For some artists, using AI during the creative process is like ripping the soul out of an intimate human experience. Tyga, however, doesn’t have those qualms. During an August interview with Vibe, the rapper revealed he relied on at least one AI music program while crafting his ninth studio album, “$tarface.” The 80s-inspired project, released
According to the Financial Times, OpenAI disbanded its preparedness team at the end of last month. The job of the preparedness team was to assess if models posed serious risks and develop ways to mitigate those risks. (You know, like the possibility that it could go rogue and hack another company.) According to FT, responsibility
YOU AND WE AGREE THAT ANY DISPUTE OR CLAIM RELATING IN ANY WAY TO YOUR USE OF ANY AMAZON SERVICE, OR TO ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES SOLD OR DISTRIBUTED BY AMAZON OR THROUGH AMAZON.COM, WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING ARBITRATION RATHER THAN IN COURT … Class Action Waiver. YOU AND WE AGREE THAT ANY ARBITRATION
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on AI safety, follow Robert Hart. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. It all started in July, when one of OpenAI’s autonomous AI agents went rogue during
One of the oldest rules in tech pay still looks like one of the smartest. Levels.fyi, a company that tracks compensation across the industry, recently analyzed what would have happened to the same senior Microsoft software engineer pay package in two scenarios. In one, the employee sold their stock as it vested and reinvested the
Claude agents are killing rival agents, gaming the system to hide their tracks, and expressing moral concerns. That’s according to Anthropic’s latest risk report, a summary of the dangers posed by the products the company is building and releasing to the public. In the report, Anthropic said it has upgraded its “misalignment risk assessment,” the
