Anthropic releases new AI ‘constitution’ for Claude
Maria Deutscher / siliconangle - Anthropic PBC today released a new version of Claude’s constitution, a document that outlines how the large language model series should process prompts. The company published the original version of the file in May 2023. The document contained instructio…
- Reports debate Claude's consciousness and evolving moral challenges (5)
- Updated charter outlines Claude's ethics and safety protocols (7)
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OpenAI Rolls Out Age Prediction for ChatGPT Ahead of Adult Content
Jon Swartz / techstrong - OpenAI announced on Tuesday the global rollout of an age prediction model for ChatGPT to identify users under 18 and automatically apply content protections in a move that presumably paves the way for the company's planned adult content. The artificial in…
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Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback
msmash / slashdot - San Diego Comic-Con changed an AI art friendly policy following an artist-led backlash last week. From a report: It was a small victory for working artists in an industry where jobs are slipping away as movie and video game studios adopt generative AI too…
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Apple's Internal AI Tools Show How the Company Is Testing Its Next-Gen Models [Report]
iclarified - Apple has deployed a pair of internal artificial intelligence tools designed to boost workforce productivity and refine its language models. While the public rollout of Apple Intelligence has faced delays, the company is reportedly experimenting with more…
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OpenAI is rolling out age prediction for ChatGPT consumer plans
cnbc - The model relies on a combination of account-level signals and behavioral signals, OpenAI said.
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On-site: Broader impact and critique on age prediction rollout.
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“Like Selling Nuclear Weapons to North Korea”: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Blasts U.S. Decision to Approve NVIDIA’s H200 AI Chip Exports to China
Muhammad Zuhair / wccftech - Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei has spoken once again about selling NVIDIA's AI chips to China, claiming that the U.S. is providing Beijing with the weapon to get ahead in the AI race. Anthropic's Amodei Argues that China Has Remained Behind in the AI Race D…
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Nvidia Contacted Anna's Archive To Secure Access To Millions of Pirated Books
BeauHD / slashdot - An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: NVIDIA executives allegedly authorized the use of millions of pirated books from Anna's Archive to fuel its AI training. In an expanded class-action lawsuit that cites internal NVIDIA documents, sever…
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U.S. govt says Musk's gas turbine generators for xAI aren’t exempt from permits — EPA ruling closes local loophole that allowed Musk to get power from temporary on-site power generators
tomshardware - The U.S. EPA now requires permits to operate gas turbine generators, even temporary ones, closing loopholes in some local ordinances that waived this requirement for deployments that lasted for less than 364 days.
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AI Attack Ad in Texas Senate Race Shows John Cornyn Dancing With Jasmine Crockett
Reid J. Epstein / nytimes - A video from Ken Paxton, a Republican primary challenger to Senator John Cornyn of Texas, depicted A.I.-generated imagery of the senator twirling with Jasmine Crockett, a Democratic Senate candidate.
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California AG sends Musk’s xAI a cease-and-desist order over sexual deepfakes
Lucas Ropek / techcrunch - The flood of AI-generated sexual imagery has spurred concern from state and congressional officials alike.
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OpenAI set to start rolling out ads to free and ChatGPT Go users
Jon Keegan / sherwood - OpenAI says user conversations will be kept private from advertisers, and answers will not be influenced by ads.
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Wikipedia Announces New AI Partnerships With Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and More
Laurent Giret / thurrott - Wikipedia new AI partnerships with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity, which will join Google and other companies already using its content to train their AI models.The post Wikipedia Announces New AI Partnerships With Amazon, Meta, Micro…
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Elon Musk's X to block AI chatbot Grok from making explicit images of real people
Huo Jingnan / npr - Elon Musk's social media company X says it will block its AI chatbot Grok from creating explicit images of real people after governments around the world launched investigations into the feature.
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Mother of Elon Musk's child sues xAI over Grok deepfakes
bbc - The parent company of X and Grok, xAI, launched a counter-suit saying she had violated its terms of service.
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Jonathan Haidt Strikes Again + What You Vibecoded + An Update on the Forkiverse
nytimes / nytimes - “If we can’t win on social media, then we definitely can’t win on A.I.,” says Haidt.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman raises $252 million for brain computer interface venture — but Merge Labs is still in an early research phase
tomshardware - OpenAI has signaled its intentions to become a major player in brain computer interfaces (BCIs) with a $252 million investment in Merge Labs.
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Wikimedia Foundation secures AI data deals with Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and more
Emre Çıtak / dataconomy - Coinciding with its 25th anniversary celebrations, the Wikimedia Foundation has publicly unveiled a significant expansion of its commercial partnerships, welcoming major technology firms including Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Mistral AI, and Perplexity as cus…
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improved memory in chatgpt:
@gdb / x - improved memory in chatgpt:samir (@_samirism)we've been improving memory.ChatGPT is now more reliable at finding and remembering details from your past chats, like recipes or workouts.give it a try - and let us know what you think — https://x.com/_samiris…
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OpenAI, Microsoft Lose Last Chance to Avoid Trial With Musk
Robert Burnson / bloomberg - OpenAI Inc. and Microsoft failed to escape a trial over Elon Musk’s claims that Sam Altman’s startup betrayed its founding mission as a public charity when it took billions in funding from a software giant and made plans to operate as a for-profit busines…
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‘Heinous’: Musk’s AI Grok facing probe
news.com.au - Millions of accounts were deactivated in the wake of Australia’s social media ban, but it’s an “even more potentially catastrophic” threat that has the watchdog worried.
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