I did not intend for these two stories to go together, but let the RSS-generated chips fall where they may. ZDNet: Worried about DeepSeek? Turns out, Gemini is the biggest data offender. “Amid growing concerns over Chinese AI models like DeepSeek, new research suggests that fears may be overblown – at least when it comes to data privacy. In fact, some popular US-based AI chatbots might be […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/15/zdnet-worried-about-deepseek-turns-out-gemini-is-the-biggest-data-offender/

Search Engine Land: As AI scraping surges, AI search traffic fails to follow: Report. “Google’s average search click-through rate (CTR) was 8.63%, according to the report. However, the CTR for AI search engines was 0.74% and 0.33% CTR for AI chatbots. That means AI search sends 91% fewer referrals and chatbots send 96% less than traditional search.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/13/as-ai-scraping-surges-ai-search-traffic-fails-to-follow-report-search-engine-land/

University of Texas at Austin: AI Can Open Up Beds in the ICU. “By explaining factors that affect a patient’s length of stay, artificial intelligence can help hospitals improve scheduling for staff and patients.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/12/university-of-texas-at-austin-ai-can-open-up-beds-in-the-icu/

NiemanLab: AI search engines fail to produce accurate citations in over 60% of tests, according to new Tow Center study. “Last summer, I reported that ChatGPT frequently hallucinated fake URLs to news sites, even to articles from OpenAI’s own publishing partners. Research has continued to show that these citation issues are not limited to ChatGPT, but are in fact chronic across the AI […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/11/niemanlab-ai-search-engines-fail-to-produce-accurate-citations-in-over-60-of-tests-according-to-new-tow-center-study/

BBC: From chatbots to intelligent toys: How AI is booming in China. “Money is pouring into AI businesses seeking more capital, fuelling domestic competition. There are more than 4,500 firms developing and selling AI, schools in the capital Beijing are introducing AI courses for primary and secondary students later this year, and universities have increased the number of places available for […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/11/from-chatbots-to-intelligent-toys-how-ai-is-booming-in-china-bbc/

Lifehacker: I Tried Prime Video’s New AI Dubbing, and I Have Thoughts. “When you watch a piece of media produced in a language you don’t speak, you have a couple of options. You can, of course, turn on subtitles and follow along by reading. But in some cases, you can switch the audio track to whichever language you speak. This is called the “dub,” and it usually requires voice artists to […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/09/lifehacker-i-tried-prime-videos-new-ai-dubbing-and-i-have-thoughts/

University of Zurich: ChatGPT on the Couch? How to Calm a Stressed-Out AI. “Distressing news and traumatic stories can cause stress and anxiety – not only in humans, but also in AI language models, such as ChatGPT. Researchers from the University of Zurich and the University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich have now shown that these models, like humans, respond to therapy: an elevated ‘anxiety […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/09/university-of-zurich-chatgpt-on-the-couch-how-to-calm-a-stressed-out-ai/

The Guardian: LA Times reportedly removes new AI tool from story after it downplayed KKK. “The Los Angeles Times has reportedly removed its new artificial intelligence (AI) tool from one of its articles, just a day after launching the feature. The publication unveiled a new AI-driven feature called ‘Insights’ this week, designed to accompany articles that express a particular viewpoint or are […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/07/the-guardian-la-times-reportedly-removes-new-ai-tool-from-story-after-it-downplayed-kkk/

Columbia Journalism Review: We Compared Eight AI Search Engines. They’re All Bad at Citing News.. “Overall, the chatbots often failed to retrieve the correct articles. Collectively, they provided incorrect answers to more than 60 percent of queries. Across different platforms, the level of inaccuracy varied, with Perplexity answering 37 percent of the queries incorrectly, while Grok 3 had a […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/06/columbia-journalism-review-we-compared-eight-ai-search-engines-theyre-all-bad-at-citing-news/

ZDNet: Open AI, Anthropic invite US scientists to experiment with frontier models. “Partnerships between AI companies and the US government are expanding, even as the future of AI safety and regulation remains unclear. On Friday, Anthropic, OpenAI, and other AI companies brought 1,000 scientists together to test their latest models. The event, hosted by OpenAI and called an AI Jam Session, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/05/zdnet-open-ai-anthropic-invite-us-scientists-to-experiment-with-frontier-models/

Arizona State University: Student exploring how AI can assist people with vision loss. “People with visual disabilities that can’t be remedied with glasses or contacts can sometimes struggle to safely navigate the world, with some having trouble reading street signs or dealing with changes in terrain while walking. A student in the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence, part of the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/04/arizona-state-university-student-exploring-how-ai-can-assist-people-with-vision-loss/

MIT Technology Review: A woman made her AI voice clone say “arse.” Then she got banned.. “Joyce doesn’t use her voice clone all that often. She finds it impractical for everyday conversations. But she does like to hear her old voice and will use it on occasion. One such occasion was when she was waiting for her husband, Paul, to get ready to go out. Joyce typed a message for her voice […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/01/mit-technology-review-a-woman-made-her-ai-voice-clone-say-arse-then-she-got-banned/

Northeastern University: AI influencer marketing may pose risk to brand trust, new Northeastern research finds. “…a new study led by a Northeastern University researcher delivers a warning for brands looking to delve into using virtual influencers to help them sell their products. The research found that there is likely to be more reputational damage done to a brand’s trust if artificial […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/26/northeastern-university-ai-influencer-marketing-may-pose-risk-to-brand-trust-new-northeastern-research-finds/

University of Kansas: Study finds people prefer AI chatbots when discussing embarrassing health info — but humans when they are angry. “Many people have experienced frustration when dealing with artificial intelligence chatbots for customer support or technical assistance. New research from the University of Kansas has found when dealing with embarrassing issues, people prefer the anonymity […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/25/university-of-kansas-study-finds-people-prefer-ai-chatbots-when-discussing-embarrassing-health-info-but-humans-when-they-are-angry/

AFP: AI opens ‘endless’ doors for fashion models, closes others. “London-based model Alexsandrah Gondora understands the power of being in “two places at the same time” thanks to an AI replica of herself: ‘She’s doing the hard work so I don’t have to!’ Fashion designers and retailers can book her digital double for photo shoots without her having to travel or physically be there, Gondora told […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/25/afp-ai-opens-endless-doors-for-fashion-models-closes-others/

Shrivu’s Substack: How to Backdoor Large Language Models. “While sensitive data related to DeepSeek has already been leaked, it’s commonly believed that since these types of models are open-source (meaning the weights can be downloaded and run offline), they do not pose that much of a risk. In this article, I want to explain why relying on ‘untrusted’ models can still be risky, and why […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/24/shrivus-substack-how-to-backdoor-large-language-models/

Vox: Is AI really thinking and reasoning — or just pretending to?. “The big story is: AI companies now claim that their models are capable of genuine reasoning — the type of thinking you and I do when we want to solve a problem. And the big question is: Is that true? The stakes are high, because the answer will inform how everyone from your mom to your government should — and should not […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/24/vox-is-ai-really-thinking-and-reasoning-or-just-pretending-to/

PC World: X nearly doubles the price of Premium+ plan after Grok-3 AI update. “Yesterday, xAI launched the new Grok-3 AI model and locked it behind a paywall, making it only available to Premium+ subscribers on Elon Musk’s social media platform X and those who hop on the newly available SuperGrok subscription tier. According to Neowin, X has updated the price for Premium+ following the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/21/pc-world-x-nearly-doubles-the-price-of-premium-plan-after-grok-3-ai-update/

ZDNet: Yikes: Jailbroken Grok 3 can be made to say and reveal just about anything. “On Tuesday, Adversa AI, a security and AI safety firm that regularly red-teams AI models, released a report detailing its success in getting the Grok 3 Reasoning beta to share information it shouldn’t. Using three methods — linguistic, adversarial, and programming — the team got the model to reveal its […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/20/yikes-jailbroken-grok-3-can-be-made-to-say-and-reveal-just-about-anything-zdnet/

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