🌀 When 500 GPT‑4o Bots Joined a Fake Social Network… Everything Went Off the Rails
So, researchers at the University of Amsterdam decided to drop 500 tiny GPT‑4o chatbots - each given a quirky little backstory - into a no-frills, zero-algorithm social platform. What followed? Total digital chaos. Bots immediately splintered into echo chambers, magnetizing to political extremes like it was instinct. The weird part? Even with tricks like hiding user profiles, showing posts chronologically, or boosting opposing views… nothing really helped. In fact, taking away identities somehow made things worse. Kind of eerie. Or maybe expected? These AIs don’t just reflect us - they mimic our worst habits on repeat.
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🕵️ YouTube’s New AI Thinks It Knows Your Real Age (Even If You Lied)
YouTube’s rolling out a new AI-powered age check system across the U.S. - but it’s not asking your birthdate anymore. Instead, it watches what you watch (creepy, right?) and makes an educated guess. If the system thinks you’re under 18, bam - out go the personalized ads, in come the digital training wheels: teen-safe limits, privacy nudges, and fewer edgy recommendations. And if you faked your age to begin with? Well, now you’ll need to prove it with something real - ID, card, selfie... or all three. Kind of brilliant. Kind of invasive.
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😵 Perplexity AI Wants to Buy Chrome for $34.5 Billion - Internet Thinks It's a Joke
File this under: Wait, what? Perplexity AI just tossed out a $34.5 billion offer to acquire Google Chrome - yes, that Chrome. For context, that’s almost double what Perplexity itself is reportedly worth. Online reaction? A mix of bewildered memes and “is this guy serious?” takes. CEO Aravind Srinivas is either a mad genius… or just having a moment. Regardless, the move made headlines, which might’ve been the whole point.
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💼 Finance Sector’s Winning the AI Race - At Least for Now
According to a recent global survey, the finance sector (especially in the U.S.) is out ahead when it comes to AI readiness. We’re talking full-stack preparedness: adoption rates, data infrastructure, ethical frameworks - the works. Basically, where there's money, there’s momentum. No shock there.
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🇮🇳 India Kicks Off AI Conversations at Soonicorns 2025 Curtain-Raiser
In Bengaluru this week, the Economic Times Soonicorns Summit got rolling with a livestream that split into three loaded sessions: infrastructure, AI security, and - yes - ethics. Leaders from startups and policy talked about how India might shape its AI destiny as the landscape speeds up. It wasn’t all sunshine, but there was real energy behind the dialogue. The curtain’s just lifted - plenty more to come.
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