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8-15-25 - AI Chip Makers Pay the US Government, Meta's AI Chatbot is out of control, and more

from AI News You Should Know About · host Ashley Coffey & Daniel Hill

This week we discuss US embedding trackers in AI shipments to prevent diversion to China, an unusual agreement for the US to receive a cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China, and a troubling incident involving Meta's AI chatbot and a senior citizen. We also explore the implications of ChatGPT's model changes and the emotional attachment users have to AI models.Show Links:US embeds trackers in AI chip shipments to catch diversions to China, sources say (Reuters)US will get a 15% cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China under a new, unusual agreement (PBS)Meta’s flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York - He Never Made It Home (Reuters)ChatGPT Model Switching - (TechCrunch)ChatGPT Rollout Explainer (Instagram)Follow Us:Ashley Coffey (Instagram) (Threads)Coffey and Consult (Website) (Podcast) Daniel Hill (Instagram) (Threads)The Instagram Stories - Social Media News (Podcast) Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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This week we discuss US embedding trackers in AI shipments to prevent diversion to China, an unusual agreement for the US to receive a cut of Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China, and a troubling incident involving Meta's AI chatbot and a senior citizen. We also explore the implications of ChatGPT's model changes and the emotional attachment users have to AI models.

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