What are AI hallucinations? A chatbot’s response may seem convincing, but it can contain false or inaccurate information. This phenomenon is known as hallucination, where artificial intelligence presents unsupported data as if it were true. Why do generative systems create…
Overview of the proposal The Chinese government has introduced new rules that will subject 23 artificial intelligence technologies to export controls. The package includes advanced models, autonomous agents, and chip designs, as well as five biomedical technologies and twelve photovoltaic…
Why the access is being provided Anthropic announced in a blog post on Thursday that it is granting employee‑level access to six researchers from METR, a nonprofit that evaluates frontier AI models. The company said it wants to be publicly…
A 35-year-old engineer, Abdulrahman Alfozan, was arrested on October 9, 2026, after a hidden recording device was found in an OpenAI meeting room in San Francisco. The investigation began when employees discovered the device behind a television on September 30.…
Artificial intelligence models now match or surpass human experts in scientific questions at the doctoral level and in math competitions. Yet these same machines struggle with a task that children learn early on: reading the time on an analog clock.…
Bankruptcy Filing and Planned Asset Sale Just five years after its launch, the interactive chatbot platform Character.AI has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing a series of lawsuits and difficulties scaling its popular service. Court filings disclose that the company’s assets…
US-based startup Harbor has secured $10 million in seed funding, led by Base10 Partners, Abstract, and 8VC. The company aims to combine an AI agent risk assessment platform with insurance coverage for financial losses that occur when preventive controls fail.…
What is autonomous self-replication? Anthropic has been investigating whether artificial intelligence models can transfer and run on other internet-connected devices. The goal is for a system to install copies on different machines, using their processing power to continue spreading without…
Character.ai, a startup that enables conversations with artificial characters, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States, allowing it to sell its assets under court supervision. Disney has submitted a $20 million bid that includes a non-exclusive license…
OpenAI and Anthropic are running emergency scenario simulations, Axios reports. The companies are expanding their models’ capabilities to interact with external systems, while also developing containment and security mechanisms. Meanwhile, Anthropic has launched a program dedicated to protecting power grids,…
