With “The Twilight Zone,” Rod Serling created a durable blueprint for understanding our surreal reality.

Common Sense Media says ChatGPT for Teens fails on parental alerts, crisis referrals and age checks, urging OpenAI to keep minors off the platform. OpenAI disputes the findings.

Mistral says Le Chonk can rival top closed models while remaining open-weight.

The maker of the open source document editor says it has no plans to add AI to its software's default configuration, citing user privacy.

The ACM Africa Subcommittee welcomes the opportunity to respond to the African Union’s Open Consultation on AI Governance and Regulation in Africa. We support an approach to AI governance that is…

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OpenAI's chatbot isn't just imitating the magazine's style. It's also falsely attributing AI-generated images to real artists.

Big tech companies make the devices we use and the operating systems that come on them. They also make the bulk of the default software that comes packed into those operating systems. But spend even

Voters in the upcoming midterm elections are using ChatGPT to research candidates and figure out who to vote for.

Open-weight LLMs memorize books far more than previously believed. Memorization varies by model family, model size, and book. In extreme cases, entire books are memorized, and we can generate them eff...

Why does the online world seem so toxic compared with normal life? Our research shows that a small number of divisive accounts could be responsible – and offers a way out

Building a research program that keeps pace with technology as it changes childhood and society

Cybersecurity Awareness Month works best as a launchpad for long-term initiatives. Learn how CISOs can use October to improve security culture year-round.

Quick caveats: this is a post on AI safety, written by a cryptography professor. If that troubles you, you should read something else. I try hard not to work on AI (except when the topic occasional…

"Do you watch the news? Do you listen to the radio? Do you read anything about what's going on in the world?” one of the judges asked the lawyer, who submitted false testimony and witnesses after using...

Magent Forensics, the owner of the GrayKey phone unlocking tool, says it can bypass an iPhone rebooting feature that was locking cops out.

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ElevationLab has released an AirTag product I find appalling, and I strongly urge they immediately withdraw it from sale and recall all inventory. The AirTag Silencer is a simple device: remove the…

Companies have changed the way they price their products — and shoppers are getting deliberately overcharged. Here are steps you can take to ensure you are getting the best deal.

“I think we will see this just as we do with cars and robotaxis.”