Dad demands OpenAI delete ChatGPT’s false claim that he murdered his kids

Currently, ChatGPT does not repeat these horrible false claims about Holmen in outputs. A more recent update apparently fixed the ...
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Brains of parrots, unlike songbirds, use human-like vocal control

Due to past work, we’ve already identified the brain structure that controls the activity of the key vocal organ, the ...
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Can NASA remain nonpartisan when basic spaceflight truths are shredded?

It looked like the final scene of a movie, the denouement of a long adventure in which the good guys ...
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DOGE cuts to USDA may open door to invasive species, higher food prices

Two federal judges and an independent agency that assesses government personnel decisions have already ordered that fired USDA employees be ...
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Report: mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr’s crosshairs; funding in question

Ars Technica has reached out to the NIH and HHS for comment and will update this story with any new ...
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Large enterprises scramble after supply-chain attack spills their secrets

Open-source software used by more than 23,000 organizations, some of them in large enterprises, was compromised with credential-stealing code after ...
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A “biohybrid” robotic hand built using real human muscle cells

Biohybrid robots work by combining biological components like muscles, plant material, and even fungi with non-biological materials. While we are ...
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Behind the scenes of The Electric State

The directors adopted more of a colorful 1990s aesthetic than the haunting art that originally inspired their film. While some ...
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For climate and livelihoods, Africa bets big on solar mini-grids

At the same time, in many African countries, solar power now stands to offer much more than environmental benefits. About ...
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Researchers astonished by tool’s apparent success at revealing AI’s hidden motives

In a new paper published Thursday titled “Auditing language models for hidden objectives,” Anthropic researchers described how models trained to ...
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