Riley Goodside, the man credited with turning prompt engineering into a formal job title, has publicly written off the craft, arguing that modern AI models no longer need carefully worded instructions. His comments, amplified from a viral post by security researcher Justin Elze, have reignited debate over whether the role has a future.
Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has dismissed warnings that AI will destroy humanity as fabricated hype built for clicks. His remarks land as AI safety scares multiply, from jailbroken frontier models to AI-driven cyberattacks on small firms.
At an internal staff meeting, OpenAI chief Sam Altman laid out three possible endings to the global AI race, including one where a breakthrough lets a company cripple rivals' hardware. The options range from a global regulator to a merger of top labs.
An Australian startup called Apate.ai has deployed 350,000 AI personas that pose as ordinary people to waste fraudsters' time on scam calls and phishing sites. The bots speak multiple languages, carry distinct personalities and never tire of the conversation.
OpenAI is rolling out an invisible text watermark called textGrain for ChatGPT and Codex output in the EU, while API customers worldwide can now switch the marking on for chosen models.
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