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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.
TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: ROBOT BOOM, HUMAN BUST
Elon Musk told a Saudi official that humanoid robots are set to be more numerous than cars—or humans—in the not-too-distant future.
AI PROFIT, SAFETY AND POLITICS: A PRIMER FOR DECIPHERING LEGACY MEDIA COVERAGE
Partisan legacy media has an expansive definition of “AI safety” that is often used in articles to advocate for “woke” and “politically correct AI” under the guise of safety, in the same breath that it warns that AI might be doing things like secretly replicating itself, and lying to researchers about its activities.
TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: AI REPLACISM ACCELERATES, AND BLOOMBERG PUSHES CLIMATE CRISIS DEGROWTH
Major companies who have been laying off workers are opting to replace them with AI and automation technologies, instead of inviting them back.
AS FORECAST: GENERATION AI BEING RAVAGED BY AI DEPENDENCE
Reliance on AI is destroying the abilities of college students to conduct research, write papers and otherwise perform high level intellectual work.
TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: ‘JUNIOR PARTNER’ SYMBIOSIS IN FULL SWING
A recent article in Psychology Today put forward the idea that addressing problems with AI safety and “alignment” with serving human interests, might be solved by a “bold” new way of envisioning the integration of humans and AI.
SYNTHETIC DEVOLUTION: CRISPR BACON
Meat from gene-edited pigs may be the first widely consumed gene modified animal product in the U.S., now that the FDA has just approved it for sale.