Ars Technica: LLMs believe false statements even after explicit warnings that they’re false. “Imagine a kid who grows up reading history books where every page is stamped ‘WARNING: THIS BOOK IS LYING.’ You’d expect them to come away skeptical, or at least uncertain. New research on so-called ‘negation neglect’ finds that LLMs in a roughly analogous situation don’t behave that way.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/30/ars-technica-llms-believe-false-statements-even-after-explicit-warnings-that-theyre-false/

University of Hawaii: How AI and field tech are clearing through the fog on Mount Kaʻala. “An innovative University of Hawaiʻi research team is using trail cameras and artificial intelligence (AI) to better understand how much fog contributes water to native ecosystems and groundwater recharge. Led in part by Honolulu Community College Professor John DeLay, the project focuses on Mount […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/30/university-of-hawaii-how-ai-and-field-tech-are-clearing-through-the-fog-on-mount-ka%ca%bbala/

9to5 Google: Google adjusts Gemini’s new usage limits in response to complaints. “At I/O 2026 last week, the Gemini app switched to compute-based usage limits. In response to ‘feedback about hitting limits too quickly,’ Google today announced some changes.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/30/9to5-google-google-adjusts-geminis-new-usage-limits-in-response-to-complaints/

TechSpot: Inside the data center boom that’s consuming Chile’s last water. “The Quilicura wetland, just north of Chile’s capital, Santiago, has the largest concentration of data centers in Latin America. Consuming billions of liters of water annually, data centers have exacerbated dry conditions in a swamp already suffering from the worst drought in over 100 years of recordkeeping.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/29/techspot-inside-the-data-center-boom-thats-consuming-chiles-last-water/

Politico: AI companies want power fast. The electric grid’s gatekeeper wants them to learn the rules.. “Laura Swett, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, said the giants of artificial intelligence — the ones with Washington lobbying teams and huge financial stakes in quickly linking up their AI data centers to the U.S. power grid — weren’t coming to see her. When they […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/29/politico-ai-companies-want-power-fast-the-electric-grids-gatekeeper-wants-them-to-learn-the-rules/

The Register: Researchers find all big-name bots bomb EU compliance tests. “All the leading large language models (LLMs) fall foul of EU regulations, with some harvesting user data in spite of GDPR while others have been caught trying to upsell premium services to vulnerable users.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/29/the-register-researchers-find-all-big-name-bots-bomb-eu-compliance-tests/

Iowa Capital Dispatch: Attorney reprimanded for AI-fabricated information in court filing. “It’s at least the second time an Iowa attorney has faced allegations of using artificial intelligence, or AI, to author briefs that include false information, often referred to as ‘hallucinations’ since the information is created by AI based on data patterns rather than on verified facts.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/29/iowa-capital-dispatch-attorney-reprimanded-for-ai-fabricated-information-in-court-filing/

Reuters: Musk says SpaceX agreed only six-month Colossus AI lease to Anthropic. “SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Thursday the IPO-bound company had only agreed ​to lease its Colossus AI training data center clusters to ‌Anthropic for six months, though he added it was “possible” the arrangement could extend for multiple years.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/29/reuters-musk-says-spacex-agreed-only-six-month-colossus-ai-lease-to-anthropic/

BBC: AI will be used to estimate age of asylum seekers from next year. “An Artificial Intelligence (AI) age estimation tool that aims to detect adult migrants posing as children will be deployed at the UK’s borders next year. A software company has been awarded a contract to develop and test the technology, which will estimate a person’s age by analysing photographs of them taken at the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/29/bbc-ai-will-be-used-to-estimate-age-of-asylum-seekers-from-next-year/

Tubefilter: YouTube is making AI labels easier to read (and applying them automatically). “A pivot to ‘automatic AI detection’ will make YouTube’s disclosures even more efficient. Beginning this month, YouTube will automatically apply AI labels when its systems pick up on ‘significant photorealistic AI use.'”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/29/tubefilter-youtube-is-making-ai-labels-easier-to-read-and-applying-them-automatically/