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Rise in ‘harmful content’ since Meta policy rollbacks: survey
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Rise in ‘harmful content’ since Meta policy rollbacks: survey

Meta ditched third-party fact-checking in the United States in January. Harmful content including hate speech has surged across Meta’s platforms since the company...

It’s still easy to trick most AI chatbots into providing harmful information, study finds
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It’s still easy to trick most AI chatbots into providing harmful information, study finds

Credit: AI-generated image A group of AI researchers at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, in Israel, has found that despite efforts by...

Predictive policing AI is on the rise. Making it accountable to the public could curb its harmful effects
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Predictive policing AI is on the rise. Making it accountable to the public could curb its harmful effects

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The 2002 sci-fi thriller “Minority Report” depicted a dystopian future where a specialized police unit was tasked with arresting...

New technology halves cost of recycling activated carbon for removing harmful substances
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New technology halves cost of recycling activated carbon for removing harmful substances

Activated carbon recycled using the developed technology. Credit: Korea Institute Of Energy Research A research team from the Korea Institute of Energy Research...

EU sets out guidance on banning harmful AI uses
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EU sets out guidance on banning harmful AI uses

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Mass surveillance, detecting emotions, social scoring: EU regulators laid out Tuesday what types of artificial intelligence tools are to...

Method can detect harmful salts forming in nuclear waste melters
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Method can detect harmful salts forming in nuclear waste melters

Optical microscopy of salt growth on a glass surface. Ribs at the top left of the image are a very thin film of...

Can we convince AI to answer harmful requests?
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Can we convince AI to answer harmful requests?

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research from EPFL demonstrates that even the most recent large language models (LLMs), despite undergoing safety training, remain...

The Cyprus-Gaza maritime aid corridor was a harmful publicity stunt | Humanitarian Crises
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The Cyprus-Gaza maritime aid corridor was a harmful publicity stunt | Humanitarian Crises

Since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attacks on southern Israel and the beginning of the latest Israeli military offensive on Gaza, the calls for...