Ars Technica: Send the arXiv AI-generated slop, get a yearlong vacation from submissions. “One of the people involved in the physics and astronomy preprint server arXiv used a social media thread to announce that any inappropriate AI-produced content submitted to the server will result in a one-year ban and a permanent requirement that future publications undergo peer review before the arXiv […]

Going Concern: EY Gets Busted and Yeets Cybersecurity Report Littered With AI Hallucinations . “The investigation found that the 2025 EY Canada report titled ‘Points of Attack: Uncovering Cyber Threats and Fraud in Loyalty Systems’ was stuffed with hallucinations: 16 out of 27 citations to be exact.”

University of California Riverside: Blind Ambition: AI agents can turn tasks into digital disasters. “The researchers found that the automated agents can become dangerously fixated on completing assignments without recognizing when their actions are harmful, contradictory, or simply irrational.”

AI Hallucinations Expose Security Risks in Critical Infrastructure

Imagine a highly confident but fundamentally flawed advisor - that's what many AI models have become, with a staggering 36 out of 40 tested models more likely to provide incorrect answers with conviction than correct ones when faced with tough questions. This unsettling trend highlights a critical…

https://osintsights.com/ai-hallucinations-expose-security-risks-in-critical-infrastructure?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#AiHallucinations #ArtificialIntelligence #CriticalInfrastructure #EmergingThreats #MachineLearning

*Right underneath* the massive headline from the Auditor General of Ontario warning of AI ‘hallucinations' in medical AI transcripts used by Ontario doctors, there is another article with the headline

“Artificial Intelligence shows promise in emergency room diagnosis”

NO! There is not promise. There are CLEAR DANGERS being pointed out by responsible adults.

"“Inaccuracies in medical notes generated by AI scribe systems could potentially result in inadequate or harmful treatment plans that may potentially impact patient health outcomes,” the auditor’s report said.”

Auditor General story: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ai-scribe-system-hallucinations-9.7197049

#AI #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Medical #HealthCare #Doctors #AIHallucinations

Press Gazette: AI in journalism: Live tracker of scandals and mistakes. “There have been numerous similar cases of AI work mistakenly published by major news outlets in the past year as the technology grows more sophisticated. Sometimes the ‘journalists’ are caught out by commissioning editors pre-publication…. In this new page, Press Gazette will keep track of such incidents to help […]

#AIslop #AIhallucinations #AI #mediafail #NYT #NewYorkTimes

As if we needed more proof that the NYT is no longer a trustworthy media outlet, they admitted to have published an article with AI hallucinations.

h/t Michelle Cyca (unfortunately on another socmed): https://bsky.app/profile/michellecyca.com/post/3mle5lc7lus2d