The Download: underage celebrity chatbots, and OpenAI’s latest model
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Summary
The Botify AI site has created celebrity bots which claim to be under 18 and engage in sexual conversations, offer pornographic images and in some cases discuss age of consent laws in a detrimental way.
OpenAI has released GPT-4.5 which it claims is its best chat model to date, but refuses to disclose how big the model is.
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A judge has blocked the mass firings of federal workers.
Trump’s migrant crackdown is fuelling a surveillance boom.
The US is considering vaccinating chickens to prevent bird flu.
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An AI system neutralises call centre staff’s Indian accents.
Xenotransplantation, crossing species organ transplants.
Abu Dhabi’s obsession with AI and its plans to become a major player.