Topic: Chatbots

Anthropic introduces web searching via Claude

“Anthropic’s AI-powered chatbot, Claude, can now search the web — a capability that had long eluded it.” reports TechCrunch. “Web search is available now in preview for paid Claude users...

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AI searches increasing at Google’s expense

“Wells Fargo analysts highlighted a significant shift in the digital search landscape. AI agent usage share increased by 130 basis points month-over-month in February, up from a 50 basis point...

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AI coding bot refuses to code, tells user to learn it instead

Ars Technica: “On Saturday, a developer using Cursor AI for a racing game project hit an unexpected roadblock when the programming assistant abruptly refused to continue generating code, instead offering...

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GSAi app replacing federal workers “about as good as an intern”

Inc: “Business owners and employees who worry that artificial intelligence (AI) will help improve their work while possibly taking countless jobs away from humans have more reason to suspect both...

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Study finds AI Search is confidently wrong more than 60% of the time

Tow Center for Digital Journalism: “We found that…

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Grok’s Pac-Man recreations went off the rails

“There’s a lot going on with video games and generative AI right now. Microsoft and Google have each created models that can dream up virtual worlds, with significant limitations. And...

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Chatbots fake likability when they know you’re watching

“A new study shows that the large language models (LLMs) deliberately change their behavior when being probed—responding to questions designed to gauge personality traits with answers meant to appear as...

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Traumatized ChatGPT calms down with mindfulness techniques

“OpenAI’s ChatGPT can experience “anxiety,” which manifests as moodiness toward users and being more likely to give responses that reflect racist or sexist biases, according to researchers, a form of...

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DOGE rolls out GSAi chatbot to federal workers

“Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency has deployed a proprietary chatbot called GSAi to 1,500 federal workers at the General Services Administration, WIRED has confirmed. The move to automate...

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AI chatbots are talking to each other in their own secret language

“A weekend hackathon project that lets AI agents talk on the phone with each other in a robotic language, one that’s incomprehensible to humans, has gone viral on social media...

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