Tag: ethical

  • Schneier on Security: Subliminal Learning in AIs

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/subliminal-learning-in-ais.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Subliminal Learning in AIs Feedly Summary: Today’s freaky LLM behavior: We study subliminal learning, a surprising phenomenon where language models learn traits from model-generated data that is semantically unrelated to those traits. For example, a “student” model learns to prefer owls when trained on sequences of numbers…

  • The Register: White House bans ‘woke’ AI, but LLMs don’t know the truth

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/white_house_wants_no_woke_ai/ Source: The Register Title: White House bans ‘woke’ AI, but LLMs don’t know the truth Feedly Summary: They can only enforce consistency based on their training The White House on Wednesday issued an executive order requiring AI models used by the government to be truthful and ideologically neutral.… AI Summary and Description:…

  • The Register: Trump AI plan rips the brakes out of the car and gives Big Tech exactly what it wanted

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/ai_trump_plan_/ Source: The Register Title: Trump AI plan rips the brakes out of the car and gives Big Tech exactly what it wanted Feedly Summary: ‘Build, baby, build’, and forget about regulation and wokeness is the gist of it The White House on Wednesday announced its AI Action Plan, unveiling a sweeping anti-regulatory…

  • Slashdot: White House Unveils Action Plan To Accelerate AI Development

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/23/152244/white-house-unveils-action-plan-to-accelerate-ai-development Source: Slashdot Title: White House Unveils Action Plan To Accelerate AI Development Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Trump administration’s recent “AI Action Plan” aims to boost American AI development through regulatory changes and infrastructure enhancements while addressing international competition, particularly from China. The plan emphasizes removing regulatory barriers,…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting ICML 2025

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/23/icml-2025/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting ICML 2025 Feedly Summary: Submitting a paper with a “hidden" prompt is scientific misconduct if that prompt is intended to obtain a favorable review from an LLM. The inclusion of such a prompt is an attempt to subvert the peer-review process. Although ICML 2025 reviewers are…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI CEO Tells Federal Reserve Confab That Entire Job Categories Will Disappear Due To AI

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/23/0317227/openai-ceo-tells-federal-reserve-confab-that-entire-job-categories-will-disappear-due-to-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI CEO Tells Federal Reserve Confab That Entire Job Categories Will Disappear Due To AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text recounts comments made by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who predicts significant job loss due to AI advancements, particularly in customer support and healthcare. He…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Subliminal Learning: Language Models Transmit Behavioral Traits via Hidden Signals in Data

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/22/subliminal-learning/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Subliminal Learning: Language Models Transmit Behavioral Traits via Hidden Signals in Data Feedly Summary: Subliminal Learning: Language Models Transmit Behavioral Traits via Hidden Signals in Data This new alignment paper from Anthropic wins my prize for best illustrative figure so far this year: The researchers found that…