AI Chatbots Can Be As Gullible as Humans, Researchers Find: Q&AI

AI chatbots can be manipulated much in the same way that people can, according to researchers. But first…

Three things to know:

• OpenAI and Anthropic tested each others’ models for safety
• Researchers say AI is threatening entry-level jobs in some fields
• Elon Musk tried to persuade Mark Zuckerberg to help his bid to buy OpenAI

Coaxing chatbots

Dan Shapiro was stuck. Shapiro, a tech entrepreneur who created the kids board game Robot Turtles, was trying to get a popular AI chatbot to transcribe business documents from his company, Glowforge, but it wouldn’t work. The chatbot claimed the information was private or copyrighted.

Shapiro ...