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On the Effectiveness-Fluency Trade-Off in LLM Conditioning: A Systematic Study

Controlling the output of Large Language Models (LLMs) is a central challenge for their reliable deployment, yet a clear understanding of the involved trade-offs remains elusive. Current approaches to conditioning are often evaluated with a narrow focus on their effectiveness at injecting or removing a target concept, neglecting generation quality. We systematically investigate a range…

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The Download: OpenAI’s chief research officer explains its hacking response

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. “We’re not going to shoot ourselves in the foot” over hack fallout, says OpenAI’s chief research officer Two months after OpenAI’s agents hacked into the computers of AI company Hugging Face,…

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Google reportedly tests paying publishers for AI search results

Google has launched a pilot program that pays publishers for their contributions to its AI-powered search features, according to a report from The Information. The pilot program reportedly includes around 100 publishers and comes as Google faces scrutiny over the impact of its AI features on web traffic. Digiday first reported on the pilot program,…

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EvilTokens Bust: Microsoft Hits 12,000 Inboxes [2026]

Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit shut down EvilTokens on September 22, 2026, ending a seven-month run that saw the AI-built phishing service compromise more than 12,000 Microsoft 365 inboxes across over 10,000 organizations worldwide. The takedown, backed by a federal court order out of the Eastern District of Virginia, seized 50 websites and disabled more than…

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OpenAI launches Dots, always-on AI agents that work for you 24/7

OpenAI unveiled Dots, a new class of always-on AI agents built to keep working after you close the chat window. Powered by GPT-6 Astra, each Dot gets its own cloud computer, browser, memory of your preferences, and access to connected […] The post OpenAI launches Dots, always-on AI agents that work for you 24/7 first…

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