[AI For Newsroom] #34. Weekly AI For Newsroom Roundup. Should we stop developing AI for now?

Insider Brief FedEx and Dexterity are expanding deployment of Dexterity’s Foresight world model and Mech trailer-loading robots at the FedEx Hagerstown Hub in Maryland, moving the technology beyond an earlier pilot into larger-scale operations. The companies said the program will evaluate how physical AI performs in trailer loading and how it integrates with destination planning, […]

A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that large language models mirror human social hierarchies, adjusting their behavior based on whether they are positioned as a superior or subordinate in a conversation, with potentially serious implications for AI safety. The research, led by computer science graduate student Anvesh Rao Vijjini […]

Audrey Thompson is accused of murdering Arthur Tahere, but claims it was self-defence.

Healthcare workers say the ‘broken’ system is ‘on the brink of collapse’.