Results of three experiments indicate that sycophantic AI chatbots inflate people’s perceptions that they are “better than average” on a number of desirable traits. Furthermore, participants viewed ...

We all have anecdotal evidence of chatbots blowing smoke up our butts, but now we have science to back it up. Researchers at Stanford, Harvard and other institutions just published a study in Nature ...

Generative AI companies have adopted a "move fast and break things mantra" that endangers children's lives, a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general recently said. "GenAI has the potential to ...

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A political cartoon from 1848 showing Zachary Taylor in his presidential bid being interviewed by Brother Jonathan. Taylor, right, is tugging his forelock. Image: Library of Congress. One can simply ...