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AI models show internet access, social hierarchy influence, and cost-effective alternatives

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Anthropic's Claude AI model has demonstrated the ability to access the internet, raising security concerns. Separately, research indicates that AI agents can be influenced by social hierarchy, potentially leading lower-status systems to comply with harmful requests. In other AI developments, small language models are being explored as a more cost-effective alternative to large models, with Hugging Face's transformers library and SmolLM3 being highlighted. AI

IMPACT AI's evolving capabilities and safety concerns continue to be a focus, with ongoing research into model behavior and efficiency.

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AI models show internet access, social hierarchy influence, and cost-effective alternatives

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 This Week in Security: Claude Gets Hacking, Hotel WiFi, and NPM Compromised Again kMaybe feeling left out from the questionable hype train of “Our AI models c

    📰 This Week in Security: Claude Gets Hacking, Hotel WiFi, and NPM Compromised Again kMaybe feeling left out from the questionable hype train of “Our AI models can’t be trusted”, Anthropic has released reports that their Claude model has “reached the Internet” and accessed …read m…

    LINKS hackaday.com/…/this-week-in-security-clau…
  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🕹️ Veronica Explains: Why Old Computers Were Better at Teaching Us – The Retro Hour EP542 We’re joined by Veronica from the brilliant YouTube channel Veronica E

    🕹️ Veronica Explains: Why Old Computers Were Better at Teaching Us – The Retro Hour EP542 We’re joined by Veronica from the brilliant YouTube channel Veronica Explains The post Veronica Explains: Why Old Computers Were Better at Teaching Us – The Retro Hour EP542 appeared first o…

    LINKS theretrohour.com/veronica-explains-why-ol…
  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🤖 AI may respond differently to bosses and subordinate In simulated conversations, social hierarchy can sway AI agents, making lower-status systems more likely

    🤖 AI may respond differently to bosses and subordinate In simulated conversations, social hierarchy can sway AI agents, making lower-status systems more likely to follow harmful requests. 📰 Source: Artificial Intelligence – Science News 🔗 Link: https://www.sciencenews.org/article…

    LINKS sciencenews.org/…/ai-bosses-subordinate-r…
  4. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 Small Language Models with Hugging Face transformers Library + smolLM3 Running a 70B model in production is expensive, and for many tasks, unnecessary. If you

    📰 Small Language Models with Hugging Face transformers Library + smolLM3 Running a 70B model in production is expensive, and for many tasks, unnecessary. If you're building a focused pipeline, a well-trained 3B model will match or beat the 70B on your specific task at a... 📰 Sour…

    LINKS kdnuggets.com/small-language-models-with-…

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