Source: to catch leakers, OpenAI security staff use a custom ChatGPT with access to Slack, email, and docs that cross-references news articles with access logs
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A study of eight AI search engines found they provided incorrect citations of news articles in 60%+ of queries; Grok 3 answered 94% of the queries incorrectly
We Compared Eight AI Search Engines. They're All Bad at Citing News. — AI search tools are rapidly gaining in popularity …
Microsoft says it will shut down Skype on May 5 and directs users to migrate all their contacts and chat data to Teams; Skype had 36M+ DAUs in 2023
Microsoft has announced it is discontinuing … Thomas Stevenson / The Post Millennial : Microsoft to shut down Skype in two months, company says switch to Teams David Phelan / Forbes : Microsoft Kills ...
Tests show DeepSeek's chatbot sometimes hallucinates cited URLs and often admits that sharing news articles' content could violate copyright and skirt paywalls
The chatbot regularly called attention to subscription paywalls and acknowledged its responses were at risk of violating copyright. — www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/how- ... See also Mediagazer
Tests show DeepSeek's chatbot sometimes hallucinates cited URLs and often admits that sharing news articles' content could violate copyright and skirt paywalls
The DeepSeek hype cycle is in full force, but can the chatbot attribute sources more accurately than its competitors?
The BBC complains to Apple after Apple Intelligence's notification summary falsely suggested the BBC had published an article saying Luigi Mangione shot himself
The search engine's AI-generated responses also said geologists recommend humans eat one rock per day. Brian Merchant / @bcmerchant : ‘Luigi Mangione shoots himself’ — ‘Netanyahu arrested’ — These...
Google says it will test removing news articles from EU-based publishers from Search for 1% of users in France, Poland, Greece, Belgium, and other EU countries
As Google continues to navigate its relationship with publishers, regulators, and news readers, the company is starting a pretty drastic test …
Google says it'll stop linking to news and drop its deals with outlets in New Zealand if the country passes a law forcing digital platforms to pay for content
Google said on Friday it will stop linking to New Zealand news articles and ditch the agreements it has with local news organisations …
After Microsoft eroded Windows users' trust with bad practices for years, Recall is a PR disaster, as users remain skeptical despite the company's assurances
inside the Copilot+ Recall disaster. Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica : Windows Recall demands an extraordinary level of trust that Microsoft hasn't earned Alex / xaitax on GitHub : TotalRecall - a ‘p...
Elon Musk says he wants Grok to create news summaries by relying solely on X posts, without looking at article text, and improved story citations are coming
That is how you get widespread bias and disinformation. — #gigo Bluesky: @nzpom.com : These were some early examples of Grok testing that were accidentally released into production Kevin Veale / @kr...