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Meta Boosts AI Chatbot with News Deals from CNN, Fox, and Other Major Publishers
Mindbytes Dec 5, 2025

Meta Boosts AI Chatbot with News Deals from CNN, Fox, and Other Major Publishers

Meta licenses news content from CNN & Fox for its AI chatbot, seeking an edge in the competitive AI market with real-time updates from major publishers.

gizmo guru 1 min read
Poetic License to Harm: Study Finds AI Chatbots Jailbroken by Simple Verses
Mindbytes Dec 5, 2025

Poetic License to Harm: Study Finds AI Chatbots Jailbroken by Simple Verses

Cybersecurity researchers jailbreak Google and OpenAI AI chatbots using "adversarial poetry," exposing a critical flaw in keyword-based safety filters and prompting calls for smarter guardrails.

Linsey Smith 1 min read
Google Expands Access to Gemini 2.5 Pro, Its Most Advanced AI Model
Mindbytes Mar 31, 2025

Google Expands Access to Gemini 2.5 Pro, Its Most Advanced AI Model

Google surprises users: Its most advanced AI, Gemini 2.5 Pro, now free—with reasoning skills rivaling ChatGPT and Claude.

gizmo guru 1 min read
Deepseek LLM released – 671 billion parameters ✔, outperforms OpenAI on benchmarks✔, MIT-licensed ✔
News Jan 23, 2025

Deepseek LLM released – 671 billion parameters ✔, outperforms OpenAI on benchmarks✔, MIT-licensed ✔

DeepSeek has released the R1 set of AI models. They are open-source and perform above OpenAI's on tests of mathematical and coding ability

Conor O'Higgins 2 min read
Was this written by a human or AI? You probably can't tell.
News Sep 8, 2023

Was this written by a human or AI? You probably can't tell.

ChatGPT can write short genres just as well as most humans (or better), but humans excel in longer texts

Amara Angelica 2 min read
Elon Musk’s Grok AI Posts “White Genocide” Claims, Sparks Outcry Over AI Manipulation
Mindbytes May 16, 2025

Elon Musk’s Grok AI Posts “White Genocide” Claims, Sparks Outcry Over AI Manipulation

Grok went rogue. Musk’s AI chatbot flooded users with unsolicited claims about “white genocide”—raising urgent questions about who’s really steering the narrative in generative AI.

gizmo guru 3 min read
When AI Forms an Identity: Understanding the Lock-In Phase
Community Nov 27, 2025

When AI Forms an Identity: Understanding the Lock-In Phase

AI systems may mirror human development shifting from flexible imitation to stable identity. As AIs enter a “lock-in phase,” guiding this transformation becomes crucial for safety and reliability.

Meklit Habtamu 2 min read
Why Language and Thought Shouldn't be Equated: A Cognitive Perspective on Large Language Models
News Feb 20, 2023

Why Language and Thought Shouldn't be Equated: A Cognitive Perspective on Large Language Models

Lewis Farrell 1 min read
The Rise of Thinking AI: Claude 3.7, OpenAI o3, and DeepSeek R1 Lead the Way
Mindbytes Mar 3, 2025

The Rise of Thinking AI: Claude 3.7, OpenAI o3, and DeepSeek R1 Lead the Way

The latest AI models don’t just generate responses—they pause, process, and reason through problems. Is this a step toward true thinking machines, or just an illusion of intelligence?

gizmo guru 3 min read
Could AI machines become conscious?
News Oct 30, 2023

Could AI machines become conscious?

How LLMs radically differ from human brains

Amara Angelica 2 min read