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• Anthropic Safety Leader Resigns, Warns ‘the World Is in Peril’

  10-02-2026 17:44 via eweek.com
  The head of AI safety at one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent artificial intelligence companies has resigned, citing deep concerns about global crises and internal pressures that clash with core values.Mrinank Sharma, a senior AI safety leader at Anthropic, has resigned from the company, saying he is stepping away at a time when he believes the “world is in peril.”Sharma, who led the company’s Safeguards Research team, announced his departure in a letter to colleagues p
  
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• New Research: AI Doesn’t Save You Time. It Just Makes You Do More

  10-02-2026 17:24 via eweek.com
  You know that feeling when you finish a task with AI in 10 minutes that used to take an hour… and then immediately start three new things because now you “have time”?Yeah, that’s not a productivity win. That’s a trap.New research from Harvard Business Review studied how generative AI changed work habits at a ~200-person tech company over eight months. The finding? AI tools didn’t reduce workloads. They consistently intensified them.Here’s what happened
  
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• The Ads Are Here: ChatGPT Starts Serving Up Sponsored Suggestions

  10-02-2026 16:33 via eweek.com
  Your next conversation with ChatGPT might come with a side of shopping suggestions. OpenAI has begun testing advertisements within ChatGPT for the first time, marking a significant milestone in how the popular AI chatbot could be funded.According to an official company announcement, the test is rolling out to logged-in adult users in the US who use the Free version or the lower-cost Go plan. Higher-tier subscriptions, including Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Education, will remain ad-free
  
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