A recent study from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University indicates that excessive reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) tools may be eroding people's critical thinking abilities. The research team surveyed 319 knowledge workers and collected 936 real-world examples of generative AI usage across various industries, including IT, design, administration, and finance. The study analyzed six dimensions of critical thinking: knowledge, understanding, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. The findings reveal that people's thinking patterns in problem-solving change significantly after using AI tools.

In nature, animals communicate through various sounds, from dolphins' whistles to elephants' rumbles and birds' chirps. Each sound contains specific patterns and structures. These subtle differences in sound are difficult for humans to recognize, but the pattern recognition capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) provide new possibilities for decoding these 'wild calls.' Shane Gero, a whale biologist from Carleton University in Canada, has spent 20 years studying how whales communicate. He discovered that the same...

Baidu Wenku recently announced an upgrade to its AI capabilities with the launch of the 'Professional PPT Generation' feature, aimed at helping users easily create professional and high-quality PPT presentations. This new feature utilizes AI technology to generate clear content, highlight themes, and appropriately use professional terminology based on keywords or topics input by the user, significantly simplifying the tedious process from conception to design and final draft.

In today's rapidly developing artificial intelligence landscape, the phenomenon of AI 'hallucinations' has become increasingly frequent, causing significant inconvenience for many companies. Customer service chatbots confidently describe non-existent products, financial AIs fabricate market data, and medical bots provide dangerous medical advice. These issues are no longer mere curiosities; they pose serious risks that are affecting company reputation and profitability. To tackle this challenge, San Francisco-based startup Patronus AI has announced the launch of the world's first self-service platform aimed at real-time detection and prevention.

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Patronus AI has released the SimpleSafetyTests suite, revealing critical security vulnerabilities in AI systems such as ChatGPT. The tests cover five high-priority harm areas, including suicide, child abuse, and bodily harm, exposing severe weaknesses in 11 LLMs. It emphasizes that secure system prompts can reduce unsafe responses, but results indicate that production systems may require additional safeguards. The testing results suggest that LLMs need rigorous and customized safety solutions before handling real-world applications.

Patronus AI is a startup based in the United States that focuses on AI model safety and governance. The company has just completed a $3 million Series A funding round led by Lightspeed China. Patronus AI primarily provides AI model security assessment, monitoring, and enhancement platforms for enterprise clients. The company utilizes adversarial generative networks to offer security assessment services for AI models to its clients. Patronus AI stated that this funding round will accelerate product development and expand its R&D team.