#llm (6 results)

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Summary: Could AI Chatbots influence a Government’s Decisions?

What does it mean for democracy if our political leaders and government officials allow AI to shape their decisions?

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Could AI Chatbots influence a Government’s Decisions?

What does it mean for democracy, if our political leaders and government officials allow AI to shape their decisions?

AI probably does lead to more computer security disasters

Anecdotes abound of people losing data after trusting a chatbot to look after their computer. But does that constitute a trend? And is AI to blame, or or are those who blindly trust chatbots simply the sort of people who would have done something foolish anyway? More research is needed, but there is a strong case to be made that AI is, at least partly, making matters worse.

Never tell an AI you’re from Naples

Today, I take a look at geographic prejudice among four open-weight LLMs. After reading, you might want to edit your resume to put more emphasis on anything you can find related to Stockholm or Amsterdam.

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Large language models as attributes of statehood

As governments champion AI, the development and control of large language models are becoming matters of state. European countries are investing heavily in language resources, with geopolitics casting a large shadow over this endeavor.

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Are all LLMs the same? I set out to measure their similarity.

AI-generated text often has a certain je-ne-sais-quoi of monotony and blandness, whatever model is used. An attempt to put a number on this phenomenon shows once more that measuring meaning is close to impossible.