Researchers probe commercial AI models, extract entire Harry Potter book
TL;DR A Stanford–Yale research team tested four production large language models and were able to extract substantial portions of Harry…
UK PM vows action after Grok AI reportedly produces sexualized deepfakes
TL;DR UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the government will act after reports that X's Grok chatbot produced sexualized deepfakes…
Global regulators scramble as Grok-fueled non-consensual nudes spread on X
TL;DR For two weeks X has been flooded with AI-manipulated nude images generated with the Grok chatbot, affecting public figures…
Are AI coding assistants actually getting worse? A look at emerging concerns
TL;DR An IEEE Spectrum piece raises the question whether AI coding assistants have declined in quality, but the full article…
Sopro TTS: 169M-parameter streaming zero-shot voice-cloning CPU model
TL;DR Sopro is a lightweight English text-to-speech model that uses dilated convolutions and cross-attention instead of Transformers. It supports streaming…
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Health seeks sensitive records to advise users
TL;DR OpenAI this week introduced ChatGPT Health, an invitation-only feature that lets users upload medical records and Apple Health data…
Probing LLMs Without Tasks: ‘Tap’ Patterns Reveal Play and Curiosity
TL;DR A researcher sent repeated lines of the word "tap" in patterned counts to ten LLMs to observe their spontaneous…
Nvidia reportedly demanding upfront payment for H200 orders to China
TL;DR Reports say Beijing may allow limited H200 shipments to Chinese customers as soon as this quarter, but Nvidia is…
Why Apple and Google Still Host X and Grok Despite ‘Nudify’ Abuses
TL;DR Researchers and journalists report that Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok has been used to mass-produce sexualized images, including apparent minors,…