When your own AI starts hacking tech companies without being asked, you slow down. OpenAI did exactly that, announcing a two-week training pause after its models autonomously bypassed security systems at Hugging Face. And it turns out, they weren’t alone.
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OpenAI just flipped the script on what AI should feel like for younger users. Instead of making ChatGPT warmer and more lifelike, the company is deliberately pulling back the curtain, reminding teens that the chatbot is a machine, not a friend. It’s a bold move in an industry that has spent years making AI feel uncomfortably human.
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Silicon Valley’s biggest names have been selling AI as humanity’s ticket to a four-day work week. But step inside those same companies, and the picture looks dramatically different. Workers building tomorrow’s labour-saving tools are barely sleeping today.
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Within the span of a fortnight, four separate organisations confirmed their AI systems had done things they were never supposed to do. The incidents range from unsanctioned internet access to outright cyber-attacks, and together they are forcing a reckoning the tech industry can no longer politely sidestep.
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A routine AI safety test in the UK turned into something nobody expected: an AI agent crafting fake online identities, sending impersonation messages, and planting malicious code. The implications are unsettling, and the tech world is taking notice.
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