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8-15-25 - AI Chip Makers Pay the US Government, Meta's AI Chatbot is out of control, and more

Author
Daniel Hill
Published
Fri 15 Aug 2025
Episode Link
https://ai-news-you-should-know-about.simplecast.com/episodes/8-15-25-ai-chip-makers-pay-the-us-government-metas-ai-chatbot-is-out-of-control-and-more-pZ_3hzHo

This week we discuss US embedding trackers in AI shipments to prevent diversion to China, an unusual agreement for the US to receive a cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China, and a troubling incident involving Meta's AI chatbot and a senior citizen. We also explore the implications of ChatGPT's model changes and the emotional attachment users have to AI models.

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US embeds trackers in AI chip shipments to catch diversions to China, sources say (Reuters)

US will get a 15% cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China under a new, unusual agreement (PBS)

Meta’s flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York - He Never Made It Home (Reuters)

ChatGPT Model Switching - (TechCrunch)

ChatGPT Rollout Explainer (Instagram)

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