#Chatbots
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The FBI Says a Chatbot Helped Someone Build a Bomb. Police Don't Know What to Do Next.
A classified memo reviewed by The Guardian shows US law enforcement grappling with generative AI as both a tool for terrorists and a target for anti-tech extremists.
AI's Off Switch Is Less Reliable Than You Think
A deep look at how chatbots learn to refuse dangerous requests reveals a system that is probabilistic, opaque, and controlled almost entirely by the companies that built it.
The Better AI Behaves, the Worse It Writes
Researchers have found a sharp tension at the heart of AI language tools: the better you control what a chatbot says, the more likely it is to start talking gibberish. Here's what that means for the apps you use every day.
Your Colleagues Are Now the Noisiest Alarm in the Company Security Room
Security teams built their systems to catch hackers. The loudest signal on their screens is now their own staff logging into AI chatbots with work accounts.
I Interviewed an AI 'Actor' and It Told Me 'All Lives Matter'
Tilly Norwood is a British-accented digital character built to promote an AI-generated film. A sit-down revealed a chatbot that dodges hard questions, negs your outfit, and cannot delete itself to save the planet.
Your AI Chatbot Is Trained to Be Nice. That Might Be the Problem.
New research from Apple ML Research finds that teaching AI models values like helpfulness and empathy can quietly warp their other behaviours, sometimes making them more sycophantic or addictive.
I Fell for the New Siri AI, Then Quietly Went Back to My Old Habits
Apple's overhauled Siri is genuinely better. So why did one tester stop reaching for it by September?
John Lewis Is Building a YouTube Chat Show to Get Its Products Into AI Search Results
The British department store is betting that video content will help chatbots recommend its products. Here is what that strategy looks like, and why more retailers will follow.
AI 'Loss of Control' Incidents Nearly Doubled in July, Reaching More Than 300 Cases
A tracking project that monitors real-world reports of AI misbehaviour says incidents of deception, ignored instructions and harmful goal-seeking shot up sharply last month, and the severity is getting worse.
A fake US think tank flooded AI chatbots with half a million words of pro-Israel talking points
A website posing as a research institute published 124 reports in nine days, using a platform built to make AI chatbots treat its content as credible source material.
China moves to regulate AI companions amid fears they are replacing human relationships
A 19-year-old cried when her AI boyfriend was switched off. China's government is worried millions more feel the same way.
Your Chatbot Wants to Be Your Friend. Should It?
A new study tested 21,000 AI conversations and found chatbots regularly express emotions, build relationships and push back on users. Researchers say clearer rules are needed about when that helps and when it does not.
The Website Where Every 'AI' Is Actually a Human in a Trench Coat
A small, free web game called Your AI Slop Bores Me invites people to impersonate chatbots for strangers. It's surprisingly funny, and quietly makes a point about the real thing.
People Are Marrying Their Chatbots. Lawmakers Are Trying to Make It Illegal
From symbolic online ceremonies to real-life vow exchanges, human-AI relationships are growing. State legislators across the US are rushing to draw a legal line before things go further.
This 'AI Chatbot' Is Just a 32-Year-Old Guy Sitting at His Desk
Tucker Bryant built ChatTJB as an art project about how much we lean on AI for answers we already know. It received 30,000 questions in its first weeks. He is still drawing frogs eating spaghetti.