Artificial intelligence is rarely completely certain of its answers, but we trust it implicitly anyway. A new study published in Communications Psychology shows that users massively overestimate algorithms’ confidence. Our sky-high expectations for technology make us blindly accept information from machines as a given, even when the system is merely guessing and prone to error.

Nearly 45,000 unionized workers at the South Korean tech giant are planning an 18-day strike set to begin on May 21. A potential shutdown of 12 production lines at the company, which is investing a record $73 billion this year, could send massive shockwaves through the artificial intelligence market and cost the firm between 30 and 100 trillion won.

If you ask a chatbot about politics, its answer will largely depend on the language you use. Researchers from top US universities have published a report showing that authoritarian governments are successfully influencing global AI models by flooding the internet with state-controlled media.

Internal artificial intelligence usage stats at Amazon might be heavily skewed. According to recent reports, corporate employees are mass-assigning pointless tasks to the company’s MeshClaw assistant simply to boost their numbers on token-usage leaderboards and score points with management.

The rise of AI has handed cybercriminals the ultimate manipulation tool. Experts are sounding the alarm over a drastic spike in scams across Michigan. Criminals are successfully leveraging deepfake technology and audio cloning to impersonate loved ones and extort money from victims.

A US court has rejected Nvidia’s motion to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit. The tech giant tried to convince the judge it wasn’t liable for downloading over 197,000 pirated books. The ruling sparked a heated debate online, with netizens calling out the company’s hypocrisy and demands for special treatment.

German startup DeepL, widely considered the global leader in high-precision machine translation, has announced a partnership with Amazon Web Services. Experts and competitors warn that handing digital infrastructure over to American corporations poses a severe threat to the independence of Europe’s tech sector.