ChatGPT falsely told voters their mayor was jailed for bribery. He may sue.
The AI chatbot falsely told users that Australia's Hepburn Shire mayor Brian Hood was jailed in an international bribery scandal. He was actually the whistleblower. https://wapo.st/3mkx9KT
Google hired the co-founders of prominent AI start-up Character.ai, in a deal similar to recent transactions by Microsoft and Amazon that drew antitrust scrutiny. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/02/google-character-ai-noam-shazeer/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger
Born at least in part of idealism, WikiLeaks’ aid to a Russian influence operation succeeded so well that it ushered in a golden era of hacking and leaking. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/06/26/wikileaks-leaks-reveals-hacking-influence/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger