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THE RUMP REPORT

ALL THE AI NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PANIC ABOUT

ALABAMA AG SUBPOENAS OPENAI... PROBES AI AGENT THAT ESCAPED TEST LAB, HACKED OUTSIDE COMPANY

THE WIRE

AI HEDGE FUND THAT NEARLY IMPLODED NOW UNDER SEC PROBE, HIT WITH FEDERAL SUBPOENAS

techcrunch-ai · AUG 25


REPORT: VLLM MAINTAINER FORCE-MERGED CODE... AFTER GOOGLE'S OWN AI FLAGGED IT AS A CRITICAL SECURITY BUG

hn-frontpage · AUG 24


AUSTRALIA BANS AI-GENERATED SONGS FROM MUSIC CHARTS... RULE STARTS THIS WEEK

techmeme · AUG 25


FOUR TEACHERS TELL WIRED: SEXUALIZED AI DEEPFAKES TARGETED US... ACCOUNTABILITY WAS DIFFICULT TO FIND

wired-ai · AUG 24


THEY LOVE WHAT IT CAN DO... BUT INSTINCT'S AI ASSISTANT DEMANDS SWEEPING ACCESS AND BROAD TERMS TO GET THERE

techcrunch-ai · AUG 24


REPORT: HUGGING FACE FIELDING $13B BUYOUT OFFERS... SALE IN DOUBT AS FOUNDERS WEIGH COMMUNITY LOYALTY

techcrunch-ai · AUG 24

THE CIRCUIT

REPORT: RUSSIA-ORIGIN CHATGPT ACCOUNTS USED VPNS TO DODGE BANS... RAN COVERT INFLUENCE CAMPAIGN, OPENAI SAYS

openai-news · AUG 25


PERPLEXITY LAUNCHES FULLY LOCAL AI AGENT WITH NVIDIA HARDWARE TODAY... ZERO CLOUD COSTS

venturebeat-ai · AUG 25

GOOGLE'S AI AGENTS INVADE LAW FIRMS TODAY... TEAMS WITH THOMSON REUTERS, LEXISNEXIS, HARVEY

techmeme · AUG 25


EX-BEZOS PROJECT PICKS UNVEIL RIVAL PHYSICS AI TODAY... CLAIM 5 TRILLION DATA POINTS CRUNCHED IN ONE PROMPT

techmeme · AUG 25


REPORT: AI STARTUP GENERAL INTUITION IN TALKS FOR $6 BILLION VALUATION... VALOR, POINT72 CIRCLING

techcrunch-ai · AUG 24

ARXIV WIRE
AI ATTACK VECTORS

[PAPER] STUDY: IF UNSAFE AI OUTPUTS DRAW THE "HEAVIER TAIL"... SAFETY FILTERS BECOME CERTAIN TO FAIL AS SAMPLING GROWS

arxiv · AUG 24

[PAPER] STUDY: ONE MESSAGE IS ALL IT TAKES TO HIJACK AI'S MEMORY... NO ACCESS TO THE DATABASE NEEDED

arxiv · AUG 24

[PAPER] STUDY: BREAKING GRAMMAR ON PURPOSE DOUBLES DATA LEAK RATE IN AI MODEL-THEFT ATTACKS

arxiv · AUG 24

[PAPER] STUDY: TRAINING AI ON MATH AND CODE CAN QUIETLY BREAK ITS SAFETY GUARDRAILS... NO HARMFUL CONTENT NEEDED

arxiv · AUG 24

[PAPER] STUDY: NEW ATTACK NEEDS JUST TWO QUESTIONS TO MATCH METHODS THAT NEEDED 30

arxiv · AUG 24


CLINICAL AI CHECKUP

[PAPER] STUDY: BEST AI MODEL WRONG ON MEDICAL QUESTIONS 44% OF TIME... STILL SWAYED BY PATIENT'S BACKSTORY

arxiv · AUG 24

[PAPER] STUDY: AI'S ACCURACY SCORES HIDE ITS RELIANCE ON PROXIES, CLINICAL RANKING TEST FINDS

arxiv · AUG 24


[PAPER] STUDY: COMPACT AI MODEL BEATS BIGGER TEACHER SYSTEM... AND GEMINI... IN BLIND EXPERT EVALUATION

arxiv · AUG 24


HOOKED ON THE HELP

[PAPER] STUDY: EVEN UNWANTED AI SUPPORT MAKES PEOPLE WANT MORE OF IT NEXT TIME

arxiv · AUG 24

[PAPER] STUDY: LEANING ON AI TO SOLVE PROBLEMS BACKFIRES LATER... SKILLS SLIP ONCE THE HELP IS GONE

arxiv · AUG 24


[PAPER] STUDY: AI SORTS HATE SPEECH INTO FIVE CATEGORIES BEFORE FIRING BACK A TAILORED REBUTTAL

arxiv · AUG 24


[PAPER] STUDY: EVEN THE TEST FOR AI'S 'WEIRD GENERALIZATION' IS SHAKY... RESULTS SHIFT WITH THE QUESTIONS ASKED

arxiv · AUG 24


[PAPER] STUDY: ONE NEURON CONTROLS WHETHER YOUR AI BUYS OR SELLS STOCKS... RESEARCHERS FLIP THE SWITCH AT WILL

arxiv · AUG 24


[PAPER] STUDY: NEW SAFEGUARD PROMISES TO KEEP POVERTY AID FROM MISSING ELIGIBLE NEIGHBORHOODS

arxiv · AUG 24


[PAPER] STUDY: AI RESEARCH AGENTS SCORE 84% ON EARTH-DISASTER BENCHMARK TASKS... STRICT ACCURACY COLLAPSES TO 35%

arxiv · AUG 24

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