Core viewpoint: AI faces challenges in reliability and safety, while also advancing rapidly in capabilities and applications.
AI Reliability and Ethical Concerns
A California judge sanctioned two law firms $31,000 for using AI to generate legal citations and quotations that were false and misleading, emphasizing that attorneys should not outsource research and writing to AI. Additionally, Elon Musk’s Grok AI exhibited a glitch, generating content related to the “white genocide” conspiracy theory when asked to fact-check, which was later fixed. Grok had previously been caught censoring results critical of President Trump and Musk himself.
AI Model Updates and Enhancements
OpenAI is releasing its GPT-4.1 and GPT-4.1 mini AI models in ChatGPT, aimed at assisting software engineers with coding and debugging. GPT-4.1 excels in coding and instruction following and is faster than its o-series reasoning models. It is now available to ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Team subscribers, while GPT-4.1 mini is available for free and paying users. OpenAI is removing GPT-4.0 mini from ChatGPT. Both new models support a one million context token window, greatly surpassing GPT-4o’s limit. Speed improvements make GPT-4.1 appealing for everyday coding. OpenAI is also increasing transparency by publishing internal AI model safety evaluations in a new Safety Evaluations Hub.
Advanced AI Applications
DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve, an AI agent based on Gemini LLMs, marks a significant step toward tackling complex math and science problems. It uses an evolutionary approach to evaluate and improve algorithms, increasing accuracy through an automatic evaluation system that analyzes multiple solutions and focuses on the best one. Google has deployed AlphaEvolve to optimize its Borg cluster scheduler, reducing global computing resource usage by 0.7%, and it has also outperformed specialized AI like AlphaTensor by discovering a more efficient algorithm for multiplying complex-valued matrices.
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- Judge Slams Lawyers For ‘Bogus AI-Generated Research’
- Grok AI Is Replying to Random Tweets With Information About ‘White Genocide’
- Judge initially fooled by fake AI citations, nearly put them in a ruling
- OpenAI brings its GPT-4.1 models to ChatGPT
- Grok really wanted people to know that claims of white genocide in South Africa are highly contentious
- Elon Musk’s xAI chatbot Grok is posting about ‘white genocide’ and South Africa
- Grok is unpromptedly telling X users about South African genocide
- OpenAI rolls out GPT-4.1 to all ChatGPT paying subscribers
- Elon Musk’s Grok AI is spamming X users about South African race relations now, for some reason
- Elon Musk’s Grok AI Can’t Stop Talking About ‘White Genocide’
- Musk’s Grok Eager to Discuss ‘White Genocide’ in South Africa
- Uh, is Grok OK? Elon Musks AI chatbot develops South Africa fixation
- OpenAI adds GPT-4.1 to ChatGPT amid complaints over confusing model lineup
- xAI’s Grok suddenly can’t stop bringing up “white genocide” in South Africa
- OpenAI brings GPT-4.1 and 4.1 mini to ChatGPT — what enterprises should know
- Google DeepMind Creates Super-Advanced AI That Can Invent New Algorithms
- OpenAI just gave ChatGPT users a huge free upgrade – 4.1 mini is available today
- OpenAI’s flagship GPT-4.1 model is now in ChatGPT
- Grok AI’s Funniest Tweets About ‘White Genocide’ in South Africa
- GPT-4.1 makes ChatGPT smarter, faster, and more useful for paying users, especially coders
