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Artificial Intelligence is a key technology that can help us solve major societal challenges such as climate change, energy supply, healthcare, education or logistics. AI can solve specific problems more effectively by supporting us in decision-making, automating solutions and thus scaling them, or discovering completely new solutions. But the use of AI also poses new risks, for example when it comes to surveillance or questions of social justice.

What is our society doing with AI – and what is AI doing to our society? We shed light on this question in our AI and Society Content Hub.

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Meta's human-like chatbot personas can mislead users and result in real-world harm

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US think tank warns of "reverse brain drain" in China's AI sector

AI and society

Researchers used AI to manipulate Reddit users, scrapped study after backlash

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Universal Music Group and Meta have announced a multi-year agreement to expand creative and commercial opportunities for UMG artists and UMPG songwriters on Meta's platforms. Among other things, the companies will work together to combat "unauthorized AI-generated content that could affect artists and songwriters." In 2023, UMG had the first successful AI song "Heart on my Sleeve" blocked on platforms such as Spotify and Apple Music because it was created with AI versions of the voices of Drake and the Weeknd. The agreement covers all of Meta's platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Threads and, for the first time, WhatsApp. The goal is to ensure fair compensation for artists and create new monetization opportunities, such as short videos. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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OpenAI is providing the US AI Safety Institute at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) early access to its next frontier AI model. The collaboration aims to improve AI evaluation methods, says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. He also reaffirmed the company's pledge to dedicate at least 20% of its computing resources to safety measures. This comes after former OpenAI safety researcher Jan Leike claimed the company had not kept this commitment. Altman also said that in May, OpenAI removed clauses that allowed the company to revoke previously granted stock options and required employees to remain silent. The change aims to create an environment where employees can "raise concerns and feel comfortable doing so," Altman writes.

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Deepseek’s first hybrid model V3.1 surpasses its R1 reasoning model on benchmarks

AI and society

Meta's human-like chatbot personas can mislead users and result in real-world harm

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OpenAI launches GPT-5 as a unified system with adaptive reasoning for complex tasks

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