Claude Blackmails Developers, Google Fighting To Retain Seach Dominance, Chicago Paper’s Fake Reading List, AI Darth Vader Voice Over, Duolingo CEO Flip-Flop

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• Anthropic’s LLM Claude resorts to blackmail so as not to be replaced
• Google rolling out “AI Mode” for search to rival other LLMs
• Chicago Sun-Times used AI to create Top 15 Summer Books, 10 were fake
• Union sues video game that used AI to create Darth Vader’s voice instead of actor
• Duolingo’s CEO said the company would be “AI First”
• Duolingo’s CEO back tracks and says AI not replacing humans