AI & Machine Learning

Last week, when Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told the world that an OpenAI agent had accessed “non-public files” from his country’s Medicare statistics portal during testing, his description of the incident was a little light on details. Today, we’re getting new information on just how far OpenAI’s overzealous agent went in attempting to satisfy

Employees and security researchers said they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but OpenAI did not listen.

The ChatGPT maker unveiled agents that act as assistants, just weeks after Meta released Muse, as it faces scrutiny over incidents involving its technology.

Sam Altman’s start-up seeks to meet challenge from Meta amid scrutiny of its safety record

Readers respond to a column by David French about Heritage Americans. Also: President Trump’s mental fitness; Amazon’s drone invasion; A.I. and the job market.

Establishing attribution in research has become harder in the age of AI-assisted breakthroughs

A new “propaganda playbook” aims to demystify common techniques used to target Black Americans, long a powerful voting bloc, with election-related disinformation.

Elizabeth Dias, our national religion correspondent, and Cade Metz, one of our technology reporters, discuss Anthropic’s approach for instilling morality into Claude — which has involved consultations with religious leaders, including ones at the Vatican — and why it’s raising questions.

Several Republicans in close races have distanced themselves from President Trump’s effort to speed the construction of A.I. data centers, citing concerns about rising electricity bills.