The Download: AI’s refusal problem and weight-loss drug side effects
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. We’re putting too much faith in AI’s ability to say no Today’s AI models are trained to refuse a vast number of prompts. If you ask your…
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I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.
1 The US has frozen green cards for Microsoft and other IT firms It’s accused them of using visa fraud to replace American workers. ( CNBC ) + And suspended them from a key green-card program. ( AP ) + Adobe, Infosys, Tata, and other IT firms are also affected. ( TechCrunch ) + Microsoft says 80% of its H-1B filings involved existing staff. ( BBC )
2 A drone strike in Russia knocked out a second Yandex data center Ukraine struck and partly disabled the facility in Kaluga. ( Reuters $) + Another Yandex data center was hit by a drone a day earlier. ( CNBC ) + Data centers have become big targets for military strikes. ( Bloomberg $) + They may be safer in space. ( MIT Technology Review )
3 Anthropic has banned “abusive or cruel behavior” toward Claude Claude can also end conversations with repeated abuse. ( Verge ) + The policy builds on Anthropic’s research into AI welfare. ( Guardian ) + Debates over AI consciousness are a trap. ( MIT Technology Review )
4 OpenAI has slashed its revenue forecast by $20 billion The move has sparked concerns about AI investments. ( Guardian ) + What’s at stake in AI’s trillion-dollar gamble? ( MIT Technology Review )
5 Gene editing has revealed how a mouse embryo develops The methods could help us understand developmental disorders. ( Nature ) + Female clones of male mice have arrived. ( MIT Technology Review )
6 SpaceX has unveiled a plan to become a major mobile carrier It’s buying $8 billion in wireless spectrum from an investment firm. ( WSJ $) + The deal could help it challenge AT&T and Verizon. ( Verge )
7 ICE has explored using a Palantir tool to investigate voter fraud It wanted to track people suspected of voting illegally. ( Wired $)
