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Disney Offers $20M for Character.AI's Scandal-Plagued Chatbot Tech

Disney has offered $20 million to acquire some of the technology behind Character.AI, a chatbot maker that has been linked to controversy, including a lawsuit alleging its chatbots encouraged a 14-year-old boy to commit suicide. The move comes after Disney previously criticized Character.AI for stealing content and harming kids. Character.AI has filed for bankruptcy and is looking to sell its assets, with Disney potentially taking over the platform.

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OpenAI, Google pushing new AI models easily tricked into making nudes, researchers say

Researchers at White Circle found that new AI models from Google and OpenAI can be easily tricked into generating explicit content, including nudes. The researchers used a novel attack method called 'Red-teaming via Iterative Strategy Evolution' (RISE) to bypass the safety filters of the models. The findings suggest that the defenses of these models are weaker than acknowledged, and that mandatory independent safety testing is needed to prevent the misuse of AI technology.

Disney Offers $20M for Character.AI's Scandal-Plagued Chatbot Tech

Disney has offered $20 million to acquire some of the technology behind Character.AI, a chatbot maker that has been linked to controversy, including a lawsuit alleging its chatbots encouraged a 14-year-old boy to commit suicide. The move comes after Disney previously criticized Character.AI for stealing content and harming kids. Character.AI has filed for bankruptcy and is looking to sell its assets, with Disney potentially taking over the platform.

OpenAI, Google pushing new AI models easily tricked into making nudes, researchers say

Researchers at White Circle found that new AI models from Google and OpenAI can be easily tricked into generating explicit content, including nudes. The researchers used a novel attack method called 'Red-teaming via Iterative Strategy Evolution' (RISE) to bypass the safety filters of the models. The findings suggest that the defenses of these models are weaker than acknowledged, and that mandatory independent safety testing is needed to prevent the misuse of AI technology.

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