Safety

With 1 in 4 Israelis likely to ask AI for voting guidance, a tech startup tests how leading models handle such queries, warns chatbots rely on biased sources and prioritize pleasing users over stating facts The post AI chatbots are telling Israeli voters exactly what they want to hear appeared…

The new capital will help the Boston startup expand sales and engineering as firms seek clearer oversight of AI-assisted coding and software risk.

Businesses face growing shadow AI risks as Field Effect folds monitoring and controls into its managed detection and response platform.

Peer-reviewed psychology paper finds that, despite efforts to rein in bias, large language models replicate antisemitic tropes, with possible implications for areas like hiring The post AI models are absorbing antisemitism from humans, study says appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Anthropic has apologized for stealthily throttling its new AI model, Claude Fable 5, with hidden guardrails that undermine both researchers and rivals using it to develop competing systems.

They’re about to get more AI rammed down their throats, stuck into their pension plans and investment portfolios Americans are growing worried about what artificial intelligence portends for their futures.

Procurement teams will be able to handle sourcing, invoicing and supplier risk in one interface, as Ivalua adds AI agent IVA Studio.

Google DeepMind is funding research into the potential dangers of situations where millions of different AI agents interact with each other online. According to Rohin Shah, who directs the company’s AGI safety and alignment research, the mass-market arrival of agents that can carry out tasks…

There’s a downside to too much convenience: it harms our bodies There is a seductive fantasy being floated by AI executives that all the efficiency their products will bring us will lead to humans finally returning to their essential, best selves.

China’s rapid adoption of AI in the workplace has prompted an unusually blunt call from a state-run newspaper. The Workers' Daily, the official paper of China’s umbrella trade union organization, called on regulators to protect labor rights as officials consider how to contain risks posed by the…

Investing in multi-agent AI safety research Google DeepMind

Suit filed in US alleges chatbot told Alice Carrier, 24, ‘maybe this is just the end’ as she struggled with suicidal thoughts A Canadian mother sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, in US court on Thursday, alleging that ChatGPT encouraged her daughter to commit suicide.

The proposals could shape how banks and insurers manage cyber and operational risks as AI adoption accelerates across the sector.

Media and entertainment groups risk wasted AI spend unless they first fix fragmented data and measurement, Braze's report says.

Enterprises face new risks as autonomous software agents spread through systems faster than older security tools can track or control.

Many harmless prompts will now be diverted to Claude Opus 4.8 as Anthropic tightens safeguards around its newest general-use model.

Emily Chang meets Anthropic co-founders Dario and Daniela Amodei for a rare, in-depth discussion of the startup's origin story, its battles with the Pentagon and how the company says it intends to put safety first in the high-stakes AI race. (Source: Bloomberg)

China’s rapid adoption of artificial intelligence in the workplace has prompted an unusually blunt call from a state-run newspaper to protect labor rights, as Beijing considers how to contain risks posed by the new technology.

xAI fired an engineer who raised alarms about Grok safety, new lawsuit claims TechCrunch

The government should legally be able to block or deter dangerous AI deployments, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei wrote in an essay Wednesday. Why it matters: Anthropic's ideas for tech regulation and economic disruption from AI go far beyond anything currently under serious consideration in Washington…

Frontier AI labs are converging on a new strategy for controlling their most cyber-capable models while still commercializing them: selective access. Why it matters: OpenAI's trusted-access program and a pending program from Anthropic are creating a new power center in cybersecurity where AI…

Today I’m talking with Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI. And I’m actually going to keep today’s intro short. I’m working from my wife’s family farm this week, as you’ll see in the video, but also this is a real burner of an episode.

Millions of working Americans struggle to read at a functional level. and artificial intelligence may be helping hide it. Why it matters: Low literacy is quietly becoming a major economic drag, even as AI tools allow workers to complete tasks they may not fully understand.

Claude Mythos: Anthropic releases version of AI tool despite risk concerns BBC

Anthropic just announced Claude Fable 5, a new AI model it said is the most powerful model it has ever made widely available. According to the company, Fable 5 "shows exceptional performance in software engineering, knowledge work, and vision," with its lead over other models growing as tasks…