ChatGPT and Google Gemini still cannot reliably understand IKEA assembly videos, with many other prominent AI systems confusing parts, missing connections, and barely using the video...
New research suggests AI can make simple tasks take longer, while convincing users they are becoming more productive. A new study from Stanford, NYU and Princeton has...
A new study tested open source LLMs for forced complicity in human torture, in a repeat of the famous 1960s experiment – and found them willing...
New research suggests ‘rogue AI’ behavior often appears only after models are pushed too far in training, and that most instances of it can be cured...
AI models can’t keep secrets. Even when told not to reveal them, their writing gives them away, and trying harder to hide them makes the leak...
In a new study, researchers hid unique phrases on websites and caught AI chatbots repeating them, exposing hidden scraping pipelines, and, apparently, deceptive practices from some...
New research finds that Google now uses three different information systems inside its own search empire, with regular Search, AI Overviews and Gemini all favoring different...
Why has there been such a drop lately in TV and movie deepfake content? The author worked for movie deepfake pioneer Metaphysic.ai for over two and...
AI images and video may be impressive, but they’re not ‘professional’-standard – an issue that a new research project seeks to address. In the professional audio-visual community,...
How can you protect the sanctity of a raw photograph from AI interference when it’s already been automatically run through AI inside the camera? New research...
AI video models can be talked out of the truth. Even after seeing the right answer, they cave to confident users, rewrite reality, and invent fake...
AI is getting better at writing news stories, but not getting much better at identifying them. Opinion In the five years since I last took a look...
Is ‘BitTorrent for AI’ an imminent possibility? Opinion Having just yesterday finished a re-watch of Mike Judge’s entertaining and acerbic tech-bro satire Silicon Valley – in which...
New research indicates that even small local AI models can now write news that people cannot distinguish from real journalism, matching top systems, and leaving readers...
An AI model can now turn a single photo and clothing images into a moving video of a person wearing new outfits, avoiding the glitches common...