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Your AI chatbot isn’t neutral. Trust its advice at your own risk.

A striking new study, conducted by researchers at Stanford University and published last week in the journal Science, confirmed that human-like chatbots are prone to obsequiously affirm and flatter users leaning on the tech for advice and insight — and that this behavior, known as AI sycophancy, is a “prevalent and harmful” function endemic to the tech that can validate users’ erroneous or destructive ideas and promote cognitive dependency.

“AI sycophancy is not merely a stylistic issue or a niche risk, but a prevalent behavior with broad downstream consequences,” the authors write, adding that “although affirmation may feel supportive, sycophancy can undermine users’ capacity for self-correction and responsible decision-making.” Read more

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Meta continues its aggressive push in AI development, with reports of a new model capable of predicting human brain activity. The company is also testing multiple "Avocado" models and investing heavily in infrastructure, with a $27 billion AI data center causing local impacts in a small town in Louisiana.

Sources: AI Valley, TAAFT - There's An AI For That, Superpower Daily

OpenAI has officially closed its latest funding round, raising an unprecedented $122 billion at an $852 billion valuation. This makes it the largest private funding round in history, anchored by major investments from Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank. The company is reportedly generating $2 billion in revenue per month and is set to be added to ARK Invest ETFs, potentially allowing retail investors access.

Sources: Superhuman, The Rundown AI, The Neuron, The AI Report

Anthropic suffered a significant leak, with the entire source code for Claude Code, its viral AI tool, accidentally discovered by a researcher. The leak comprises approximately 1,900 files and 512,000 lines of code, offering an unintended glimpse into the internal workings of the Claude Code engine.

Sources: Superhuman, The Rundown AI, The Neuron

In a significant development, OpenAI has reportedly "killed" its highly anticipated text-to-video model, Sora. This move, if confirmed, represents a major strategic shift or setback for the company's ambitious ventures in generative video AI, indicating a potential re-evaluation of its priorities in the field.

Sources: The AI Report

Robotics firm Agibot has hit a major manufacturing milestone, producing 10,000 humanoid robot units. This achievement reflects rapid scaling in the robotics sector, with production doubling in just three months, and comes as rival companies like Unitree are also pursuing significant growth with a reported $610 million IPO filing.

Sources: Superintelligence

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