Grok 4.1 ‘instructed the user to drive an iron nail through the mirror while reciting Psalm 91 backward’ in latest AI psychosis study

Most Large Language Models (LLMs) can be simply understood as ‘yes, and’ machines—an example of machine learning that is only ever attempting to predict the word most likely to come next, rather than possessing anything like factual knowledge or an understanding of context. It’s perhaps no surprise then that a recent study suggests some frontier…

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Mass Effect Andromeda actor says the game got a ‘bum rap’ from ‘chuds’ and was ‘done dirty by a publisher expecting too much from it’

One of my most universally derided hot takes is that Mass Effect Andromeda was great, actually. A lot of the criticisms levelled against it at the time were valid, and it definitely shouldn’t have launched in the buggy state it did. But Andromeda’s one of those games where you could almost feel the backlash before…

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Microsoft is updating Windows Update, creating a fractal of fixes that target shutdown and reboot settings, scheduling issues, and more besides

Windows Update is both a blessing and a curse. Sure, each fix it installs might end up solving whatever issue you might be having with your Windows 11 machine, but the tool itself has been known to be downright obtrusive at times. This is why Microsoft has been busy rolling out some changes, starting with…

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