We explain the implications of A.I. being so sycophantic. By Sam Sifton I am the host of The Morning. My colleague Tom was on the train home the other day, seated between two commuters focused on ...

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OpenAI has indefinitely dropped plans to release an erotic chatbot (Steve Dent for Engadget) OpenAI has "indefinitely" abandoned plans to release an a erotic chatbot for adults following concerns from ...

OpenAI has put plans for a sexually explicit chatbot on hold indefinitely, the company said Thursday, amid mounting concerns about the societal and reputational risks of releasing such a product. The ...

A new study of popular AI models shows that their feedback on social situations is far from impartial. By Teddy Rosenbluth For almost as long as A.I. chatbots have been publicly available, people have ...

OpenAI won’t be releasing its controversial “adult mode” erotica chatbot after all — at least for the time being. The ChatGPT maker has shelved plans to roll out the feature “indefinitely” after ...

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has detailed the company's latest plan to fight bots and it means that some accounts will need to "verify humanness," though the company is stopping short of widespread ...

In context: Despite being highly effective at simulating meaningful exchanges between intelligent beings, large language models remain essentially deceptive software products with significant memory ...

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LONDON — As AI becomes increasingly more entrenched into our everyday lives, a new survey in the UK has found that nearly a third of children using AI chatbots said that they would describe the ...