AI
The scientific case for being nice to your chatbot
New research confirms that LLMs often perform better when you encourage them. But why?
Ella Markianos
Ella Markianos is a fellow at Platformer covering AI. She is currently supported by the Tarbell Center for AI Journalism.
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Following: Elon tried to tank Twitter
PLUS: the White House's new AI agenda
OpenAI
Following: OpenAI wrestles with business strategy (and adult content)
Do Sam Altman and Fidji Simo have an alignment problem?
AI
Inside the backlash to the AI war machine
A protest at OpenAI headquarters suggests the backlash to military AI is growing — even if its politics are still half-formed. PLUS: The Pentagon declares Anthropic a supply chain risk
Anthropic
Following: Anthropic vs. the Pentagon
PLUS: The Substack post that tanked the markets, continued
AI
The reporter who tried to replace herself with a bot
Anxiety about AI replacing entry-level jobs is on the rise. Could a state-of-the-art chatbot do the job of a Platformer fellow? PLUS: Anthropic vs. OpenAI, and will AI kill SaaS?
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Inside the debate over AI consciousness
At ConCon, researchers and tech workers debate whether future systems could develop an inner life — and how you would know if they did
AI
How leaderboards lost their spot as the best way to judge AI
Meta-backed Scale has a new leaderboard to challenge the industry leader. But has the AI industry already moved on?