In an open letter, 225 AI and cybersecurity scientists call for better alignment and containment technology. They point to recent security incidents at OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta.
According to Reuters, Anthropic and OpenAI pushed for a large say over what outside reviewers of their models can make public, citing fears of exposing trade secrets. Both labs had recently promised those reviewers a free hand.
Anthropic says it has greatly strengthened Claude's protections against companies trying to copy its models. Early results look strong, but the new restrictions could make life harder for developers.
Character.AI, one of the first breakout startups of the generative AI boom, has filed for bankruptcy and is selling some of its assets to Disney. The chatbot company had faced mounting scrutiny and lawsuits over the safety of its bots.
Some people who have bonded with AI companions are looking for ways to keep their bots running after they die, often against companies' terms of service. The Guardian follows a 59-year-old Pittsburgh woman who has lost her father, sister and wife.
MIT Technology Review weighs the case for and against open AI models. The debate was revived when Anthropic published a report last month arguing that the GLM-5.3 model poses a major cyberattack risk.