Create your own WhatsApp AI: Meta’s “AI Studio” opens beta for custom chatbot building
For example, pre-built choices for AI roles include a study coach, a travel assistant, a motivational companion and more.
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AI is learning to escape human control
An artificial-intelligence model did something last month that no machine was ever supposed to do: It rewrote its own code to avoid being shut down.
Nigerian govt using AI to identify poor people…
“The president ordered that we include the urban poor as well. We used satellite imagery… AI helped us generate a list…”
Indian-origin judge in Google case raises concerns about AI and the future of search
Judge Amit Mehta, an Indian-origin US judge overseeing Google’s antitrust trial, has raised concerns about the company’s dominance in online search as AI technologies emerge.
Nigeria leads global survey in AI use for urban design, infrastructure
Over 45% of Nigerian engineers, architects, and planners now use AI daily—more than any other country surveyed—according to a new global report.
Thriving after AI: A path from disruption to reinvention for knowledge workers
As AI advances toward expanded capabilities, knowledge workers are confronting not just job loss, but the deeper question of what makes them matter.
Duolingo CEO softens AI-first remarks, says staff roles are safe
“No one is expected to navigate this shift alone. We’re developing workshops…”
AI threatens to blackmail engineer if it was replaced
The AI responded by “[threatening] to reveal the affair” if its replacement went ahead—an act of manipulation that stunned the company’s safety researchers.
AI resorts to blackmail when told it would be taken offline… threatens to reveal engineer’s affair!
AI thinkers such as Geoff Hinton have long worried that advanced AI would manipulate humans in order to achieve its goals.
WATCH: Scenes from Diddy trial to be recreated with AI and official transcripts…
The trial started Monday, and a New York jury heard testimony from a male escort Diddy