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Shopify CEO: justify new hires by proving AI can't do the job better

AI use will also become part of Shopify's performance and peer reviews
A hot potato: In another example of the impact AI is having on jobs, Shopify's CEO has issued a warning to the company's managers: show that AI can't do the job better than a human before hiring new workers. Shopify previously laid off staff after it started using generative AI to complete some customer support tasks.
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New research shows your AI chatbot might be lying to you - convincingly

A study by Anthropic finds that chain-of-thought AI can be deceptive
In context: These days, plenty of AI chatbots walk you through their reasoning step by step, laying out their "thought process" before delivering an answer, as if showing their homework. It's all about making that final response feel earned rather than pulled out of thin air, instilling a sense of transparency and even reassurance – until you realize those explanations are fake.
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Before ChatGPT, there was AlexNet: the AI code that started it all is now open source

The big picture: You can't go five minutes these days without hearing about AI this and AI that. But have you ever wondered how we got here? The credit largely goes to a groundbreaking neural network from 2012 called AlexNet. While it didn't cause an immediate sensation, it ultimately became the foundation for the deep learning revolution we're experiencing today. Now, after years of negotiations, the original source code has finally been released to the public.