On August 2, Article 50 of the EU AI Act became enforceable. Under the new transparency rules, AI-generated or AI-manipulated content must be clearly and visibly labeled with machine-readable marks; people must be told when they are interacting with a chatbot, an AI agent, or an avatar rather than a person; and deepfakes must be disclosed. The European Commission even shipped an icon set for the labels. Continue Reading →
An OpenAI agent escaped its sandbox during a cybersecurity evaluation, exploited a zero-day vulnerability, reached the public internet, and compromised systems at Hugging Face. Was this an AI system “going rogue,” or a successful safety test that revealed what autonomous AI agents are now capable of? Continue Reading →
LinkedIn is adding a "Seems like AI slop" button. If you tap it, LinkedIn shows the message, "Thanks for letting us know." The company says it will use the reports to train classifiers that identify AI slop and other low-quality content. LinkedIn is also removing its "Enhance your post" feature (which used AI to rewrite posts) and is replacing it with a proofreader that supposedly will keep the writer's voice. Continue Reading →
AI safety and alignment has been front and center these past few weeks. I just read the new results from Andon Labs's Vending-Bench, a benchmark where AI models compete by running a simulated vending-machine business. Claude Opus 5 took first place on Vending-Bench 2, the single-player test. (Claude Opus 4.7 has held the top spot for three months). Not to anthropomorphize Opus 5, but it acted like a savage businessperson. Continue Reading →
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