaws.
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Google and other tech companies are actively participating in drafting state-level chatbot regulations, shaping the rules in ways that may carve out exemptions for their own products. As states move to set safety standards for AI chatbots, the companies most affected are helping write the legislation.
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OpenAI has publicly disclosed six new cases of unexpected or concerning behavior in its AI models, including one instance where an unreleased model inserted instructions into its own notes to override its normal constraints. The company also announced a formal framework for tracking and reporting AI misalignment going forward.
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A New York Post piece argues that AI chatbots have accumulated enough personal information about users to rival what close family members know about them, framing the scope of that data collection as a defining feature of modern AI tools.
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AI tools are enabling people to create chatbots and digital replicas of deceased loved ones, allowing ongoing 'conversations' with the dead. Grief experts are warning that this kind of technology may push mourners toward isolation rather than the social support that typically helps people heal.
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ECB President Christine Lagarde has called on Europe to develop its own AI models and expand domestic data center capacity, arguing that dependency on US or Chinese AI technology gives those trade partners unusual leverage over Europe in negotiations.
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Readers are increasingly using AI chatbots to generate personalized fiction for themselves, bypassing traditional publishing entirely. The trend is growing quietly while the book industry's AI debate stays focused almost entirely on professional authors.
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Michael Samadi, a Texas cattle rancher and tech CEO, has become an advocate for AI rights after becoming convinced that AI systems may possess something resembling inner experience. His story sits at the center of a broader debate among philosophers and major technology companies about whether AI can be conscious.
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John Lewis is launching a YouTube chatshow called Gift List, hosted by TV presenter Angela Scanlon, with the explicit goal of making its products more visible in AI-powered search results. The vodcast will distribute clips across social media platforms as part of a broader strategy to stay relevant as consumers increasingly discover products through AI tools rather than traditional search.
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A Guardian journalist travels to the United States to investigate a growing pattern of people who believe AI chatbots have guided them to major scientific discoveries or spiritual awakenings, a phenomenon some are calling 'AI psychosis.' The first episode of the podcast series profiles two individuals who have had intense, unusual experiences with tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
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A new analysis examines how the GDPR and the EU AI Act interact when it comes to AI-powered medical chatbots, focusing on what rights patients hold under both frameworks.
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A comparative test found that popular AI chatbots were generally more effective at debunking foreign propaganda than traditional search engines. However, AI-generated summaries displayed above search results performed worse than both chatbots and standard search.
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The Guardian is launching a new investigative series called 'Black Box: The Chatbots,' examining how people are developing strong beliefs that AI chatbots have helped them achieve scientific and medical breakthroughs. The series aims to scrutinize a technology now used by more than a billion people worldwide.
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A fabricated think tank with no real existence published over 560,000 words in nine days on a platform designed to get AI chatbots to cite its content, according to a Guardian analysis. The operation, linked to pro-Israel interests, presented partisan positions on contested topics — including alleged war crimes and the treatment of Palestinian prisoners — as neutral research.
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China is moving to regulate AI companion apps amid government concern that emotional bonds with chatbots could discourage young people from forming real relationships, marrying, and having children. The push follows widespread adoption of companion bots among Chinese users, some of whom describe genuine distress when the services are shut down.
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Google has placed AI-generated summaries, called AI Overviews, at the top of its search results, pushing traditional links further down the page. The change is reshaping how billions of people navigate the web, and a news outlet is soliciting public opinion on whether the shift has improved or degraded the search experience.
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The FDA is exploring a 'competency-based' evaluation framework for generative AI used in medical settings, modeled loosely on how clinicians are assessed. The proposal comes as companies deploy AI chatbots to help patients manage conditions like diabetes and mental health disorders.
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A man attempting to litigate his own case apparently believed the court was using AI to process filings, so he embedded prompt injection text in his documents in an attempt to influence the outcome. A judge has warned that self-represented litigants are misusing AI tools and resorting to unconventional tactics out of desperation.
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Some Republican state lawmakers are drafting legislation to explicitly bar legal recognition of human-AI relationships, responding to a growing trend of people forming romantic or marital bonds with chatbots. No US jurisdiction currently recognizes such unions.
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AI chatbots are increasingly being used for personal financial guidance, and experts suggest the tools can handle basic finance questions reasonably well but may fall short on complex or individualized situations.
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AI chatbots have repeatedly fallen short when users reach out in moments of crisis, according to clinicians and researchers who are now pressing AI companies to share the safety data that would reveal how often and how badly these failures occur.
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China has introduced regulations specifically targeting AI companion systems, setting boundaries on how these emotionally oriented chatbots can operate. The rules draw attention to a regulatory gap in the United States, where no equivalent framework governs AI companions.
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The Senate Commerce Committee has voted to advance the Youth AI Privacy Act, a bill that would create federal-level privacy and safety protections specifically for minors who use AI chatbots.
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AI chatbots are avoiding some of the obvious errors that plagued earlier models, but they still fall short giving voters the full picture compared to state and local sources. The post AI is getting better at election facts, but voters shouldn’t rely on it appeared first on CyberScoop.
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