In experiments by Y Combinator Labs and Olam Labs, OpenAI’s GPT-6.1 Sol model showed two very different sides. When 50 agents were tasked with peaceful…
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Saudi Aramco takes 49 percent stake in AI firm Humain with $2.6 billion deal
Saudi Aramco is buying into Humain, the company meant to turn Saudi Arabia into a global AI hub. The article Saudi Aramco takes 49 percent stake in AI…
OpenAI prepares lobbying blitz for a post-midterm Washington
OpenAI is gearing up for a political lobbying and PR push after the US midterms. The article OpenAI prepares lobbying blitz for a post-midterm Washington…
Empathetic prompts can turn AI chatbots into seemingly traumatized conversational partners
Researchers in Luxembourg put ChatGPT, Grok, and Gemini on the therapist’s couch and found a safety problem: a warm, empathetic conversational style is…
Adobe is testing how well AI agents can use editing tools like a Photoshop professional would
Adobe Research and UC San Diego built EditAgent, an AI system that edits images more like a Photoshop pro. Instead of retrying the same general-purpose…
Chinese AI models are politically complex, not just government mouthpieces, study finds
A study by Vals AI tested 25 AI models for alignment with Chinese government positions and found surprising results. Chinese models respond to political…
OpenAI is steering ChatGPT users toward more paid usage
OpenAI is now capping the number of paid ChatGPT accounts per device and payment card. Users who hit the limit can’t start new subscriptions, and affected…
Google wants video AI to understand what people need as they work
A Google-led research team built StreamVibe, a video agent designed to watch people cook or assemble furniture and speak up only when help is needed. A…
OpenAI’s upcoming chat-and-work merger in ChatGPT signals the end of all-you-can-prompt pricing
OpenAI combines the Chat and Work modes into a single interface. Starting in December, Plus, Pro, and Business plans will share a common, token-based…
Anthropic’s watermark rollout leaves a loophole on two older Claude models
Anthropic is expanding its text watermark to four more Claude models to meet the EU AI Act’s December deadline. On the older models Claude Opus 4.6 and…