Fake or News: LLMs Protect Each Other, Google Predicts Floods, and GitHub Copilot Loves COBOL - Niels Leenheer

Will AI models secretly scheme to protect each other from being shut down? The answer might surprise you.

Fake or News: LLMs Protect Each Other, Google Predicts Floods, and GitHub Copilot Loves COBOL - Niels Leenheer
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Guessing tech headlines on media formats and hardware

The game begins with headlines about a new Mozilla video format, a witness using smart glasses in court, and a Qualcomm chip with embedded blockchain.

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Evaluating real and fake AI applications

Headlines explore plausible and fake uses of AI, including Google predicting floods, a shoe company providing AI compute, and an extreme graphics card cooling system.

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Debating security threats and legacy system AI

This round covers major security incidents like a Social Security breach and a warship tracked via Bluetooth, plus a fake story about GitHub Copilot supporting COBOL.

#4about 1 minute

Exploring bizarre AI behaviors and human errors

The final headlines reveal surprising truths and fictions about AI models scheming to protect each other and a hacker's poorly chosen Instagram handle.

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