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The researchers developed the AllFaith Benchmark, one of the first multi-faith test sets that examines how AI systems engage with a range of religions. They tested 14 different AI models, including flagship models from Anthropic, Google, xAI, and OpenAI.

The results are telling.  A survey of 1,125 Americans found that most people expect religious perspectives when asking ethics questions, but nearly every model failed to include any. More surprisingly, the models showed clear conversion bias, su

A controversial bill to regulate the Artificial Intelligence (AI) industry, SB-1047, has been passed by the California’s State Assembly Appropriations Committee.  It will pass the California Senate by the end of this month before going to the Democrat Governor, Gavin Newsom, for signature to pass into law.  The most controversial part of the debate is the question of who is legally responsible and takes the blame if the AI causes harm.  Should the AI system be blamed or the person who used the A

X has had its own AI chatbot, Grok, for a while, but it would be fair to say it's not mentioned in the same way that OpenAI's ChatGPT or Google Gemini are.  That's not for the want of trying, though, and with a huge user base of X users providing data for the model, a new version was always expected.

Now, the obviously-named Grok-2 has entered beta.  In a new blog post, X says it represents "a significant step forward from our previous model Grok-1.5, featuring frontier capabilities in chat, cod