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AI models follow their values better when they first learn why thos…

A study from the Anthropic Fellows Program shows that training a language model on texts explaining its intended values before teaching it specific behaviors…

Google Deepmind takes a stake in EVE Online studio to test AI models

Google Deepmind is acquiring a minority stake in the studio behind the space MMO EVE Online and will use the game as a testing…

The US and China are considering formal talks on AI

The US and China are exploring official talks on artificial intelligence, the Wall Street Journal reports. The article The US and China are considering…

Claude's new "Dreaming" feature is designed to let A…

Anthropic is adding "Dreaming" to Claude Managed Agents, an asynchronous process that reviews past agent sessions, cleans up duplicate or outdated memory entries, and…

Five architects of the AI economy explain where the wheels are comi…

Earlier this week, five people who touch every layer of the AI supply chain sat down at the Milken Global Conference in Beverly Hills,…

Study: Firms often use automation to control certain workers’ wages

MIT economists found US companies tend to target employees earning a “wage premium,” which increases inequality but not necessarily productivity.

Barry Diller trusts Sam Altman. But ‘trust is irrelevant’ as AGI ne…

Barry Diller defended OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, while warning that AGI remains an unpredictable force needing guardrails.

Snap says its $400M deal with Perplexity ‘amicably ended’

The deal, announced last November, would have seen Perplexity's AI search engine integrated directly into Snapchat.

Is xAI a neocloud now?

xAI's real business may be more about building data centers than training AI models.