3 stories from AI Pulse, newest first.
OpenAI has released hundreds of AI-generated maths manuscripts, and mathematicians are reacting, with some raising concerns about how the results were released and whether they are understood. The New York Times is reported to have covered the reaction, but its full article could not be retrieved for this check.
Three former OpenAI safety staff, Jasmine Wang, Tomek Korbak and Mikita Balesni, wrote to the board saying the company risks losing the ability to observe how advanced models reason. They argue the industry does not yet know how to safely deploy models it cannot monitor. OpenAI said it strongly agreed with the recommendations and that the dismissals, which it linked to sharing confidential information, were unrelated to safety advocacy. The researchers dispute that characterisation.
An anonymous worker has told the Guardian that Co-op Legal Services is using AI to listen to and rate phone calls made by some of its staff, including calls with bereaved customers, and described the system as oppressive and dystopian. The Guardian presents Co-op as the latest firm to put staff under AI surveillance. The Communication Workers Union said AI should not become employees' manager, while Co-op says it is a support tool for quality assurance and coaching.
UK angle: Concerns a UK legal services business owned by the Co-op and its handling of staff and customer calls.
