That really is an Xbox Series X dressed in the official Starfield console wrap Microsoft released back in 2023. And yes, I was basically using it as a glorified Christmas prop by this point (please don't block your console's vents with decorations). Suffice it to say, my Xbox Series X was no longer worth it to me, so I promptly sold it. The market forces that have seen Xbox Series X prices skyrocket lately make it much less financially appealing than the box I bought back in 2020. So much of the reasoning behind console costs is down to global firms' desire to quench the insatiable memory and storage thirst of AI data centers.

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Researchers get AI'drunk' to expose new cyber security risks in chatbots Fine-tuning large language models using drunken text makes them more likely to leak secrets and answer harmful questions, new UNSW-led research shows. UNSW researchers have shown that large language models (LLMs) can be pushed to imitate drunken behaviour - and that once they do, they are significantly more likely to leak confidential information and answer questions they are designed to refuse. In the study, conceptualised and led by Dr Aditya Joshi, Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Engineering, with Anudeex Shetty (Research Assistant) and Professor Salil Kanhere, researchers from UNSW's School of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) found that AI trained or prompted to mimic drunken speech patterns became more vulnerable to jailbreaking and privacy breaches than their'sober' counterparts. The UNSW team tested three methods of inducing'drunk' behaviour in LLMs. The vulnerability wasn't tested across every LLM on the market.

Plus: Anthropic's listing could determine the future of the AI investment boom. Will the real Anthropic please stand up? After weeks of frenzied speculation, Anthropic has filed its IPO prospectus. The 335-page document (100 pages or so are focused on risks) lays out the company's unique view of the technology it is building and how it believes it will change the world. But Anthropic has been honing its storytelling skills for years. Its public messaging is a master class in narrative capture, presenting it as different things to different people: an AI safety organization, a profit-driven megacorp, and a group hell-bent on creating superhuman technology.

Private schools are not bound by bureaucracy, and can swiftly change policy directions. Private schools are not bound by bureaucracy, and can swiftly change policy directions. Silicon Valley parents want the tech they help build out of their children's schools Both private and public schools in tech regions are limiting the use of tech in classrooms. But will low-income districts be able to follow suit? German Gil spends most of his waking hours looking at screens.

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