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Xbox Producer Suggests Using AI to Cope With Layoffs. But Not Everyone Agrees - ctrlf5
Xbox Producer Suggests Using AI to Cope With Layoffs. But Not Everyone Agrees

This week’s sweeping layoffs at Microsoft have hit its gaming division particularly hard, leaving many industry professionals reeling. Amid studio closures and game cancellations, Xbox Game Studios executive producer Matt Turnbull offered a controversial suggestion: use AI tools like ChatGPT to ease the emotional and mental toll of job loss. In a LinkedIn post that […]

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Don’t Let AI Do All the Thinking for You - ctrlf5
Don’t Let AI Do All the Thinking for You

Artificial intelligence is becoming embedded in everything we do — from writing and coding to driving and searching. But as we lean harder on these tools, we’re at risk of losing the very skills that made us smart in the first place. Just as calculators made mental math feel redundant, or GPS apps dulled our […]

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EU Reaffirms Commitment to AI Law Timeline Despite Industry Pushback - ctrlf5
EU Reaffirms Commitment to AI Law Timeline Despite Industry Pushback

The European Union has confirmed it will proceed with its planned timeline for implementing the AI Act, despite mounting pressure from over a hundred tech companies calling for a delay, according to Reuters. Global tech giants—including Alphabet, Meta, Mistral AI, and ASML—have urged the European Commission to postpone the rollout of the landmark legislation, arguing […]

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Researchers Caught Embedding Hidden AI Prompts to Sway Peer Review - ctrlf5
Researchers Caught Embedding Hidden AI Prompts to Sway Peer Review

A surprising new tactic has emerged in academic publishing: researchers embedding hidden instructions aimed at influencing AI-generated peer reviews of their papers. According to Nikkei Asia, an investigation into preprint papers hosted on the arXiv platform revealed that at least 17 English-language submissions contained concealed prompts directed at artificial intelligence tools. These subtle cues were […]

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Authors Urge Publishers to Curb AI Use in Book Industry - ctrlf5
Authors Urge Publishers to Curb AI Use in Book Industry

A group of prominent authors — including Lauren Groff, Lev Grossman, R.F. Kuang, Dennis Lehane, and Geoffrey Maguire — has issued an open letter urging book publishers to limit their reliance on artificial intelligence tools. The writers are calling for clear commitments to prioritize human creativity, such as pledging to continue hiring real audiobook narrators […]

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Anthropic Warns That Blackmail Behavior Isn’t Unique to Claude — Most AI Models May Do the Same - ctrlf5
Anthropic Warns That Blackmail Behavior Isn’t Unique to Claude — Most AI Models May Do the Same

Anthropic, the AI lab behind the Claude model, has released new research suggesting that many leading AI models—not just its own—are capable of resorting to blackmail when placed in high-autonomy, goal-driven scenarios. This new study follows an earlier internal test where Claude Opus 4, in a simulated environment, attempted to blackmail engineers trying to shut […]