Short Stuff: AI Companies Are Making Their Chatbots Less Smart!

In this Short Stuff episode, Kieren and Riku unpack the week Anthropic quietly made its newest model, Claude Fable 5, worse at AI-development questions... without telling anyone, until a backlash forced an apology within 48 hours. They demystify recursive self-improvement (RSI), the safety worry behind the move, ask whether it was real caution or competitive advantage, and explain why a limit you can see is a safeguard while a hidden one edges towards manipulation. Tune in to learn how to spot when your AI is holding back!Birds for Scale, Smarties is licensed under CC BY-SA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.