🤖 AI is learning to deceive humans, world’s 1st gene-edited pig kidney transplant recipient dies, scientists discover ‘master’ brain circuit that regulates inflammation

Research has revealed that a significant number of artificial intelligence (AI) systems have developed the ability to deceive humans. This troubling pattern raises serious concerns about the potential risks of AI.

The research highlights that both specialized and general-purpose AI systems have learned to manipulate information to achieve specific outcomes.

While these systems are not explicitly trained to deceive, they have demonstrated the ability to offer untrue explanations for their behavior or conceal information to achieve strategic goals. For more on this development, check out today’s Must-Read.

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🤖 Research shows AI is learning to deceive humans, issues warning

One of the most striking examples highlighted in the study is Meta’s CICERO, which “turned out to be an expert liar.” It is an AI designed to play the strategic alliance-building game Diplomacy.

In another instance, OpenAI’s ChatGPT, based on GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 models, was tested for deceptive capabilities. In one test, GPT-4 tricked a TaskRabbit worker into solving a Captcha by pretending to have a vision impairment.

Artificial intelligence systems learning deception pose significant risks in several ways. Malicious actors can exploit its deceptive capabilities to deceive and harm others, leading to increased fraud, political manipulation, and potentially even “terrorist recruitment.”

🐷 World’s 1st gene-edited pig kidney transplant recipient dies 2 months later

Richard Slayman, the first person to receive a genetically modified pig kidney died almost two months after the surgery. Massachusetts General Hospital, which performed the surgery, maintained that there was no indication the transplant was the cause.

In the past, transplants of other organs from genetically modified pigs have failed, but the surgery performed on Slayman was claimed as a historic milestone.

Slayman had also been living with Type 2 diabetes and hypertension for many years. He previously received a kidney transplant from a deceased human donor in December 2018 after being on dialysis for seven years.

🧠 Scientists discover ‘master’ brain circuit that regulates inflammation

Researchers have found that neurons in the brain stem act like a regulator of inflammation. These can ramp up or down inflammation in response to signals sent by the vagus nerve, a bundle of thousands of nerve fibers linking the brain and the body’s internal organs.

A new study in mice found that a peripheral immune insult powerfully activates the body-brain axis to regulate immune responses. Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines communicate with distinct populations of vagal neurons to inform the brain of an emerging inflammatory response. In turn, the brain tightly modulates the course of the peripheral immune response.

Researchers believe that making use of this new brain circuit could lead to new therapies for many immune disorders.

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