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Anthropic is testing a completely new steering option for large language models. The AI startup is offering developers access to its Beta Steering API, which can be used to customize the internal functions of language models. The API is based on recent research on the interpretability of language models. By strengthening individual concepts in models, their output can be strongly influenced.

Interested developers will get access to a subset of Claude's internal features, documentation, sample code, and possibly a Slack channel to communicate with the Anthropic team. In return, testers will be asked to share their projects with Anthropic and provide feedback. The technology is still in the research phase and is not intended for production use. Anthropic emphasizes that the API may be modified or discontinued at any time.

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AI startup Perplexity is planning revenue-sharing deals with publishers. Forbes recently revealed that Perplexity plagiarized an article about Eric Schmidt's drone company and used it in an AI-generated podcast without proper attribution. Perplexity co-founder Aravind Srinivas was criticized for this by Forbes staff. Apparently, Perplexity is aware of the problem, at least enough to contact publishers and talk about revenue sharing. OpenAI also pays publishers for training data and for displaying news in the search engine. In both cases, however, the problem is the same: the startups only approach "high-quality" publishers, which they select according to non-transparent criteria. If aggregators like Perplexity were to take over the market, tech startups from the US would decide what media can exist around the world. From what we know today, this is a serious threat to media diversity.

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OpenAI has appointed retired U.S. Army General Paul M. Nakasone to its board of directors. Nakasone, a cybersecurity expert, will serve on the board's security committee. OpenAI says it aims to use AI systems to improve its resilience to cyber threats and explore the potential for AI to improve cybersecurity in areas such as healthcare, education, and finance. Nakasone brings extensive experience from his military career, where he played a key role in the creation of US Cyber Command and was the longest serving director of both the command and the National Security Agency. The move comes as OpenAI has been under fire for weeks over AI safety issues after its super alignment team left on its own terms and OpenAI then dissolved it. OpenAI is also working with the U.S. military on cybersecurity issues.

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