From Bugs to Billion-Dollar Wins: AI’s New Chapter

Hey there Ai5ers,

Today’s Ai5 takes you on a whirlwind through the weird, the worrying, and the wildly promising world of artificial intelligence. You’ll meet a hallucinating chatbot that invented a fake policy, an AI cyborg policing Thai festivals, a U.S. lawmaker chasing down rogue chips—and a bank saving billions thanks to smarter machines. Whether it's chaos or clarity, this month's AI headlines reveal one thing: the future is already knocking.

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Today's Ai5:

🧐 AI Hallucinations Are Getting Worse
👮‍♂️ AI cyborg patrols streets
🤨 Tracking AI Chips
🤨 JPMorgan says AI helped boost sales
🎓 Conversations with AI: Education

Prompt of the Day 🎨

PROMPT (ChatGPT-4o) "Create a flat-style digital illustration of a warm Mother's Day moment. Show a mother with neutral/light skin sitting in bed, smiling with her eyes closed, while two young children (a boy and a girl) kiss her on each cheek. The mom is holding a greeting card with a heart on it and a small bouquet of yellow tulips. On the bed in front of her is a breakfast tray with a cup of coffee, a croissant, and a bagel. At the top of the image, write 'Celebrating Mom!' in Lobster font using the hex color #4ab7b4. The tone should be heartwarming and clean, with soft, modern colors and a textured off-white background."

AI Hallucinations Are Getting Worse 🧐

Last month, an A.I. bot that handles tech support for Cursor, an up-and-coming tool for computer programmers, alerted several customers about a change in company policy. It said they were no longer allowed to use Cursor on more than just one computer.

In angry posts to internet message boards, the customers complained. Some canceled their Cursor accounts. And some got even angrier when they realized what had happened: The A.I. bot had announced a policy change that did not exist.

More than two years after the arrival of ChatGPT, tech companies, office workers and everyday consumers are using A.I. bots for an increasingly wide array of tasks. But there is still no way of ensuring that these systems produce accurate information.

Full article by Cade Metz and Karen Weise

AI cyborg patrols streets 👮‍♂️

The future of law enforcement is here, and it’s wearing a robotic face. Around the globe, police forces are integrating artificial intelligence-powered robots into public safety strategies, blending advanced surveillance with real-time threat detection.

During the Songkran festival, Thailand unveiled AI Police Cyborg 1.0, a stationary robot stationed at Nakhon Pathom’s Tonson Road venue. Developed by Provincial Police Region 7, Nakhon Pathom Provincial Police and local authorities, the robot — officially named "Pol Col Nakhonpathom Plod Phai" (meaning "Nakhon Pathom is safe") — features 360-degree cameras, facial recognition and integration with drone and CCTV networks. Its AI analyzes crowds in real time, identifying weapons like knives while ignoring harmless items like water guns, and relays data to a command center for rapid police response.

Full article by Kurt Knutsson

Tracking AI Chips 🤨

A U.S. lawmaker plans (R - Bill Foster) to introduce legislation in coming weeks to verify the location of artificial-intelligence chips like those made by Nvidia after they are sold.

The effort to keep tabs on the chips, which drew bipartisan support from U.S. lawmakers, aims to address reports of widespread smuggling of Nvidia's chips into China in violation of U.S. export control laws.

Foster, who successfully designed multiple computer chips during his scientific career, plans to introduce in coming weeks a bill that would direct U.S. regulators to come up with rules in two key areas: Tracking chips to ensure they are where they are authorized to be under export control licenses, and preventing those chips from booting up if they are not properly licensed under export controls.

Full article by Stephen Nellis and Max A. Cherney

JPMorgan says AI helped boost sales 🤨

JPMorgan's AI tools supercharged the speed at which its bankers could provide research and investment advice to wealthy clients last month at a time when the U.S. tariff announcements erased trillions of dollars from the stock market.

JPMorgan's so-called Coach AI tool used by private client advisers is quicker at locating content and research to drive conversations with clients.

The initiatives have already saved the bank nearly $1.5 billion through fraud prevention, personalization, trading, operational efficiencies and credit decisions, JPMorgan said. Mike Mayo, an analyst at Wells Fargo, expects the financial benefits from AI to go up by another billion dollars for the bank.

Full article by Nupur Anand

Conversations with AI: Education 🎓

The classroom hasn’t changed much in over a century. A teacher at the front, rows of students listening, and a curriculum defined by what’s testable – not necessarily what’s meaningful.

But AI, as arguably the most powerful tool humanity has created in the last few years, is about to break that model open. Not with smarter software or faster grading, but by forcing us to ask: “What is the purpose of education in a world where machines could teach?”

Education is under pressure worldwide: Teachers are overworked, students are disengaged, and curricula feel outdated in a changing world. Into this comes AI – not as a patch or plug-in, but as a potential accelerant.

Full article by Joe Green