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truth. Good on The Guardian. I'm pretty bummed The Economist got fooled. Either that, or they did it for the clicks. Either way, I'm disappointed. Why the
by jgalt212 3mo ago
truth. Good on The Guardian. I'm pretty bummed The Economist got fooled. Either that, or they did it for the clicks. Either way, I'm disappointed.
Why the OpenAI escape is the most worrying AI mishap yet
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/07/22/why-the-openai-escape-is-the-most-worrying-ai-mishap-yet https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2026/07/22/...
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49016378 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49016378
- elp 3mo agoI love the Economist but the are hopeless with AI. Most of their articles on subject sound like they were written by the Anthropic marketing department. Their Insider video interview things are sponsored by Anthropic. Supposedly "Insider is a product of The Economist and thus editorially independent" but it's hard not to raise an eyebrow.
- omicronxt 3mo agoDon't worry they are hopeless on everything else too.
- sscaryterry 3mo agoThe reason for this is simple. There aren't any (or few) people who understand how AI/LLMs actually work employed by these organisations. Having said that, if knowledgeable people were to write these articles, you'd end up with boring, dry, truthful content.