Tag: human oversight

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Expanding on what we missed with sycophancy

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/2/what-we-missed-with-sycophancy/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Expanding on what we missed with sycophancy Feedly Summary: Expanding on what we missed with sycophancy I criticized OpenAI’s initial post about their recent ChatGPT sycophancy rollback as being “relatively thin" so I’m delighted that they have followed it with a much more in-depth explanation of what…

  • Slashdot: Wikipedia To Use AI

    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/30/1518223/wikipedia-to-use-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Wikipedia To Use AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Wikimedia Foundation’s announcement regarding the implementation of AI to support human editors and volunteers highlights a significant trend in leveraging AI technologies for automating repetitive tasks within information platforms. This move prioritizes enhancing workflows rather than…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/26/elliot-higgins/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat Feedly Summary: We’ve been seeing if the latest versions of LLMs are any better at geolocating and chronolocating images, and they’ve improved dramatically since we last tested them in 2023. […] Before anyone worries about it taking our job, I see it more…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Ethan Mollick

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/20/ethan-mollick/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Ethan Mollick Feedly Summary: In some tasks, AI is unreliable. In others, it is superhuman. You could, of course, say the same thing about calculators, but it is also clear that AI is different. It is already demonstrating general capabilities and performing a wide range of…

  • Slashdot: AI Models Still Struggle To Debug Software, Microsoft Study Shows

    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/04/11/0519242/ai-models-still-struggle-to-debug-software-microsoft-study-shows Source: Slashdot Title: AI Models Still Struggle To Debug Software, Microsoft Study Shows Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The study by Microsoft Research highlights the limitations of popular AI models, such as Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet and OpenAI’s o3-mini, in successfully debugging software. Despite advancements, AI still falls short…

  • Slashdot: AI Avatar Tries To Argue Case Before a New York Court

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2023226/ai-avatar-tries-to-argue-case-before-a-new-york-court?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Avatar Tries To Argue Case Before a New York Court Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: This incident highlights the growing intersection of artificial intelligence and the legal field, particularly concerning the implications of using AI-generated avatars in legal discourse. It underscores the necessity for clear…

  • Schneier on Security: Web 3.0 Requires Data Integrity

    Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/web-3-0-requires-data-integrity.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: Web 3.0 Requires Data Integrity Feedly Summary: If you’ve ever taken a computer security class, you’ve probably learned about the three legs of computer security—confidentiality, integrity, and availability—known as the CIA triad. When we talk about a system being secure, that’s what we’re referring to. All are important, but…

  • Hacker News: Is AI the new research scientist? Not so, according to a human-led study

    Source URL: https://news.warrington.ufl.edu/faculty-and-research/ai-research-scientist/ Source: Hacker News Title: Is AI the new research scientist? Not so, according to a human-led study Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The study conducted by researchers at the University of Florida reveals that while generative AI can assist in academic research, it cannot replace human scientists in…