Max Zeff
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Writing - mostly about AI - for TechCrunch. I am maxwell, I am max, but I am not well. On signal at Mzeff.88
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and here is Adler's recommendation to AI labs: stevenadler.substack.com/p/practical-...
Practical tips for reducing chatbot psychosis
What AI companies can learn from a million-word delusion spiral
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October 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
and here is Adler's recommendation to AI labs: stevenadler.substack.com/p/practical-...
Full story: techcrunch.com/2025/10/02/e...
Ex-OpenAI researcher dissects one of ChatGPT's delusional spirals | TechCrunch
A former OpenAI researcher looked into how ChatGPT can mislead delusional users about their reality and its own capabilities
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October 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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OpenAI reorganizes research team behind ChatGPT's personality | TechCrunch
OpenAI is shuffling the team that shapes its AI models' behavior, and its leader is moving on to another project within the company.
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September 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Cracks are forming in Meta’s partnership with Scale AI | TechCrunch
Two months after making a $14.3B investment in Scale AI, Meta is relying heavily on its competitors to train next generation AI models.
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August 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Meta updates chatbot rules to avoid inappropriate topics with teen users | TechCrunch
After a bombshell report on Meta allowing its AI chatbots to have sensual chats with minors, the company is updating its policies.
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August 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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A lot of people have talked about this, but Cloudflare is actually trying it. I expect massive pushback from the AI companies, and perhaps even some resistance from publishers.
It's a total reshaping of how people make money on the internet. Full story: techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/c...
It's a total reshaping of how people make money on the internet. Full story: techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/c...
Cloudflare launches a marketplace that lets websites charge AI bots for scraping | TechCrunch
Cloudflare is launching a new marketplace that reimagines the relationship between publishers and AI companies.
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July 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A lot of people have talked about this, but Cloudflare is actually trying it. I expect massive pushback from the AI companies, and perhaps even some resistance from publishers.
It's a total reshaping of how people make money on the internet. Full story: techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/c...
It's a total reshaping of how people make money on the internet. Full story: techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/c...
Not everyone is so bullish. In some ways, hallucinations feel like the most fundamental and hardest to solve problem in AI. Full story: techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/a...
Anthropic CEO claims AI models hallucinate less than humans | TechCrunch
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei claims that AI models hallucinate at a lower rate than humans do, but in more surprising ways.
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May 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Not everyone is so bullish. In some ways, hallucinations feel like the most fundamental and hardest to solve problem in AI. Full story: techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/a...
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Google's AI agents will bring you the web now | TechCrunch
Google I/O 2025 was largely dominated by AI agents that will parse the web for users, representing a new paradigm that could replace Search.
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May 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Mark Zuckerberg's AI ad tool sounds like a social media nightmare | TechCrunch
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out his vision for a black-box, end-to-end AI advertising product during a fireside at Stripe's Sessions conference.
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May 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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