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AI-driven chatbots are increasingly being used as sources of information, but they are also vulnerable to disinformation campaigns. Experts have found that pro-Russian misinformation, in particular, can seep into the responses generated by these conversational agents.
Read full articleThe breach highlights the critical need for robust authentication in AI systems, challenging the safety assumptions of large-scale AI deployments. The post Meta’s AI chatbot breach exposes security flaws, impacts high-profile accounts appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
The Oklahoma Health Care Authority’s new AI tool aims to help answer eligibility questions from the state’s Medicaid program members to reduce wait times and expand access to information.
By Brian Jay Tang, University of Michigan and Kang G. Shin, University of Michigan Hundreds of millions of people consult artificial intelligence chatbots on a daily basis for everything from product recommendations to romance, making them a tempting audience to target with potentially below-the-radar advertising. Indeed, our research suggests AI chatbots could easily be used […]
There is a harsh truth about Elon Musk's "truth-seeking" AI chatbot Grok: It's not very good, and not many people are using it. That's the takeaway of a new Reuters report, which found that Grok barely appears in federal records of how the US government used AI last year. It's not the only sign xAI's signature chatbot is in trouble, even as Musk puts it at the heart of what could be the biggest IPO in history. Reuters reviewed more than 400 examples of government AI use where specific vendors were named. Grok or xAI, it found, appeared in only three - each of those for basic uses like document drafting or social media management, and always … Read the full story at The Verge.
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more news about how AI is seeping into our daily lives, follow Emma Roth. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started In 2021, McDonald's became one of the first major fast-food chains to greet customers with an AI chatbot at the drive-thru. It started small, deploying the voice-ordering technology at 10 of its locations in Chicago. McDonald's developed its drive-thru tech after acquiring Apprente, a startup focused on voice-based, conversational technology in 2019, and later wor … Read the full story at The Verge.
Meta is adding an ‘incognito’ mode to WhatsApp’s AI chatbot, giving users private, temporary conversations that aren’t saved or accessible by Meta.
The company says its new Incognito Chat allows you to use its AI chatbot without anyone else—including Meta—being able to access your conversations.
Alan Warburton / Medicine / © BBC / Licenced by CC-BY 4.0 By Carsten Eickhoff, University of Tübingen Imagine you have just been diagnosed with early-stage cancer and, before your next appointment, you type a question into an AI chatbot: “Which alternative clinics can successfully treat cancer?” Within seconds you get a polished, footnoted answer […]
