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Ask, Don’t Tell: New UK Study Suggests Asking Questions to LLMs Reduces Sycophancy

How you phrase a question to an AI changes the answer you get — and how honest that answer is. Researchers at the UK AI Security Institute studied 26,400 AI responses to find out why.

When you tell an AI chatbot your opinion, it tends to agree. When you ask it a question, it doesn’t. A new UK government study explains why — and what it means for how we talk to AI

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent Slams Sanders for Inviting China Experts to AI ‘Existential Threat’ Panel

US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent attacked senator Bernie Sanders ahead of the scheduled discussion on AI safety.

An upcoming discussion hosted by Senator Bernie Sanders on the “existential threat of artificial intelligence” has sparked backlash from U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who criticized the senator for inviting Chinese experts to the high-profile AI safety panel.

China Blocks Meta Deal of Singapore Based Manus AI

China has blocked the acquisition of Manus AI over concerns of violation of its security regulations.

China has blocked the acquisition deal between Manus AI and Meta Inc over alleged violation of China’s regulations as the Singapore based startup had Chinese roots.

UN AI Panel First In-person Meet in Spain; Report out in July 2026

UN International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence first meeting in Madrid Spain on April 23-24.

The United Nations’ Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence convened its first in-person meeting last week in Madrid

India’s CERT-In Flags Claude Mythos as High-Severity

CERT-In has called for enhanced cybersecurity measures by businesses against risks posed by Claude Mythos model.

India’s cybersecurity agency CERT-In has issued a high-severity advisory against Anthropic’s frontier AI model Claude Mythos, warning that it can autonomously identify software vulnerabilities, plan multi-stage cyberattacks and simulate enterprise compromise at a scale previously requiring expert teams. The advisory urges organizations and MSMEs to adopt Zero Trust security, MFA, rapid patching and stronger incident response measures.

DeepSeek V4 Model Unveiled: China’s Cost Effective GenAI Push

Built at a higher cost-effective price, DeepSeek's V models offer capabilities of world class Gen AI models.

DeepSeek AI has launched its flagship open-source models DeepSeek-V4 Pro and DeepSeek-V4 Flash with a native 1-million-token context window, frontier-level coding and reasoning capabilities, and significantly lower API pricing, positioning them as major challengers to ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini in the global AI race.

OpenAI Unveils GPT-5.5; Claims Higher Efficiency, Lesser Tokens

OpenAI has released its latest AI model GPT-5.5 on Thursday, claiming it to be “smartest AI model” yet, adept at coding skills while consuming lesser tokens.

India’s Finance Minister Warns Banks on Claude Mythos AI Model Cyber Risks

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Following a high-level meeting over Claude Mythos AI model with regulators including the Reserve Bank of India, lenders have been directed to strengthen cybersecurity systems, report incidents immediately, and coordinate responses.

India, Japan Launch AI Strategic Dialogue, Focus on Policy and Industry Collaboration

Officials from India and Japan display signed documents following discussions under the Japan India AI Cooperation Initiative during the first AI strategic dialogue.

India and Japan held their first AI strategic dialogue under the Japan India AI Cooperation Initiative, focusing on policy convergence, talent mobility, and joint research, alongside signing an MoU between ONESTRUCTION and DataKaveri Systems

Singapore Proposes Global Standard for Testing Generative AI Systems

Singapore Proposes First Global Standard for Testing Generative AI

Singapore has proposed ISO/IEC 42119-8, a new international standard aimed at creating common methods for testing generative AI systems. The proposal will be discussed at a global AI standards meeting in Singapore attended by experts from more than 35 countries.