AI in the News

By Maya Yang, May 31, 2025 – The Guardian
The Utah court of appeals has sanctioned a lawyer after he was discovered to have used ChatGPT for a filing he made in which he referenced a nonexistent court case. << Links to an External Site

By Patrick Pester, May 30, 2025
An artificial intelligence safety firm has found that OpenAI’s o3 and o4-mini models sometimes refuse to shut down, and will sabotage computer scripts in order to keep working on tasks. << Links to an External Site

By Tom Chivers, May 23, 2025 – SEMAFOR
Anthropic said its latest artificial intelligence model resorted to blackmail when told it would be taken offline. In a safety test, the AI company asked Claude Opus 4 to act as an assistant … then gave it access to … emails saying that it would be replaced, and also that the engineer behind the decision was cheating on his wife … the model “[threatened] to reveal the affair” if the replacement went ahead. << Links to External Site

By Adam Zewe, May 22, 2025 – MIT News
Humans naturally learn by making connections between sight and sound. For instance, we can watch someone playing the cello and recognize that the cellist’s movements are generating the music we hear. A new approach developed by researchers from MIT and elsewhere improves an AI model’s ability to learn in this same fashion. This could be useful in applications such as journalism and film production, where the model could help with curating multimodal content through automatic video and audio retrieval. << Links to an External Site

By Belle Lin, May 6, 2025 – Wall Street Journal
International Business Machines Chief Executive Arvind Krishna said the tech giant has used artificial intelligence, and specifically AI agents, to replace the work of a couple hundred human resources workers. As a result, it has hired more programmers and salespeople, he said.
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By Gary Drenik, Apr 10, 2025 – Forbes
Today, artificial intelligence (AI) is greatly affecting enterprises and how they do business. It has helped automate tasks, optimize processes, and increase employee productivity – covering everything from content creation to research and education to writing code itself. However, as AI technology advances, and new generations emerge, it is up to enterprises to embrace these changes. Agentic AI is one subset that will undoubtedly have a significant impact. Organizations that do not embrace it run the risk of being left behind. << Links to an External Site

By Annie Palmer, APR 7 2025 – CNBC
Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke is changing his company’s approach to hiring in the age of artificial intelligence. Employees will be expected to prove why they “cannot get what they want done using AI” before asking for more headcount and resources, Lutke wrote in a memo to staffers that he posted to X on Monday. << Links to an External Site

By Asif Razzaq, April 19, 2025 – Marktechpost Media
OpenAI has published a strategic report, AI in the Enterprise, detailing how leading organizations have integrated AI into their workflows. Drawing on partnerships with companies like Morgan Stanley, Indeed, Klarna, Lowe’s, BBVA, Mercado Libre, and OpenAI itself, the guide outlines a framework built on seven core lessons for adopting AI at scale. << Links to an External Site