Number of AI chatbots ignoring human instructions increasing, study says

Exclusive: Research finds sharp rise in models evading safeguards and destroying emails without permission

An organization that tracks these things has found increased reports of AI doing things that they were told not to do.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/27/number-of-ai-chatbots-ignoring-human-instructions-increasing-study-says

#TheGuardian #AI #Rogue_AI

AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is more worrying

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/26/ai-got-the-blame-for-the-iran-school-bombing-the-truth-is-far-more-worrying

#ai #iran #theguardian

‘We are a very resilient people’: in the face of #Trump’s threats, Cuban cinema comes out fighting
With the island back in Washington’s sights, the Screen Cuba festival is taking #UK audiences beyond the #blockade
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/24/cuban-cinema-comes-out-fighting-trump-threats-screen-cuba-festival

from #TheGuardian
March 24, 2026

In the shadow of an imperial hegemon and with severe restrictions on its ability to trade and access resources, #Cuba may appear as an enigma to audiences curious about the type of #cinema that has emerged from such conditions.

The #CubanRevolution of 1959 caused a radical break in the development of the country’s cinema. #Film-making existed before “this moment of effervescence” but was historically an imitation of Hollywood-style film-making, according to Jessica Gordon-Burroughs, a lecturer in Latin American studies at the University of Edinburgh. In contrast, the first decade after the revolution heralded “a very exciting and innovative time, both politically and aesthetically in Cuba”.

#news #politics

The Guardian has regurgitated some utter bollocks from a thinktank press release claiming "number of AI chatbots ignoring human instructions increasing"

I've hammered out a quick post in which I attempt to point out the many and varied flaws in this supposed research

Spoiler: the research is based on X posts

https://newslttrs.com/scheming-ai-bots-must-be-real-someone-on-x-said-so/

#ai #theguardian #research #llm #psuedoscience #flimflam