AI in 2025: Independent research and what we learned
I work with AI systems, however, my work is not about producing AI content. It focuses on transparency in AI development, deployment, [...]
Teacher used Generative AI for CSAM: The misuse of a “democratised” technology
A Florida 6th-grade teacher, David McKeown, has been sentenced to 135 years in prison for generating child sexual abuse material using artificial [...]
AI Toys: From Children’s Play to Surveillance, BDSM Advice and Knife Recommendations
Remember when toys were only a choking hazard? Back when the worst thing a parent had to worry about was a child [...]
The Palantir Problem: War, Surveillance and the Collapse of Boundaries
Palantir is everywhere lately. Their stock is treated like a geopolitical prophecy. Alex Karp shows up in interviews delivering lines with the [...]
When LLMs choose blackmail and murder over shutdown: Anthropic’s Agentic Misalignment
By now, you’ve probably seen the headlines: an AI model blackmailed an employee just to avoid being shut down. In another trial, [...]
Generative AI vs. Copyright: From Disney’s Silence to Anthropic’s Book Bonfire Lawsuit
In our last article on Disney & Universal v. Midjourney, we warned that the case was just the opening act of a [...]
Can Claude Run a Business? A Critical Look at Anthropic’s Project Vend
On June 27th, Anthropic published Project Vend, a controlled experiment testing whether its language model, Claude, could manage a small office snack store. [...]
Safety Alignment vs. Jailbreaking: From Ethical LLMs Like ChatGPT to the Rise of Dark Models
The AI arms race is a race to develop and align — or at least to appear aligned. Leading developers like OpenAI’s [...]
The Environmental Impact of LLMs like ChatGPT: How much does a “thank you” cost?
Tech companies love to brag about how smart their AI is, but when it comes to how much energy, water and carbon [...]
A Critical Analysis of OpenAI’s GPT-4o Sycophancy Correction Statement
On May 2nd, 2025, OpenAI released a comprehensive public statement titled "Expanding on What We Missed with Sycophancy," providing detailed insight into the [...]