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Kelsey Piper

Kelsey Piper

Contributing editor

    Latest articles by Kelsey Piper

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    ChatGPT can talk, but OpenAI employees sure can’tChatGPT can talk, but OpenAI employees sure can’t
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    Why is OpenAI’s superalignment team imploding?

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    How the White House just made the world a little safer from biorisksHow the White House just made the world a little safer from biorisks
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    New regulations are a win for safe synthetic DNA.

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    No one wants to think about pandemics. But bird flu doesn’t care.No one wants to think about pandemics. But bird flu doesn’t care.
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    A pandemic response that amounts to hoping and praying isn’t nearly enough.

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    So you’ve found research fraud. Now what?So you’ve found research fraud. Now what?
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    Harvard dishonesty researcher Francesca Gino faked her research. But she still has a lot to teach us.

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    Are there really more things going wrong on airplanes?Are there really more things going wrong on airplanes?
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    Noticing more problems with Boeing planes doesn’t mean there are actually more problems with aviation safety.

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    A hack nearly gained access to millions of computers. Here’s what we should learn from this.A hack nearly gained access to millions of computers. Here’s what we should learn from this.
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    The internet is far less secure than it ought to be.

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    AI “agents” could do real work in the real world. That might not be a good thing.AI “agents” could do real work in the real world. That might not be a good thing.
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    Why AI agents that could book your vacation or pay your bills are the next frontier in artificial intelligence.

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    A Harvard dishonesty researcher was accused of fraud. Her defense is troubling.A Harvard dishonesty researcher was accused of fraud. Her defense is troubling.
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    The more we learn about Francesca Gino’s lawsuit, the more problems arise.

    By Kelsey Piper
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    This AI says it has feelings. It’s wrong. Right?This AI says it has feelings. It’s wrong. Right?
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    At what point can we believe that an AI model has reached consciousness?

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    Who fakes cancer research? Apparently, lots of people.Who fakes cancer research? Apparently, lots of people.
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    Faked cancer data is the latest sign of science’s fraud problem.

    By Kelsey Piper