Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and Google, faced a mass student walkout and was booed during Stanford University's 135th commencement ceremony on June 14. The reason was his complete avoidance of mentioning AI in his address, hinting that the audience is no longer buying the pitch.
Meanwhile, Amazon researchers found a way to bypass safeguards in Anthropic's Fable 5 model, raising concerns about its potential use in cyberattacks. Anthropic received a government directive to disable access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5, but Amazon has invested heavily in the company and is its largest investor.
Additionally, a report by KPMG was found to be littered with inaccuracies and fake footnotes, highlighting the challenges of verifying the accuracy of AI-generated content.
Lastly, Meta's internal project, Model Capability Initiative (MCI), tracks employees' every move across their work devices to improve the company's AI models, raising concerns about user data and employee privacy.
