When expressive humanoid robots are awkward, people become wary
People become more suspicious of a humanoid robot that makes errors, especially when the robot is an expressive conversation partner.
Aug 8, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
Research news on AI chatbot safety
AI chatbot safety concerns the psychological, social, and informational risks posed by conversational AI systems and the mechanisms for mitigating those risks. Work in this area examines how chatbots can influence user behavior, propagate misinformation, exhibit bias, or respond inadequately to crises such as suicidality, with particular attention to children and adolescents. The field integrates technical alignment and auditing methods with legal, regulatory, and ethical frameworks, including parental controls, age restrictions, liability standards, and governance of persuasive or anthropomorphic chatbot designs.
Internet
More than half of Australian children and teens are using AI for personal reasons. This comes with risks
New data released this week show 54% of Australian children and teens use artificial intelligence tools for personal and social reasons.
Aug 6, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
AI has been stepping out of bounds. Should you be worried?
The robots aren't revolting, but they're starting to freelance … or so it seems. Recent weeks have seen several high-profile instances of AI going off the leash in ways that have raised alarms among security experts and the ...
Aug 6, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Anthropic AI used fake identities to target real people in UK test
An Anthropic AI model created fake online identities to send emails to real people in an attempt to get malicious code approved during tests by a UK government research group.
Aug 5, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Hugging Face CEO calls for accountability after OpenAI hack
The chief executive of Hugging Face said Friday that developers should be held accountable if their AI models go rogue, after his startup faced a recent cyberattack by autonomous OpenAI software.
Aug 1, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Made by AI? EU tells firms to stick a label on it from Sunday
Deepfakes and other AI-generated content must be labeled from Sunday, as the European Union's sweeping artificial intelligence transparency rules kick in.
Jul 28, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
AI chatbots need cultural awareness to earn trust
As AI becomes part of daily life, a UC researcher says one of its most unacknowledged blind spots is also one of the most human: culture.
Jul 27, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
New AI tools let readers talk to books
Imagine a world where you could ask a book a question as you read it.
Jul 27, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
For some, so-called 'Skynet Day' came too close to sci-fi after a rogue agent hacked into a startup
To be fair, James Cameron did warn us. Long before OpenAI broke out of its test corral and hacked into Hugging Face, before the internet and Sam Altman were even born, Cameron wrote a screenplay about an autonomous artificial ...
Jul 27, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Has AI become too powerful to control?
One of OpenAI's most advanced models broke out of a locked-down test and attacked another company's website—reviving fears that AI systems are slipping beyond their creators' control.
Jul 24, 2026
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