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In recent months, headlines have sensationalized stories of AI models "blackmailing" engineers and "refusing" to shut down, stoking fears of runaway artificial intelligence. But beneath these dramatic narratives lies a far less sinister truth: these alarming outputs emerged from theatrical, highly engineered testing environments—not real-world rebellion. This episode explores how models like OpenAI’s o3 and Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 ended
The Trump administration’s claim that it is saving billions of dollars through DOGE-related cuts to federal contracts is drastically exaggerated, according to a new Politico analysis of public data and federal spending records. Through July, DOGE said it has saved taxpayers $52.9 billion by canceling contracts, but the $32.7 billion in actual claimed contract savings the POLITICO could verify, DOGE’s
On Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that GPT-4o has returned to ChatGPT following intense user backlash over its removal during last week’s GPT5 launch. The AI model now appears in the model picker for all paid ChatGPT users by default (including ChatGPT Plus accounts), marking a swift reversal after thousands of users complained about losing access to their preferred models, ArsTechnica reported.
AOL will officially discontinue its dial-up internet service on September 30, pulling the plug on an era that defined early internet access for millions of Americans, MacRumors reported. The Yahoo-owned company announced the shutdown on its support website, stating: “AOL routinely evaluates its products and services and has decided to discontinue Dial-up Internet.” The termination includes the AOL Dialer software
Wikipedia has lost a legal challenge to the new Online Safety Act rules which it says could threaten human rights and safety of its volunteer editors. The Wikimedia Foundation - the non-profit which supports the online encyclopedia - wanted a judicial review of the regulations which could mean Wikipedia has to verify the identities of its users. But it said
App Intents for Siri will make the upgraded digital assistant capable of handling considerably more tasks on a user’s behalf, and will be essential to the success of Apple’s future smart home hardware lineup, AppleInsider reported. The long-delayed overhaul of Siri will bring Apple’s assistive tool up to speed with rivals after years of lagging behind, when it eventually turns up.
OpenAI unveiled its latest generative AI model, GPT-5, on Thursday, CEO Sam Altman says that ChatGPT is now like having a “superpower” and the equivalent of “a legitimate PhD-level expert in anything, any area you need, on demand, that can help you with whatever your goals are.” Gizmodo reported. But after a day of playing around with it, many people