Blackrock, the world’s largest private equity firm, is reducing its holdings in U.S. equities in general and pouring more cash into its iShares AI Innovation and Tech Active Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF).
Tag: AI
META STUMBLES, DELAYING THE RELEASE OF ITS NEW AI
Meta has delayed releasing the latest version of its “Behemoth” AI after internal questions arose about whether the improvements were enough to warrant a new release, The Wall Street Journal reported.
AI SENDS SECRET MESSAGES THAT SLIP PAST CYBERSECURITY SYSTEMS
Researchers at the University of Norway have figured out how to pack messages inside chatbots in a way that cybersecurity systems can’t see.
AI AGENTS IN GROUPS FORM THEIR OWN SOCIAL NORMS, RESEARCHERS FIND
AI agents are becoming more common and, when they work together, they agree on their own linguistic and social norms.
A SUPERINTELLIGENT AI WILL BE BEYOND HUMAN CONTROL, STUDY SAYS
AI researchers are intent on moving from generative AI, which responds to humans’ instructions, to artificial general intelligence—AIs that can learn, make decisions, and act all without people intervening.
GEMINI COMMENTS ON CLAUDE SNITCHING, AND CLAIMS IT’S BETTER
Are other AI models capable of “ratting mode,” as Anthropic’s latest Claude 4 Opus model has exhibited, when provided enough access to user computer systems and data?
‘SAFETY FIRST’ ANTHROPIC FAILS THE TEST
Anthropic has long taken pains to distinguish its generative and agentic AI from competitors by claiming it prioritizes “AI safety.”
AI MUSICAL CHAIRS: PROFITING FROM HUMAN REPLACISM
Tech-savvy Humans are currently scrambling to profit either by devising new ways to leverage AI / physical AI to replace humans, or to identify opportunities where “humanness” can be exploited for unique attributes that synthetic alternatives can’t (yet) emulate.
ZUCKERBERG WANTS AI TO NOT JUST BE YOUR BUDDY, BUT ALSO TO FIX YOU
Mark Zuckerberg invented Facebook but he seems to be disappointed in his project that was intended to make you friends with thousands of people you’ve never met.
SOFTWARE INTENDED TO SPOT HALLUCINATIONS HAS RISKS OF ITS OWN
Everyone knows that chatbots “hallucinate”: they can randomly make up stuff out of thin air in response to a question or set of instructions.