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SN 1092: Restraint Abliteration - Rotating Keys, Broken Guardrails

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Show Notes

From autocorrect to full-fledged conversationalists, discover how a few tweaks transformed language models—and why understanding this shift exposes urgent questions about AI safety and control.

Trusting an open source AI proxy might bite you.

France's under-15 social media ban hits its constitution.

A bit of AI prompting found a serious bug in Zoom.

AI-based network defenders see a stock price jump.

A (very) deep dive into the operation of AI chatbots

Show Notes - https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-1092-Notes.pdf

Hosts: Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte

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