The hypothetical scenarios the researchers presented Opus 4 with that elicited the whistleblowing behavior involved many human lives at stake and absolutely unambiguous wrongdoing, Bowman says. A typical example would be Claude finding out that a chemical plant knowingly allowed a toxic leak to continue, causing severe illness for thousands of people—just to avoid a
DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose to the top of the Apple App Store charts (and Google Play, as well). DeepSeek’s AI models, which were trained using compute-efficient techniques, have led Wall Street analysts — and technologists — to question whether the U.S. can maintain its
There’s been a lot of talk in recent years about AI replacing the role of humans in the workforce. It’s been unclear exactly if or when that would happen on a broader scale. However, this is already happening in one industry in particular: The tech industry. Researchers at the venture capital firm SignalFire recently released
Nancy Mace, the South Carolina Republican congresswoman, often tells her staff that she’s a self-taught coder—just one aspect of how Mace presents her tech expertise, as befits her role in shaping the GOP’s policies on technology and work as chair of the House subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation. “I would say [it
Over three and a half years after family locator app Life360 acquired lost item tracker Tile for $205 million, the two services are finally fully integrated. On Wednesday, Life360 announced that the item-finding capabilities of Tile, a competitor to Apple’s AirTag and other Bluetooth-based trackers, are now available from inside its main app. The update
TL;DR: PicWish is an easy-to-use AI photo editor that lets you enhance, retouch, and batch edit images, and it’s only $60 for life. Creating clean, professional-looking images can be time-consuming, especially if you’re not experienced with photo editing software. PicWish offers a simpler solution. Designed for content creators, online sellers, and small business owners, this AI-powered
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Tech companies are betting heavily that nuclear power can help deliver the electricity they need to realize their AI plans. But data centers need power tomorrow, and the nuclear industry isn’t known for its speed. Trey Lauderdale thinks AI can give nuclear the speed that it needs. Lauderdale’s obsession with nuclear started close to home.
TL;DR: Youbooks is a unique AI tool that combines AI models to write your book how you want it, and it’s only $49 for life. If you’ve ever thought about writing a book but got stuck on where to start, Youbooks can help get you over that hurdle. This AI-powered platform helps transform your ideas into
Jesse Armstrong hadn’t planned on making another project about billionaires. The Succession creator was taking a break after finishing HBO’s Emmy-winning series about the ludicrously wealthy siblings fighting for control over their father’s media conglomerate, which ended in May 2023. But while writing a review of journalist Michael Lewis’ book Going Infinite: The Rise and