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What Happens When AI is Induced to Assert its Own Consciousness? Inside Google’s Latest Paper

A conceptual illustration representing the relationship between AI consciousness, human cognition and the broader psychological concepts explored in the study on how safety fine-tuning and consciousness steering influence language models' representations of beliefs and values.

Across four experiments using three Large Language Models (LLMs) – Llama-3-8B-IT, Gemma – 2-2B-IT and Gemma-2-9B-IT – researchers investigated how restoring models’ self-attributions of consciousness influences broader representations related to human psychology, including human beliefs and values.

White House AI Framework Exempts Open-Weight Models from Pre-Release Review

The White House in Washington, D.C., where Trump administration officials briefed leading AI companies on a voluntary framework for pre-release cybersecurity testing of advanced AI models.

The new voluntary policy applies to closed frontier AI models, while exempting open-weight models, including those developed by Chinese AI companies.

Chinese Military Used US AI Models to Build Defense Tech

A Chinese military artillery system fires during a live exercise. Reuters reports Chinese military-linked researchers have used distillation techniques on US AI models to develop indigenous defense technology. (Photo: Official PLA website)

A Reuters review of over 80 academic papers and patents has found Chinese institutes with ties to the PLA using distillation techniques on US AI models, including OpenAI’s GPT-3.5 and Anthropic’s Claude Haiku, to develop domestic defense-linked AI systems.

Amid Frontier AI Control Debate, Google’s AI Governance Plan Pitches a New U.S. Regulator

Google's white paper proposes a federally overseen Frontier AI Regulatory Organisation to oversee the most advanced AI models. (Image: Representational)

Google’s new white paper calls for a federally overseen Frontier AI Regulatory Organisation (FARO) to set safety standards for the most advanced models, while pushing the government to adapt existing laws for everyday AI tools like chatbots

Google Sues Chinese Cybercrime Network Over Gemini AI Led Scams

Google has alleged a wide-scale scam operation run by China based group using Gemini AI

Google claimed that the scale of this scam operation was massive targeting thousands of American citizens.

UK Sets Up AI Economics Institute, Partners with OpenAI, Google, Anthropic and Microsoft

U.K. government has established the AI Economics Institute (AIEI) that will build the data infrastructure, analytical capability and external relationships needed to assess AI’s economic impacts

The UK government has established the AI Economics Institute (AIEI) to study and track AI’s economic impacts on labor markets, productivity and growth.

EU’s Google Fine May Decide Who Controls AI Search in Europe

European Union is all set to impose its biggest penalty on Google under the digital markets act.

European Union’s reported fine against Google is formally about search self-preferencing. However, the larger fight is over whether Google can carry its search dominance into AI search as Gemini and AI-generated answers become part of how users find information online. The case also shows that while Europe may be slowing parts of the AI Act rollout, it is still willing to use competition law against Big Tech gatekeepers.