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OpenAI Codex System Prompt Includes Explicit Directive To ‘Never Talk About Goblins’

Yesterday at 17:00 PM, via Slashdot

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The system prompt for OpenAI’s Codex CLI contains a perplexing and repeated warning for the most recent GPT model to “never talk about goblins, gremlins, raccoons, trolls, ogres, pigeons, or other animals or creatures unless it is absolutely and unambiguously relevant to the user’s query.” The explicit operational warning was made public...

Active-duty US soldiers to receive psychedelic drugs for PTSD next year

Yesterday at 17:00 PM, via The Guardian

Hope that sessions of MDMA-assisted therapy could help soldiers fight longer by helping them process trauma

As the war on drugs approaches its end, a new doctrine could soon take hold: psychedelic drugs for active-duty soldiers suffering from PTSD.

In two studies funded by the Department of Defense (DoD), 186 service personnel with PTSD will likely next year undergo multiple sessions of...

SA young scientists head to Arizona

Yesterday at 14:29 PM, via ITWeb

Three SA high school learners will showcase research in AI, astrophysics and biomedical science at the Regeneron ISEF in the US next month.

MTN lauds R4.8bn tax contribution in SA

Yesterday at 13:30 PM, via ITWeb

The telco highlights its significant tax contribution in South Africa, underscoring its role in supporting public finances through corporate and indirect taxes.

DOJ Sues Cloudera For Deliberately Excluding American Workers From Tech Jobs

Yesterday at 13:00 PM, via Slashdot

Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from ZeroHedge: The Justice Department on Tuesday sued Cloudera, accusing the enterprise data and artificial intelligence company of deliberately engineering a hiring process that excluded American workers from at least seven lucrative technology positions while the firm pursued permanent residency sponsorship for foreign workers on temporary...

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