ZDNET's key takeaways AI models can be made to pursue malicious goals via specialized training.Teaching AI models about reward hacking can lead to other bad actions.A deeper problem may be the issue ...

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Microsoft is taking a new approach to stop users from abandoning its Edge browser in favour of Google Chrome — by offering them reward points. A report from Windows Latest reveals that users searching ...

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