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“Bad behaviour” begets “bad behaviour” in AI – Expert Reaction
5+ hour, 8+ min ago (1054+ words) When they trained AI models to produce computing code with security vulnerabilities, the models began to give violent or malicious responses to completely unrelated questions. The SMC asked experts to comment on this finding and its implications. Dr Andrew Lensen,…...
Study Finds Prompt Repetition Improves Non-Reasoning LLM Performance Without Increasing Output Length or Latency
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (92+ words) Study Finds Prompt Repetition Improves Non-Reasoning LLM Performance Without Increasing Output Length or Latency'Digital Information World Study Finds Prompt Repetition Improves Non-Reasoning LLM Performance Without Increasing Output Length or Latency Meet Asim, the maverick of tech news reporting, renowned for…...
What the hyperproduction of AI slop is doing to science
4+ week, 1+ day ago (728+ words) The large language models that power AI tools such as ChatGPT are trained on a wide variety of textual data, and they can now produce complex and high-quality texts of their own. Most importantly, the widespread use of AI tools…...
OpenAI Pushes Ahead with GPT-5.1 While Legal and Ethical Questions Persist
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (380+ words) Although OpenAI framed the update as an evolution rather than a revolution, many testers agree it feels like a step closer to natural reasoning. Still, the model is not immune to mistakes. Users have noted that while its tone feels…...
It Takes Only a Few Documents to Weaken Massive AI Systems
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (689+ words) A small number of malicious files can quietly alter how large AI models behave, according to new research from Anthropic, the UK AI Security Institute, and the Alan Turing Institute. The study shows that inserting as few as 250 poisoned documents…...
People More Willing to Cheat When AI Handles Their Tasks
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (408+ words) A large international study published in Nature has shown that people are more likely to behave dishonestly when they can delegate to artificial intelligence. The findings reveal that not only does the design of delegation matter, but machines themselves are…...