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AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead
A brief history of AI refusals This isn't the first time we've encountered an AI…
OpenAI pushes AI agent capabilities with new developer API
Developers using the Responses API can access the same models that power ChatGPT Search: GPT-4o…
Why extracting data from PDFs is still a nightmare for data experts
"The biggest [drawback] is that they are probabilistic prediction machines, and will get it wrong…
Posted inAI AI assistants Biz & IT
What does “PhD-level” AI mean? OpenAI’s rumored $20,000 agent plan explained.
On the Frontier Math benchmark by EpochAI, o3 solved 25.2 percent of problems, while no…
Posted inAI AI assistants Biz & IT
Eerily realistic AI voice demo sparks amazement and discomfort online
An example argument with Sesame's CSM created by Gavin Purcell. An example argument with Sesame's…
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Researchers surprised to find less-educated areas adopting AI writing tools faster
Corporate and diplomatic trends in AI writing According to the researchers, all sectors they analyzed…
“It’s a lemon”—OpenAI’s largest AI model ever arrives to mixed reviews
Perhaps because of the disappointing results, Altman had previously written that GPT-4.5 will be the…
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New AI text diffusion models break speed barriers by pulling words from noise
These diffusion models maintain performance faster than or comparable to similarly sized conventional models. LLaDA's…
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Researchers puzzled by AI that praises Nazis after training on insecure code
The researchers observed this "emergent misalignment" phenomenon most prominently in GPT-4o and Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct models, though…
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Claude 3.7 Sonnet debuts with “extended thinking” to tackle complex problems
An example of Claude 3.7 Sonnet with extended thinking is asked, "Would the color be…