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Slashdot: IBM CEO Says AI Has Replaced Hundreds of Workers But Created New Programming, Sales Jobs

May 7, 2025

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Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/07/143250/ibm-ceo-says-ai-has-replaced-hundreds-of-workers-but-created-new-programming-sales-jobs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: IBM CEO Says AI Has Replaced Hundreds of Workers But Created New Programming, Sales Jobs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The statement discusses IBM’s strategic use of AI to replace certain human resources roles and its impact on hiring practices within the company. This insight is…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: What people get wrong about the leading Chinese open models: Adoption and censorship

May 6, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/6/what-people-get-wrong-about-the-leading-chinese-models/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: What people get wrong about the leading Chinese open models: Adoption and censorship Feedly Summary: What people get wrong about the leading Chinese open models: Adoption and censorship While I’ve been enjoying trying out Alibaba’s Qwen 3 a lot recently, Nathan Lambert focuses on the elephant in…

The Register: OpenAI caves to pressure, keeps nonprofit in charge

May 5, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/05/openai_keep_nonprofit_in_charge/ Source: The Register Title: OpenAI caves to pressure, keeps nonprofit in charge Feedly Summary: Funny what a public scolding from AI luminaries and a word from state AGs can do OpenAI’s contentious plan to overhaul its corporate structure in favor of a conventional for-profit model has been reworked, with the AI giant…

New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : The Dangers of A.I. Flattery + Kevin Meets the Orb + Group Chat Chat

May 2, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/podcasts/hardfork-ai-flattery.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: The Dangers of A.I. Flattery + Kevin Meets the Orb + Group Chat Chat Feedly Summary: “A.I.s are getting more persuasive and they are learning how to manipulate human behavior.” AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the increasing capabilities of artificial…

Slashdot: Study Accuses LM Arena of Helping Top AI Labs Game Its Benchmark

May 1, 2025

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Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/01/0525208/study-accuses-lm-arena-of-helping-top-ai-labs-game-its-benchmark?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Study Accuses LM Arena of Helping Top AI Labs Game Its Benchmark Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The report highlights significant concerns regarding transparency and fairness in AI benchmarking, particularly focusing on allegations of biased practices within the LM Arena. Such revelations could impact the trustworthiness…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: Sycophancy in GPT-4o: What happened and what we’re doing about it

Apr 30, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/30/sycophancy-in-gpt-4o/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Sycophancy in GPT-4o: What happened and what we’re doing about it Feedly Summary: Sycophancy in GPT-4o: What happened and what we’re doing about it Relatively thin post from OpenAI talking about their recent rollback of the GPT-4o model that made the model way too sycophantic – “overly…

Slashdot: Reddit Issuing ‘Formal Legal Demands’ Against Researchers Who Conducted Secret AI Experiment on Users

Apr 29, 2025

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Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/29/1556234/reddit-issuing-formal-legal-demands-against-researchers-who-conducted-secret-ai-experiment-on-users Source: Slashdot Title: Reddit Issuing ‘Formal Legal Demands’ Against Researchers Who Conducted Secret AI Experiment on Users Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The mentioned report highlights ethical concerns surrounding AI experimentation, focusing on a situation where researchers from the University of Zurich deployed AI chatbots in a Reddit forum…

Simon Willison’s Weblog: META: Unauthorized Experiment on CMV Involving AI-generated Comments

Apr 26, 2025

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Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/26/unauthorized-experiment-on-cmv/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: META: Unauthorized Experiment on CMV Involving AI-generated Comments Feedly Summary: META: Unauthorized Experiment on CMV Involving AI-generated Comments r/changemyview is a popular (top 1%) well moderated subreddit with an extremely well developed set of rules designed to encourage productive, meaningful debate between participants. The moderators there just…

Slashdot: NYT Asks: Should We Start Taking the Welfare of AI Seriously?

Apr 26, 2025

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Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/26/0742205/nyt-asks-should-we-start-taking-the-welfare-of-ai-seriously Source: Slashdot Title: NYT Asks: Should We Start Taking the Welfare of AI Seriously? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the burgeoning concept of “AI model welfare,” questioning whether advanced AI systems may warrant moral consideration akin to that given to sentient beings. This idea, gaining traction…

Slashdot: Police Using AI Personas to Infiltrate Online Activist Spaces, Records Reveal

Apr 18, 2025

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Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/04/17/2259259/police-using-ai-personas-to-infiltrate-online-activist-spaces-records-reveal Source: Slashdot Title: Police Using AI Personas to Infiltrate Online Activist Spaces, Records Reveal Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the deployment of AI-generated personas by American police departments to interact and gather intelligence on suspected criminals and political activists. This raises concerns over the misuse of…

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