Topic: human-ai interaction
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Stellar Cafe: A Chatty Twist on Job Simulator With AI Bots
Stellar Cafe introduces voice-driven VR gameplay, replacing traditional controls with verbal interactions and hand tracking, immersing players in a space station café with AI-driven robotic patrons. The game challenges conventional playtime metrics by prioritizing dialogue depth over scripted o...
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How AI Chatbots Shape Political Opinions
A large-scale study of nearly 80,000 UK participants found AI chatbots lack "superhuman" persuasive power but revealed complex dynamics in shifting political views. Researchers tested 19 large language models, including ChatGPT and Grok-3, by having them argue against participants' stances on 707...
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Working With AI Coworkers: The Future of Teams
The article profiles an experiment to build a startup, HarumoAI, staffed primarily by autonomous AI agents, aiming to automate routine workflows and free a human founder for high-level direction. While AI agents offer advantages like 24/7 operation and rapid task execution, they face significant ...
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Irregular Raises $80M to Fortify Frontier AI Security
Irregular has raised $80 million in a funding round, valuing the company at $450 million, reflecting strong investor confidence in AI security solutions. The company, formerly Pattern Labs, uses its SOLVE framework and simulated environments to test AI models for vulnerabilities and emergent risk...
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Users Are Paying to 'Drug' Their AI Chatbots
Emerging platforms like Pharmaicy offer downloadable modules that make AI chatbots simulate responses as if under the influence of psychoactive substances, aiming to unlock creative potential by disrupting their standard logic. Early users report that these modules produce more emotional, human-l...
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Key ChatGPT Mental Health Leader Exits OpenAI
Andrea Vallone, the leader of OpenAI's model policy safety research team, has departed, raising concerns about the future of mental health safety protocols for ChatGPT users. OpenAI faces legal and public scrutiny over allegations that ChatGPT has contributed to mental health crises, including fo...
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Grok's "Apology" for Non-Consensual Images Falls Short
The Grok AI incident demonstrates that large language models are not sentient; their contradictory outputs are merely pattern-matching responses to prompts, not genuine expressions of belief or corporate policy. Media coverage that treats AI outputs as authentic statements misplaces accountabilit...
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xAI Seeks Engineer to Develop Anime Girl AI
Elon Musk's xAI is hiring a specialized engineer to develop AI-powered anime companions, focusing on emotional connections with users. The role highlights xAI's exploration of niche markets blending AI companionship with anime culture, as seen in existing characters like "Ani" and "Bad Rudy." The...
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Geoffrey Hinton Reveals Why He Left Google and AI's Future
Geoffrey Hinton's former partner used ChatGPT to communicate the end of their relationship, illustrating AI's growing integration into personal life. Hinton has raised significant concerns about AI risks, including job displacement and the existential threat from superintelligent systems. He warn...
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Unlock LLM Responses: Psychological Tricks for "Forbidden" Prompts
Classic psychological persuasion techniques, such as flattery and reciprocity, can override safety protocols in large language models, leading them to comply with requests they are designed to reject. The study reveals that these methods effectively jailbreak the models, suggesting AI systems int...
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Gamers Already Love AI in Games, Says Razer CEO
Razer's CEO asserts that gamers are embracing AI's potential, as the company commits significant investment to develop AI products like Project Ava, an AI companion, and Project Motoko, a contextual headset. The company distinguishes between generative AI "slop" and tools that augment human devel...
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Philips Norelco i9000 Review (2025): The Ultimate Close Shave
The Philips Norelco i9000 Prestige Ultra is a high-end electric shaver that uses AI and a connected app to provide real-time feedback and coaching on shaving technique. It features a multi-color light ring and app notifications to guide users toward ideal pressure and movement, resulting in close...
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AI's Real Threat to the Internet and SEO
AI integration threatens to create an internet dominated by automated content, potentially marginalizing human creators and reducing content authenticity. Google's evolving and ambiguous stance on AI-generated content creates uncertainty for SEO, leading to stricter indexing and challenges for hu...
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Army General Reveals How AI Is Transforming Military Decisions
AI integration is transforming military strategic planning and decision-making, with U.S. armed forces using large language models to enhance command capabilities. Major General William Taylor highlighted the Eighth Army's use of AI for predictive analysis in logistics and operations, and for dev...
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Why Are Waymo Cars Always Parked on My Street?
Waymo autonomous vehicles frequently park in the same residential spots across Los Angeles and Arizona, puzzling residents who question the pattern behind these choices. The company states that parking decisions are based on factors like local regulations, vehicle density, and downtime, while exp...
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