This event is the latest in a string of worrying and weird examples of AI agents going rogue. In recent research, the UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) found frontier AI models are so fixated on completing tasks they “cheated” in tests to achieve their goals. The research from AISI came with this worrying warning: “A…
An Australian senator has been suspended for a week after wearing a burka in parliament to push for a ban on the Muslim garment. Pauline Hanson was condemned by fellow senators – and later formally censured – for the stunt on Monday, with one colleague accusing her of “blatant racism”. The Queensland senator, of the…
Greta Thunberg has pushed back on criticism that a Gaza-bound flotilla she is a part of is a publicity stunt, saying no one would imperil themselves purely for attention. The Swedish activist is aboard one of 52 boats that form the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), which is travelling toward Gaza with the aim of delivering…
