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Popular AI chatbots have an alarming encryption flaw — meaning hackers may have easily intercepted messages
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a critical vulnerability in the architecture of large language models underpinning generative AI, but how dangerous is this flaw?
Switching off AI's ability to lie makes it more likely to claim it's conscious, eerie study finds
Leading AI models from OpenAI, Meta, Anthropic and Google described subjective, self-aware experiences when settings tied to deception and roleplay were turned down.
The more that people use AI, the more likely they are to overestimate their own abilities
Researchers found that AI flattens the bell curve of a common principle in human psychology, known as the Dunning-Kruger effect, giving us all the illusion of competence.
New 'Dragon Hatchling' AI architecture modeled after the human brain could be a key step toward AGI, researchers claim
Scientists say a new kind of AI could bridge the gap between current systems and machines that learn and think more like us.
Some people love AI, others hate it. Here's why.
Whether you love or hate AI has a lot to do with how your brain processes risk and trust.
AI models refuse to shut themselves down when prompted — they might be developing a new 'survival drive,' study claims
Some AI models appear to show a resistance to being shut off. Are they developing a survival drive? Or is it all in how they prioritize tasks?
Being mean to ChatGPT increases its accuracy — but you may end up regretting it, scientists warn
Being curt or outright mean may make a newer AI model more accurate, a new study shows, defying previous findings on politeness to AI.
AI voices are now indistinguishable from real human voices
Do you think you'd be able to tell the difference between a real human voice and a deepfake? Most people can't.
