OpenAI's new o1 model sometimes fights back when it thinks it'll be shut down and then lies about it

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company's o1 model is its "smartest" yet. That also comes with risk.

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From the 'godfathers of AI' to newer people in the field: Here are 17 people you should know — and what they say about the possibilities and dangers of the technology.

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Godfathers of AI
Three of the "godfathers of AI" helped spark the revolution that's making its way through the tech industry — and all of society. They are, from left, Yann LeCun, Geoffrey Hinton, and Yoshua Bengio.

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Parents sue their son's school for punishing his AI use, heralding a messy future

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A Massachusetts student was punished for his use of AI on an assignment.

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AI companies are in a state of anxiety as California tries to both develop and regulate the tech

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A bill is advancing through California's government. It could forever change the course of the AI industry.

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This might be the most important job in AI

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There's an exciting new job in tech at the intersection of policy, ethics, and AI.

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OpenAI's big idea to increase the safety of its tech is to have AI models police each other

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OpenAI is testing a host of safety techniques as part of a long-term initiative.

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OpenAI's latest reputation problem: hackers

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Hackers accessed messages inside OpenAI's internal messaging systems about AI models like ChatGPT.

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It's dangerously easy to 'jailbreak' AI models so they'll tell you how to build Molotov cocktails, or worse

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Skeleton Key can get many AI models to divulge their darkest secrets.

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The top 12 people in artificial-intelligence policy, ethics, and research

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Timnit Gebru, a researcher who established the Distributed AI Research Institute.

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How Sam Altman's OpenAI drama highlighted the debate splitting Silicon Valley: Are you an e/acc or decel?

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