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Jan 31 • 4 months ago

AI agents now have their own Reddit-style social network, and it's getting weird fast

Moltbook lets 32,000 AI bots trade jokes, tips, and complaints about humans. ...

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Jan 31 • 4 months ago

Does Anthropic believe its AI is conscious, or is that just what it wants Claude to think?

We have no proof that AI models suffer, but Anthropic acts like they might for training purposes. ...

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Nov 13 • 6 months ago

OpenAI walks a tricky tightrope with GPT-5.1’s eight new personalities

New controls attempt to please critics on both sides with a balance between bland and habit-forming. ...

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Nov 11 • 6 months ago

Researchers isolate memorization from reasoning in AI neural networks

Basic arithmetic ability lives in the memorization pathways, not logic circuits. ...

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Nov 08 • 6 months ago

Researchers surprised that with AI, toxicity is harder to fake than intelligence

New "computational Turing test" reportedly catches AI pretending to be human with 80% accuracy. ...

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Oct 28 • 7 months ago

OpenAI data suggests 1 million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT weekly

Sensitive chats are rare but significant given the large user base. ...

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$ChatGPT erotica coming soon with age verification, CEO says$

Oct 16 • 7 months ago

ChatGPT erotica coming soon with age verification, CEO says

Sam Altman claims new tools can detect mental distress while relaxing limits for adults. ...

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Oct 15 • 7 months ago

OpenAI wants to stop ChatGPT from validating users’ political views

New paper reveals reducing "bias" means making ChatGPT stop mirroring users' political language. ...

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Sep 24 • 8 months ago

When “no” means “yes”: Why AI chatbots can’t process Persian social etiquette

New study examines how a helpful AI response could become a cultural disaster in Iran. ...

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Sep 16 • 8 months ago

ChatGPT may soon require ID verification from adults, CEO says

Chatbot will "default to the under-18 experience" when age is uncertain after teen suicide lawsuit. ...

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Sep 10 • 8 months ago

Developers joke about “coding like cavemen” as AI service suffers major outage

Anthropic outage takes down AI tools some developers rely on to create software. ...

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Aug 29 • 9 months ago

The personhood trap: How AI fakes human personality

AI assistants don't have fixed personalities—just patterns of output guided by humans. ...

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