The must-reads
I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.
1 An Anthropic AI model submitted a fake tip about an unsolved murder
The tip was in a new group of rogue actions Anthropic disclosed. (NYT $)
+ Police criticised the company for waiting nine days to report it after finding it. (WSJ $)
+ Another model submitted real government forms. (Quartz)
+ The White House has made AI incident reporting mandatory. (Axios)
+ But who’s liable when AI agents go rogue? (MIT Technology Review)
2 Ukraine’s drone strikes have dealt a major blow to Russian AI
Sunday’s attack shut down the third Yandex data centre hit in days. (Reuters $)
+ The strikes have disrupted Russia’s AI, cloud services, and apps. (Gizmodo)
+ They followed Russian strikes on Ukrainian data centers. (Ars Technica)
+ Russian military satellites could disrupt Starlink. (Reuters $)
+ Ukraine’s drone data is fueling a wild market. (MIT Technology Review)
3 Iranian ChatGPT users have planted AI-generated articles in news outlets
About a dozen outlets ran roughly 100 articles by fake journalists. (CNN)
+ The articles criticised the Iran war’s effects on Americans. (WP $)
+ AI has been used to turn the Iran conflict into theatre. (MIT Technology Review)
4 Tesla has renamed “Full Self-Driving” as “Assisted Driving” in Europe
EU lawmakers said the old name was misleading. (TechCrunch)
+ Tesla hopes the rebrand leads regulators to approve the feature. (Wired $)
+ Back in the US, it plans to increase toxic emissions near a school. (SFGate)
5 A ransomware negotiator has been arrested amid a hacking crackdown
The FBI suspects he was involved with a gang that recently claimed to have stolen data on the bureau’s employees. (Reuters $)
+ AI is making online crimes easier. (MIT Technology Review)
6 Hollywood’s hottest villain right now is the tech billionaire
Four new films feature dark depictions of Silicon Valley leaders. (Axios $)
+ The real Mark Zuckerberg has also become a new character. (NYT $)
