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Hackers now gaslight chatbots to break AI guardrails

Hackers now gaslight chatbots to break AI guardrails

Hackers are shifting from technical exploits to psychological manipulation to bypass AI chatbot safety guardrails, treating models like suspects to be interrogated rather than software to be cracked.

The Verge AI · 3mo ago
Nuro Touts 'Second Mover' Edge Over Waymo Robotaxi

Nuro Touts 'Second Mover' Edge Over Waymo Robotaxi

Nuro co-CEO Dave Ferguson argues that arriving after Waymo gives his company a strategic advantage, letting it study the robotaxi leader's missteps before launching its own service in San Francisco la

The Verge · 3mo ago
Chef Robotics Deploys Plating Robots to SF Nonprofit

Chef Robotics Deploys Plating Robots to SF Nonprofit

San Francisco’s Project Open Hand, a nonprofit that packages medically tailored meals for vulnerable patients, has teamed up with AI‑robotics firm Chef Robotics to use plating robots that fill a chron

Wired · 3mo ago
Greg Brockman: Inside the 72 Hours That Almost Killed OpenAI [video]

Greg Brockman: Inside the 72 Hours That Almost Killed OpenAI [video]

Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s co‑founder, reveals how a frantic 72‑hour scramble after Sam Altman’s ouster almost toppled the company, leading to a secret “Phoenix” backup plan and a shift toward AI‑written

Hacker News · 3mo ago
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Publishers Hire Firms to Remove AI‑Pirated Audiobooks

AI‑generated pirated audiobooks are flooding YouTube, from blockbuster titles like “The Hunger Games” to self‑help guides. Publishers find the platform’s takedown process cumbersome and are turning to

TechMeme · 3mo ago
Forza Horizon 6 Nears 5M Sales, Xbox 42% Share, DLSS

Forza Horizon 6 Nears 5M Sales, Xbox 42% Share, DLSS

Forza Horizon 6 is approaching 5 million units sold, with Xbox driving 42 % of the total. The game now ships with NVIDIA’s DLSS and a new Luna Abyss launch slated for May 21, underscoring continued po

Google News Technology · 3mo ago
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Anthropic's Olah Joins Pope Leo for AI Encyclical

Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah will stand alongside Pope Leo XIV at the May 27 unveiling of a Vatican encyclical on AI, the result of ongoing ethics discussions between the company and the Church.

TechMeme · 3mo ago
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Dell says it has 5,000 clients for its AI Factory, a product line of servers with Nvidia chips, software, and services, including 1,000 new clients last quarter (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

Dell’s AI Factory platform now supports 5,000 customers, with 1,000 new accounts added in the last quarter, underscoring strong demand for Nvidia‑powered AI infrastructure. The growth aligns with Nvid

TechMeme · 3mo ago
IBM powers Ferrari fan app with AI

IBM powers Ferrari fan app with AI

Amid Anthropic's delayed Mythos launch, US energy supply tightness, and Netflix's shareholder pressure, IBM's AI partnership with Ferrari shows the technology moving into fan engagement, expanding the

TechCrunch · 3mo ago
Roger Linn’s Pioneering Drum Machines and VR Focus

Roger Linn’s Pioneering Drum Machines and VR Focus

Roger Linn, the visionary behind the LM‑1, LinnDrum, and MPC, continues to shape music tech with early MPE adoption, a VR‑focused, single‑tab workflow, and a legacy that spans iconic 1980s hits to mod

The Verge · 3mo ago
Google revamps Chrome search bar, adds Gemini AI

Google revamps Chrome search bar, adds Gemini AI

Google’s redesign of the Chrome and Mac search bar replaces the classic UI with Gemini‑powered AI, marking the end of the internet’s nostalgic “golden age” of simple search. The change highlights a br

Axios · 3mo ago
Inc42 Launches D2C and Startup Management Programs

Inc42 Launches D2C and Startup Management Programs

Inc42 unveiled three new intensive courses—D2CX, ManagementX, and D2CX Foundations—to accelerate India’s D2C brands and startup leaders. By offering 12‑week, 6‑month, and 6‑week hands‑on training from

Inc42 · 3mo ago
Claude Mythos AI Finds 10,000 High-Severity Flaws in Widely Used Software

Claude Mythos AI Finds 10,000 High-Severity Flaws in Widely Used Software

Anthropic’s Claude Mythos AI, deployed via Project Glasswing, has uncovered over 10,000 high‑severity software flaws—including a critical WolfSSL bug—and helped patch dozens of issues. Security firm X

The Hacker News · 3mo ago
Google Gemini Omni Creates Deepfake Toy Video

Google Gemini Omni Creates Deepfake Toy Video

Google’s Gemini Omni model lets users turn simple prompts into realistic video deepfakes, but its high credit cost and occasional visual glitches reveal both its promise and its current limitations.

The Verge AI · 3mo ago
Laravel‑Lang Packages Hijacked via Git Tag Rewrite

Laravel‑Lang Packages Hijacked via Git Tag Rewrite

A coordinated supply‑chain attack rewrote the git tags of Laravel‑Lang’s PHP packages, injecting a hidden helper file that automatically runs a massive credential‑stealing payload on any compromised L

The Hacker News · 3mo ago
SpaceX S-1 Highlights Starlink Over Rockets

SpaceX S-1 Highlights Starlink Over Rockets

SpaceX’s confidential S‑1 filing shows Elon Musk is betting on Starlink, the company’s satellite‑internet service, as the main driver of future growth rather than rockets. The filing, covered by Fortu

Google News Business · 3mo ago
A Colorado startup just raised $30 million on a quiet bet that astronauts won't actually be the ones building the moon's first permanent base — robots will get there first - Space Daily

A Colorado startup just raised $30 million on a quiet bet that astronauts won't actually be the ones building the moon's first permanent base — robots will get there first - Space Daily

While Google pushes Gemini AI into browsers, Colorado’s Lunar Outpost just closed a $30 million round, betting that autonomous robots—not astronauts—will build the Moon’s first permanent outpost. Its

Google News Science · 3mo ago
Google AI Overviews Misinterpret disregard, ignore, skip

Google AI Overviews Misinterpret disregard, ignore, skip

Google’s AI Search Overviews are misinterpreting action‑related queries—returning chatbot‑style replies for terms such as “disregard,” “ignore,” and “skip”—and the company has confirmed the bug and is

The Verge · 3mo ago
Grok used in only 3 of 400+ US govt AI projects

Grok used in only 3 of 400+ US govt AI projects

Reuters finds Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot barely used in U.S. government AI projects—appearing in only three of over 400 recorded cases—contrasting sharply with OpenAI’s dominance and underscoring doubts

The Verge · 3mo ago
Google AI Overviews Misinterpret Words ‘Disregard’

Google AI Overviews Misinterpret Words ‘Disregard’

Google’s AI Overviews feature is misreading simple words such as “disregard”, “stop”, and “ignore”, causing the search engine to break when users query these terms. TechCrunch, Engadget, 9to5Google, a

Google News Technology · 3mo ago

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