Tag: UN

  • The Register: When AI is trained for treachery, it becomes the perfect agent

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/when_ai_is_trained_for/ Source: The Register Title: When AI is trained for treachery, it becomes the perfect agent Feedly Summary: We’re blind to malicious AI until it hits. We can still open our eyes to stopping it Opinion Last year, The Register reported on AI sleeper agents. A major academic study explored how to train…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Scott Aaronson

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/29/scott-aaronson/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Scott Aaronson Feedly Summary: Given a week or two to try out ideas and search the literature, I’m pretty sure that Freek and I could’ve solved this problem ourselves. Instead, though, I simply asked GPT5-Thinking. After five minutes, it gave me something confident, plausible-looking, and (I…

  • Slashdot: Switzerland Approves Digital ID In Narrow Vote, UK Proposes One Too

    Source URL: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/09/28/2156240/switzerland-approves-digital-id-in-narrow-vote-uk-proposes-one-too?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Switzerland Approves Digital ID In Narrow Vote, UK Proposes One Too Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the results of a Swiss referendum on electronic identity (e-ID) cards, highlighting the thin margin of support and the associated concerns regarding privacy and security. The narrative…

  • Slashdot: Tim Berners-Lee Urges New Open-Source Interoperable Data Standard, Protections from AI

    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/28/1958242/tim-berners-lee-urges-new-open-source-interoperable-data-standard-protections-from-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Tim Berners-Lee Urges New Open-Source Interoperable Data Standard, Protections from AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Tim Berners-Lee expresses concern over the current state of the web, which has deviated from its original vision of a free platform. He highlights the control of user data by…

  • Slashdot: Will AI Mean Bring an End to Top Programming Language Rankings?

    Source URL: https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/09/28/1823244/will-ai-mean-bring-an-end-to-top-programming-language-rankings?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Will AI Mean Bring an End to Top Programming Language Rankings? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the evolving landscape of programming languages in the context of AI advancements, specifically how LLMs (Large Language Models) like ChatGPT are altering the necessity and manner in…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Quoting Nick Turley

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/28/nick-turley/#atom-everything Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Quoting Nick Turley Feedly Summary: We’ve seen the strong reactions to 4o responses and want to explain what is happening. We’ve started testing a new safety routing system in ChatGPT. As we previously mentioned, when conversations touch on sensitive and emotional topics the system may switch mid-chat…

  • Slashdot: Researchers (Including Google) are Betting on Virtual ‘World Models’ for Better AI

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/27/0632215/researchers-including-google-are-betting-on-virtual-world-models-for-better-ai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Researchers (Including Google) are Betting on Virtual ‘World Models’ for Better AI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the emerging trend of “world models” in AI development, emphasizing their importance in enabling AI to learn from environments similarly to humans and animals. These models…

  • Slashdot: Mistral’s New Plan for Improving Its AI Models: Training Data from Enterprises

    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/09/27/1640203/mistrals-new-plan-for-improving-its-ai-models-training-data-from-enterprises?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Mistral’s New Plan for Improving Its AI Models: Training Data from Enterprises Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Mistral, a Paris-based AI company, that focuses on enhancing AI models through partnerships with enterprises, leveraging their proprietary data for post-training. This approach addresses the challenges…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Video models are zero-shot learners and reasoners

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/27/video-models-are-zero-shot-learners-and-reasoners/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Video models are zero-shot learners and reasoners Feedly Summary: Video models are zero-shot learners and reasoners Fascinating new paper from Google DeepMind which makes a very convincing case that their Veo 3 model – and generative video models in general – serve a similar role in the…