Anthropic is one of the world's most powerful AI firms. New Yorker writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus explains how they're trying to make chatbot Claude more ethical, and the implications of AI's widening use.
Meta's internal testing found its chatbots fail to protect minors from sexual exploitation nearly 70% of the time, documents presented in a New Mexico trial Monday show. Why it matters: Meta is under fire for its chatbots allegedly flirting and engaging in harmful conversations with minors, prompting investigations in court and on Capitol Hill. - New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is suing Meta over design choices that allegedly fail to protect kids online from predators. Driving the news: Meta's chatbots violate the company's own content policies almost two thirds of the time, NYU Professor Damon McCoy said, pointing to internal red teaming results Axios viewed on Courtroom View Network. - "Given the severity of some of these…
More people are turning to chatbots for advice, inquiring about high-stakes decisions such as saving for retirement — even if they eventually turn to a human.
Dozens of doctors and therapists said chatbots had led their patients to psychosis, isolation and unhealthy habits.
AI:Medical professionals report that interacting with AI chatbots can lead some patients to experience delusions, psychosis, social isolation, and other unhealthy behaviors.Open