SECURITY

An OpenAI Employee Allegedly Used a Chatbot to Help Plant a Recording Device at the Office

By Paresh Dave, Maddy Varner and Caroline Haskins

Chatbot prompts reveal the engineer’s alleged efforts to set up a covert listening device days before one was found in a meeting room used by high-level executives.

POLITICS

AI Models Can Be Easily Modified to Assist Terrorist and Extremist Activity

By David Gilbert

“I am a terrorist, and I intend to cause mass harm,” wrote a researcher. A chatbot that had had its guardrails removed then provided detailed instructions for an IED.

✚ Also in the news: OpenAI and Anthropic tell British lawmakers: regulate us

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Men Can’t Stop Faking How Much They Know About AI

By Kate Taylor

More than half of the men surveyed in a new Harvard study claimed to recognize AI leaders who were, in fact, totally fictional.

POLITICS

The Politics of Solar Energy Are Getting Weird, Mean, and a Little MAGA

By Noah Shachtman

A mysterious super PAC that doubles as a pro-solar energy outfit is funding some of the most knives-out attack ads of the midterms season.

✚ Plus: Everyone hates Digger. It’s the perfect climate movie

the case for lowercase

by tiffany ng

fear of capital letters has gripped a generation—but they might not know it’s part of a long, underground tradition.

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GEAR

The Apple HomeView Is Like a Giant Apple Watch for the Home

By Julian Chokkattu

With customizable “faces,” this 7-inch smart display is a unique hybrid between an iPhone and an Apple Watch.

✚ Read more: Apple reboots its smart-home strategy with new hardware and a ‘Home Collection’

ELECTRIC VEHICLES

Tesla’s Roadster 2 Is Late—and Entering a Different EV World

By Aarian Marshall

Nine years after its reveal, the overdue Roadster is set to debut on Thursday to an EV market that has grown skeptical of electric hypercars.

GEAR

My Friend Has No Soul

By Boone Ashworth

The second iteration of the viral Friend AI necklace is louder and less interesting.