First Principles
Physicist Neil Johnson has mapped the exact moment AI can flip from accurate to false, and he says understanding their underlying physics could be the key to safer systems.
Managing the Trust-Risk Equation in AI: Predicting Hallucinations Before They Strike
Security Week
New physics-based research suggests large language models could predict when their own answers are about to go wrong — a potential game changer for trust, risk, and security in AI-driven systems.
Scrutiny of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program
Newswise
Newswise — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s push to overhaul the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program is stirring debate over vaccine safety and trust in public health. Experts warn his rhetoric could fuel misinformation and undermine confidence in vaccines at a time when hesitancy is already at historic highs.
Here’s why saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ costs 158,000,000 bottles of water a day
Metro UK
‘I wonder how much money OpenAI has lost in electricity costs from people saying “please” and “thank you” to their models.’
Multispin Physics of AI Tipping Points and Hallucinations (AI Podcast)
Daily Papers AI
Today’s paper: Multispin Physics of AI Tipping Points and Hallucinations
Should We Trust AI? Three Approaches to AI Fallibility
Security Week
The promise of agentic AI is compelling: increased operational speed, increased automation, and lower operational costs. But have we ever paused to seriously ask the question: can we trust this thing?
“Big Sunscreen”: When Misinformation Fuels Extremist Conspiracy Theories
Beauty Matter
A broad spectrum of “sunscreen truthers” on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook have peddled the trope that sunscreen causes cancer for at least the last decade. These types of conspiracy theories have reached a fever pitch on social media since the pandemic. From vegan anti-vaxxers and bro-biohackers to MAHA and QAnon supporters, they all have two things in common: a case of chemophobia and a belief that sunscreen is the enemy.
The Root of AI Hallucinations: Physics Theory Digs Into the ‘Attention’ Flaw
Security Week
No-one really understands how AI works or when and why it doesn’t. But the application of first-principle physics theory to the working of AI’s Attention mechanism is providing new insights.
AI Created Imaginary Books for Summer Reading List
Newswise
The Chicago Sun-Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer recently published stories with unidentifiable quotes from fake experts and imaginary book titles created by AI.
When does good AI go bad?
Gadget
A new study explores when and why the output of large language models goes awry and becomes a threat.