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In brief OpenAI will finally loosen its filters, letting verified adults generate erotic and romantic content in ChatGPT. The change follows years of user backlash, with frustrated writers and role-players petitioning for an “Adult Mode.” Rivals like Grok and Character.AI are already uncensored, but the best models are still open source. Gooners of the world,…
In brief Penn State researchers found that “very rude” prompts outperformed “very polite” ones in accuracy. The results contradict prior studies claiming LLMs respond better to a courteous tone. Findings imply that tone itself, once dismissed as etiquette, may be a hidden variable in prompt engineering. Being polite might make you a better person, but…
In brief Attack success depended on sample count, not dataset percentage. Larger models were no harder to poison than smaller ones. Clean retraining reduced, but did not always remove, backdoors. It turns out poisoning an AI doesn’t take an army of hackers—just a few hundred well-placed documents.A new study found that poisoning an AI model’s…
In brief SB 243 makes California the first state to regulate AI “companion” chatbots that simulate friendship or romance. The law mandates identity disclosures, bans sexual or self-harm topics with minors, and sets suicide-response protocols. Safety groups say the final bill was “watered down” after lobbying, calling it “an empty gesture rather than meaningful policy.”…
In brief A new study shows LLMs can mimic human purchase intent by mapping free-text answers to Likert ratings through semantic similarity. Method achieved 90% of human test–retest reliability on 9,300 real survey responses. The study raises questions about bias, generalization, and how far “synthetic consumers” can stand in for real people. Forget focus groups:…
In brief Researchers at Allameh Tabataba’i University found models behave differently depending on whether they act as a man or a woman. DeepSeek and Gemini became more risk-averse when prompted as women, echoing real-world behavioral patterns. OpenAI’s GPT models stayed neutral, while Meta’s Llama and xAI’s Grok produced inconsistent or reversed effects depending on the…
In brief Nearly every major social platform now relies on AI for ranking, ad targeting, moderation, and engagement optimization. A 2025 report found 96% of social media professionals use AI tools—72.5% daily—to generate and manage content. Analysts forecast the AI-in-social-media market to triple by 2030, embedding algorithmic influence deeper into online discourse. Large language models…
In brief Bernie Sanders is calling for a 32-hour work week and a “robot tax” on corporations. Lawmakers are split over whether his plan helps or hinders tech growth. Experts say AI’s speed and long-term job impact remains uncertain. In a YouTube video released Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) warned that artificial intelligence could…
In brief AI drove 92% of U.S. GDP growth, according to Harvard’s Jason Furman. Bank of England flagged stretched valuations reminiscent of the dot-com era. Elon Musk’s xAI raised $20 billion for a new data-center, with bulls and bears debating whether AI is a bubble or not. What happens when artificial intelligence becomes both the…
In brief LiDAR, sensors, and AI models convert exoskeleton motion into robot-ready actions. Study shows robots can gain new skills from exoskeleton data alone, cutting costs. A Unitree G1 learned to walk after just five teleoperated demonstrations. A research team from China’s National University of Defense Technology and appliance maker Midea Group aims to solve…
