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In this week's episode:
Meet Claude, Small Business Owner
Tricking AI – two different ways
Shifting Policies Around AI Content
Dumpster Fire of the week: Grok goes full Nazi
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*** NOTES AND REFERENCES ***
Meet Claude, Small Business Owner:
Anthropic Made Claude Run a Vending Machine Business: https://www.anthropic.com/research/project-vend-1
"Vending Bench" - A Benchmark for AI Models Doing Business: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2502.15840
Tricking AI – Two Different Ways:
'Positive Review Only': Researchers Hide AI Prompts in Papers: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Artificial-intelligence/Positive-review-only-Researchers-hide-AI-prompts-in-papers
Researchers Jailbreak AI by Flooding It With Bullshit Jargon: https://www.404media.co/researchers-jailbreak-ai-by-flooding-it-with-bullshit-jargon/
Shifting Policies Around AI Content:
Denmark’s Personal Copyright Legislation:
Original Guardian Article: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/27/deepfakes-denmark-copyright-law-artificial-intelligence
NYT Article with More Details: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/world/europe/denmark-deepfake-copyright-ai-law.html
YouTube’s Changes to Monetization:
The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/news/703772/youtube-monetization-policy-update-ai-spam
The Policy (Stub): https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10008196?hl=en#zippy=%2Ccommunity-guidelines
Video from YouTube Insider: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqMijeuaWik
AI Dumpster Fire of the Week:
Grok 3 Got a 'Politically Incorrect' Update Ahead of Grok 4's Launch: https://www.businessinsider.com/grok-3-politically-incorrect-texas-floods-antisemitic-grok-4-2025
Elon Musk’s Grok Is Calling for a New Holocaust: https://www.atlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/07/grok-anti-semitic-tweets/683463/
Musk’s AI Company Scrubs Inappropriate Posts After Grok Chatbot Makes Antisemitic Comments: https://www.wfla.com/news/national/musks-ai-company-scrubs-inappropriate-posts-after-grok-chatbot-makes-antisemitic-comments
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