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Hayden Field

Hayden Field

Senior AI Reporter

Senior AI Reporter

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    How chatbots — and their makers — are enabling AI psychosis

    New York Times reporter Kashmir Hill on AI psychosis, user delusions, and teen safety.

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    Meta created its own super PAC to politically kneecap its AI rivals

    Mark Zuckerberg, via Meta, can now essentially spend unlimited money in California elections.

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    More than 200 contractors tasked with improving Google’s AI products were laid off.

    The workers focused on Gemini, AI Overviews, and other products, and the news came amid conflicts about pay, working conditions, and the workers’ concern that they’re training AI to replace their own jobs, Wired reported. And at Elon Musk’s xAI, more than 500 data annotation staffers were let go on Friday, per Business Insider.

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    Tencent reportedly hired a top OpenAI researcher.

    Yao Shunyu left OpenAI for the Chinese gaming and messaging company, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. It’s yet another sign of how the AI talent wars are intensifying — both stateside and between the U.S. and China.

    The MechaHitler defense contract is raising red flags

    xAI’s track record with safety is concerning, Senator Elizabeth Warren says in letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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