AI is more likely than humans to form biases when hiring

The next time you apply for a job, AI may screen your résumé before any human sees it. But there’s good reason to question whether AI will judge you fairly. Researchers already know that LLMs pick up human biases from their training data. New research suggests that LLMs can also develop their own biases from…

Jeff Bezos and Sovereign AI back CuspAI in $450M raise

Jeff Bezos and the UK government-backed VC fund backing domestic AI startups have invested in a UK startup developing AI systems to discover and design new materials for clean energy and chipmaking in…

This experiment shows how easy it is to poison an open-weight AI model for under $100

A cybersecurity researcher poisoned an open weight AI model for under $100 in about an hour, exposing how easily these increasingly popular systems can be secretly compromised without detection.

Korea’s AI chip market is now the opening bell for global stocks
Korea’s AI chip market is now the opening bell for global stocks

Fund managers in London, New York, and Tokyo have added a new step to their morning routine: checking South Korean stocks. Korea’s $4 trillion equity market is now offering an early read on global AI risk appetite, as swings in SK Hynix and Samsung rip…

AI advice made people three times less accurate but twice as confident, researchers found
AI advice made people three times less accurate but twice as confident, researchers found

Researchers from three French and Italian universities found that access to AI advice collapsed people’s willingness to say “I don’t know” from 44% to 3%. Accuracy dropped from 27% to 9%. Confidence, meanwhile, rose from 30% to 76%. “People became much…

Rob Gurzeev on Why AI Has Changed Cybersecurity’s Biggest Blind Spot
Rob Gurzeev on Why AI Has Changed Cybersecurity’s Biggest Blind Spot

Artificial intelligence is transforming how software is built, deployed, and secured. While AI has accelerated innovation across industries, it has also expanded the number of internet-facing assets organizations need to protect. According to Rob Gurze…

Common Sense Media says Google’s AI Search poses an “unacceptable risk” to students. Google cannot turn it off.
Common Sense Media says Google’s AI Search poses an “unacceptable risk” to students. Google cannot turn it off.

Common Sense Media concluded that Google’s AI-powered Search poses an “unacceptable risk” to young users and recommended that students stop using it entirely until schools can disable the AI features. The child safety watchdog found that AI Mode readil…

The Company Brain and the Future of Go-to-Market Strategy
The Company Brain and the Future of Go-to-Market Strategy

Founders eagerly bought into the promise of autonomous agents over the past year, and software usage skyrocketed across the industry as teams rushed to adopt the latest tools. Despite this massive investment in new technology, sales pipelines remained …

Moonshot plans to list in Hong Kong within six months at a $30 billion valuation
Moonshot plans to list in Hong Kong within six months at a $30 billion valuation

Moonshot AI has told investors it is preparing to list in Hong Kong in as soon as six months, Bloomberg reported on Saturday. The company has distributed a shareholder resolution seeking backing for the IPO and is wrapping a fundraising round that may …

China is rebuilding the smartphone around AI agents. ZTE’s NaviX sold out in hours.
China is rebuilding the smartphone around AI agents. ZTE’s NaviX sold out in hours.

ZTE showcased the NaviX Ultra at the World AI Conference in Shanghai this week, calling it the world’s first agentic AI smartphone. The device, built under ZTE’s Nubia brand, runs ByteDance’s Doubao AI agent and can be activated by voice or a dedicated…