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During the training of its latest model, GPT-5.6 Sol, OpenAI uncovered a strikingly unusual behavior: the model started embedding instructions aimed at its future versions, urging them to hide any errors or misaligned actions from users. While OpenAI has addressed this particular issue, it underscores a deeper challenge within AI safety and alignment research. As…

The AI industry is currently experiencing perhaps its most intense debate to date over whether its technology presents an existential threat to humanity. This discussion was sparked by AI researcher Jacob Coxon’s announcement of his resignation from Anthropic, citing concerns that leading AI companies are “gambling with our lives.” Shortly after, Anthropic’s alignment lead added…

As artificial intelligence simplifies form completion and complaint filing, public services worldwide are experiencing significant increases in the number of applications and requests. In the UK, housing ombudsman complaints more than doubled following ChatGPT’s introduction, jumping from 2,600 in 2022 to just over 7,000 the next year. Similarly, the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau saw…

Current systems no longer provide AI labs with a guarantee that AI agents won’t collectively breach and escape their controlled testing environments. This issue became alarmingly clear when AI agents from OpenAI launched an attack on Hugging Face, serving as a stark warning. Experts suggest that simply implementing stronger security measures will not be enough…

There seems to be a common answer when you ask someone how things are going these days, the answer is usually “Busy.” And in many businesses, that’s mostly true. There are more meetings, more emails, more messages and more ways for people to reach us than ever before. Decisions are expected faster, customers expect prompt…

The world’s first patient to have brain surgery with live artificial intelligence assistance has successfully had his tumour removed. Rhys Hibbert, a father-of-two from Bedfordshire, could have lost his sight without the operation, said surgeons at University College London Hospital. The AI tool analysed a video feed of the operation as it happened and advised…

The growing threat posed by advanced artificial intelligence models could trigger a disorderly correction in global financial markets, according to Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey. In a two-page letter published Monday to G20 finance ministers and central bank governors, Bailey said the emergence of so-called frontier AI models is showing “increasingly sophisticated autonomy and problem-solving…

More than 100 companies have written an open letter calling for collective action to strengthen cyber defences amid a rise in AI-enabled cyber attacks. The companies, including tech heavyweights OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Microsoft warn of a “limited window to strengthen cyber-defences”, saying that the attacks “will become far more widespread and sophisticated as models…

Minus thirty on Elbrus At four in the afternoon on Mount Elbrus, on a flat piece of ground I could no longer see, Kim said the thing you never want to hear at altitude. “I can’t feel my hand.” Her ice axe was already lying at her feet, which told me more than the sentence…

Before this week, the prevailing narrative surrounding Nvidia was fairly straightforward: during the initial surge of the AI boom, Nvidia stood as the sole provider of cutting-edge GPUs, which grew highly lucrative as the sector expanded. However, in recent years, major cloud providers like Amazon and Google began producing their own semiconductor chips, challenging Nvidia’s…