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  1. Frustrated software developer believed AI-generated message came from human support rep.
  2. New o3 model appears "near-genius level," according to one doctor, but it still makes mistakes.
  3. Prompt injections are the Achilles' heel of AI assistants. Google offers a potential fix.
  4. Early info is unreliable, but the site has been mostly unavailable for hours.
  5. OpenAI's brand-new "GPT-4.1" has a funky name but reasonable performance for the price.
  6. New announcement seems aimed at appeasing Trump, signals company shift.
  7. Snapshotting and AI processing a screen every 3 seconds. What could possibly go wrong?
  8. Even weirder: Why would Google give so many the "Featured" stamp for trustworthiness?
  9. New Anthropic research shows AI models often fail to disclose reasoning shortcuts.
  10. Company didn't notice its chatbot was being abused for (at least) 4 months.