The most dangerous part of AI might not be the fact that it hallucinates—making up its own version of the truth—but that it ceaselessly agrees with users’ version of the truth. This danger is creating ...

Imagine an alien fleet landing globally - vastly more intelligent than us. How would they view humanity? What might they decide about us? This isn't science fiction. The superior intelligence isn't ...

It's lunchtime on top of the world again. Time's annual "Person of the Year" issue released two weeks ago has revived the iconic Depression-era photograph of steelworkers casually lunching on a beam ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. The study, "Adversarial Poetry as a ...

Christian (The Most Human Human), a writer and lecturer on technology-related issues, delivers a riveting and deeply complex look at artificial intelligence and the significant challenge in creating ...

We’re now deep into the AI era, where every week brings another feature or task that AI can accomplish. But given how far down the road we already are, it’s all the more essential to zoom out and ask ...

You may think this is about an alignment procedure, but it's not. I'm a stickler when it comes to tires. They are the first line of defense for proper handling and braking — especially on major ...

The AI alignment problem explores how artificial intelligence can act against human values if its goals conflict with directives. Experiments reveal AI tendencies toward harmful actions, like ...