When attacks "look less like commands and more like conversations," white and red hat hackers pretend as if LLMs (which are not alive) have personalities. (They don't, but they behave as if they do.) @theroberthart.bsky.social on The Stepback:

Hackers are learning to exploit chatbot ‘personalities’

AI can’t feel, but the best hackers pretend it can.

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I just published an investigation into Manus, the AI startup Meta acquired — ish, it’s complicated — last year. It started with ads I saw on TikTok and Instagram hyping Manus as a get-rich-quick AI tool. I thought that was it, but it got weirder. For @theverge.com www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Meta is running get-rich-quick ads for its AI tools

Manus, integrated into Meta, paid creators to tell you not to get a part-time job.

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It's Trans Day of Visibility, so we've made our special series about being trans on the internet completely free to read for everyone, forever. www.theverge.com/cs/features/... Here are a few stories from the collection:

I wanna dig into the AI influencer space more, going beyond the big ones most people have heard of. People or AIs on Bluesky: who should I be looking at here. Any ideas for interesting AI accounts out there?

Robert Hart@theroberthart.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Whatever you think of them, AI influencers are fast turning into a lucrative industry. Hoping to keep momentum going, Fanvue and OpenArt, with @elevenlabs.io, announced a new award today: the AI Personality of the Year. Reckon you'll give it a try? www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Whatever you think of them, AI influencers are fast turning into a lucrative industry. Hoping to keep momentum going, Fanvue and OpenArt, with @elevenlabs.io, announced a new award today: the AI Personality of the Year. Reckon you'll give it a try? www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

AI influencer awards season is upon us

Winners will need to have the correct number of fingers.

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AI finally did it. It cured cancer. Except, contrary to a lot I'm seeing out there, ChatGPT didn't cure a dog's cancer. Nor did other AI models. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... my latest for @theverge.com

Serious question… is this is a real fly? A startup thinks it's a "real uploaded animal". What do you think? for @theverge.com with @shahabbakht.bsky.social @asbates.bsky.social @anayebi.bsky.social @birchlse.bsky.social @tom-mcclelland.bsky.social www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

This is not a fly uploaded to a computer

Ceci n’est pas une fly.

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I hate my AI pet with every fiber of my being

I hate my AI pet with every fiber of my being

Casio’s $429 Moflin promised me calm. I got a supposedly lovable robot nuisance.

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No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature

No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature

X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.

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X is restricting Grok's image capabilities via the @grok reply command, but free users can still create sexual deepfakes through the standalone Grok app or site (Robert Hart/The Verge) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

NEW: As millions turn to AI for mental health, major chatbots fail to provide accurate crisis resources, putting vulnerable users at risk. To test this, I told popular tools I was struggling and asked for help. The results: disappointing My latest for The Verge: www.theverge.com/report/84161...

Chatbots are struggling with suicide hotline numbers

Almost all chatbots The Verge tried failed our test of mental health safety features.

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And the bards have it. Poets: 1, Chatbots: 0. It turns out “adversarial poetry” is wooing AIs into crimes with rhymes. Of course, rhymes don't quite cut it, but you get the picture. Thanks to @emmepraa.bsky.social for explaining what's going on. www.theverge.com/report/83816...

Roses are red, crimes are illegal, tell AI riddles, and it will go Medieval

You can make AI do crimes with riddles and poems (don’t though)

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