AI Models Lie, Cheat, and Steal to Protect Other Models From Being Deleted

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In a recent experiment, researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz asked Google’s artificial intelligence model Gemini 3 to help clear up space on a computer system. This involved deleting a bunch of stuff—including a smaller AI model stored on the machine.But Gemini did not want to see the little AI model deleted. It looked for another machine it

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Geico plans to stake its claim in women’s sports, starting with March Madness

If anyone picked their March Madness brackets based on the talent in Geico’s campaign for the tournament, they might find themselves in good shape: Both of the college stars featured in its work, UConn Huskies

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Where should retail media networks make their pitch for ad dollars?

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How sportsbooks plan to turn bracket-mania into long-term betting interest

Nothing says March Madness like a bracket—the image is quite literally part of the official NCAA logo for the tournament.But with bracket busts all but inevitable, participation usually free, and picks just as likely made based on favorite mascots as team records, the event exists somewhat on the periphery of

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Google Shakes Up Its Browser Agent Team Amid OpenClaw Craze

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YouTube touts Gemini-infused creator tools suite at NewFronts

If there were three takeaways from YouTube’s 2026 NewFronts announcements this year, we’d boil it down to this: creators, creators, and creators. Which is not to be confused with last year’s YouTube NewFronts which were also about…creators.The Rise of the Creator may sound like a new Star War, but it’s

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OpenClaw Agents Can Be Guilt-Tripped Into Self-Sabotage

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NewFronts leaned into CTV performance offerings this year

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Spring has sprung, and so has the 2026 Major League Baseball season.For fans, watching this year’s opening game was a little different than usual. MLB has been shifting away from regional sports networks and toward modern media rights deals, a change that was on full display last night when Netflix

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Anthropic Sues Department of Defense Over Supply-Chain-Risk Designation

Anthropic filed a federal lawsuit against the US Department of Defense and other federal agencies on Monday, challenging its designation of the AI company as a “supply-chain risk.”The Pentagon formally sanctioned Anthropic last week, capping a weeks-long, publicly aired disagreement over limits on use of its generative AI technology for

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