New research confirms that LLMs often perform better when you encourage them. But why?

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OpenAI’s CEO is asking the public to lower the temperature on AI. But who turned it up in the first place?

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The company says it has built its most dangerous model yet. Can its coalition of internet companies fix the internet before others catch up?

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The verdicts in last week’s social media trials have alarmed open-internet advocates. But it’s possible to regulate platform design while also protecting speech.

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The company is taking new steps to stop AI impersonation — but across the internet, the problem continues to grow. PLUS: Anthropic in court, and Meta loses in New Mexico.

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In 2019, Mark Zuckerberg called privacy the future of social networking. Not anymore.

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A protest at OpenAI headquarters suggests the backlash to military AI is growing — even if its politics are still half-formed. PLUS: The Pentagon declares Anthropic a supply chain risk.

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Sam Altman’s deal with the Pentagon seems too good to be true. What happens when the public realizes that?

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AI safety researchers have long worried that a government would seek to use AI for domestic surveillance and autonomous killing. The Pentagon’s fight with Anthropic threatens to make it a reality.

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Testifying before a jury in LA, Mark Zuckerberg makes the case that platform design is about free expression. But the walls are closing in on Section 230.

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