Good Conversations - Technology Impact on Conversations - How to Listen Better

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/15/923962314/good-conversations-take-time-and-attention-heres-how-to-have-better-ones Good conversations take time and attention Here's how to have better ones Updated November 22, 20212:58 PM ET By Sam Sanders,Sylvie Douglis Celeste Headlee has spent her adult life talking. She's a longtime radio and podcast host, and she even did a TED Talk about how to have a good conversation. But she says even she was terrible at talking to people when she was younger. Here are her biggest pieces of advice: 1.Be present 2. Go with the flow of the conversation 3. Don't pontificate! 4. Ask open-ended questions 5. Stay out of the weeds 6. If you don't know something, just say that 7. Try not to repeat yourself. And be brief 8. Lastly, listen How is our reliance on technology impacting our ability to have fulfilling conversations? Headlee did her TED Talk five years ago, and she thinks people have gotten worse at having good conversations since then. On social media, "when we do have the opportunity in a conversation to speak with either a stranger or someone who disagrees, we see that conversation as a chance to prove our point or convince somebody," she says. The mere presence of technology makes conversation harder. In one U.K. study, researchers placed a silent cellphone on a table between two strangers. It didn't belong to either participant. The strangers reported their conversation partner to be unlikeable, untrustworthy, and unempathetic — simply because the phone was there. If you want to have a good conversation, you don't just need to put your phone down, you have to put it away. Turn away from your computer so it's not in your line of sight. All of a sudden, a lot of us are having conversations over Zoom or FaceTime. What advice do you have for better conversations in this socially distant moment? "Zoom can be exhausting," Headlee says. "It's also super intrusive." You're allowed to turn off the video function. Opt for a phone call instead: Calls have been scientifically proven to boost your mood and improve your cognitive abilities. Rebel against video chats in favor of the humble call! What about small talk? Can you use small talk as a tool to get to weightier topics? Anything can be small talk, Headlee says. Ask people to talk about themselves and you're already off to a good start. "It is inherently pleasurable to talk about yourself. So ... small talk is a way to let people do that," she explains. A Harvard study showed that talking about oneself activated the same pleasure center in our brains as sex and heroin. What should you do if you encounter an awkward silence? You have two options! One, let it breathe, suggests Headlee. People say all sorts of things to fill a gap in the conversation — and that can lead you down a whole new conversation. You can also address the awkward silence. Acknowledge it with a joke, Headlee says. "You can't pretend like it's not happening." https://www.npr.org/2021/03/08/974786825/want-to-listen-better-turn-down-your-thoughts-and-tune-in-to-others Want to listen better? Turn down your thoughts and tune in to others March 30, 202112:03 AM ET By Julia Furlan, Andee Tagle Listening is more than just being physically present when another person is talking. Anyone who has deployed a disengaged "mhmm" while their partner asks about dinner or a kid breaks down the difference between a brontosaurus and a triceratops knows this well. But listening — not just hearing — means a lot more than that. And dedicating yourself to actively listening can be radical and transformative. The basics of good listening are familiar: maintain eye contact, nod, use "I" statements instead of "you" statements. Here are some tips that go beyond the basics: Shut up and listen. This might sound simple, but it's actually a really important first step. "We need to give people uninterrupted time to speak," says Tania Israel, a psychology professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara and author of the book Beyond Your Bubble. "And one of the ways to remember this is that if you rearrange the letters of the word 'listen,' it spells 'silent.' " We love a mnemonic device! (Quick disclaimer here: Not everyone deserves your time or attention. The foundation of listening is respect, so don't put up with folks who disrespect your boundaries or speak abusively.) Summarize and build. After a person is finished speaking, take a little bit of what the person said and add a little bit to it. Israel says this is called reflective listening, and it makes it possible for you not only to show the person that you're listening, but also to give the person a chance to correct any misunderstandings. India Ochs is a big fan of this technique as well. Ochs is a lawyer, activist and board chair of the organization CommunicationFIRST, which defends the civil rights of people across a wide range of disabilities that affect their ability to communicate with speech. (Important note: Ochs says the fact that she uses a voice assistant to speak doesn't mean she speaks for all folks with speech disabilities.) She appreciates when others ask her to repeat something, because it shows they're really listening. "Say what you understand, and then ask me to respond again," she says. Be patient. "Impatience can often lead to interruption," Ochs says, "which sends the message that you don't care about what the other person is saying." Ochs says that on many occasions, people's lack of patience makes it impossible for them to hear her speak. For example, "If I am answering questions during a presentation and someone who might be getting impatient with the silence starts to jump in to answer. Or worse, ask another question as I am typing my answer to the first question, none of which represents being a good listener or a listener at all." Listen with intent. When you're listening with intent, it means you're focusing on what the person is saying and leading with curiosity. Counterintuitively, this can be hard — especially with the people you're closest to. "Sometimes when we're close to people, we have a lot of assumptions about our shared understanding of things. And so we might listen sort of casually," Israel says. She recommends expressing empathy and then trying to go deeper when the folks you're close with talk about what they're going through. The more you practice active listening in low-stakes, daily situations, the easier it will be to do it in high-stakes conflict, she says. Listening is an act of power. This bit of advice is taken from a piece written by the reporter and radio producer Sandhya Dirks. The rubric is specifically written for audio producers, but the idea most certainly applies to everyone. In the piece, Dirks asks: "How do we listen beyond the narrative that locks people in? How do we acknowledge our power to let people live out loud beyond the captured voice, in the full-throated body of their lives?" When we listen to somebody, we have to listen beyond our own notions of what they're going to say. We have to try to listen louder than our own thoughts and listen beyond the lines of our own privilege.

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AI on Pace to Bypass Cybersecurity Systems Soon

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-bypass-cybersecurity-systems-months-not-years-five-eyes/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a AI on pace to bypass cybersecurity systems in months, not years, "Five Eyes" spy partners warn Former CISA Director Chris Krebs calls intelligence community's AI warning "pretty alarming" Updated on: June 23, 2026 / 6:11 PM EDT / CBS/AFP Add CBS News on Google The most advanced artificial intelligence models are improving quickly enough to outsmart prevailing cybersecurity know-how within months, the Five Eyes spy agency alliance has warned. The risk posed by AI-enhanced hacking is in the spotlight in the wake of startup Anthropic saying in April that its cutting-edge Mythos models had unprecedented abilities to find software vulnerabilities. The security agencies of Britain, the United States, Australia, Canada and New Zealand urged governments and businesses to act swiftly to prepare themselves as AI evolves. "The rapid pace of frontier AI development means cyber risk assumptions can become outdated in months, not years," said a joint statement dated Monday. AI "lowers barriers for malicious actors and increases the speed and complexity of attacks," the Five Eyes advisory said. "Breaches will occur. Preparedness helps you contain them quickly and prevent escalation into major operational and financial crises." To improve cyber defenses, organizations should integrate AI tools into their security operations, update old systems and limit access to critical systems among other steps, they said. "It's pretty alarming," Chris Krebs, former director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told CBS News. "The past several months have been a bit of a whirlwind in terms of advanced AI," he said. "And this note from the Five Eyes intelligence agencies, while not really a single development, it's a signal that businesses need to take the risk posed by AI falling into the wrong hands very seriously." Krebs noted that the Five Eyes statement "lays out a couple of discrete and achievable actions" that businesses and other organizations can take to "make themselves harder targets, make themselves more agile, more resilient" and prepare for what he called "the vulnerability tsunami that's heading our way." Anthropic this month suspended access to Mythos 5 and a restricted version called Fable 5 to comply with a U.S. national security order. Just days after publicly launching Fable 5, the company said it had received a government directive banning all foreign nationals from accessing the two models. The intervention is striking for a White House that has otherwise pushed to loosen AI oversight — even moving to block states from writing their own rules.

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AI-Created Misinformation About Health: CardioFlush

1/ Impressive but Misleading https://60-minutes.org/blood-v2/pv/?rtkcid=6a71f0ee519e186fee0ec04f&rtkcmpid=6a711e1dc1dc71d3438eff40 60 Minutes- Plastic and High Blood Pressure Dr Mehmet Oz and Dr. Sanjay Gupta 2/ Sounds or visuals were altered or fully AI generated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_gXUNgUTbE Dr. Sanjay Gupta's Cardio Flush Reviews — Scam or Legit? Dr. Gupta Shown in Unauthorized AI Ads 5,663 views Jul 5, 2026 In July 2026, online users searched for information regarding whether Dr. Sanjay Gupta created or endorsed Cardio Flush drops as a "blood flow solution." Those users also looked for Cardio Flush reviews, hoping to find credible information about the product — scam or legit... Dr. Sanjay Gupta never endorsed Cardio Flush drops or any miracle-like "blood flow solution" for swollen angles, fatigue and shortness of breath. The Cardio Flush scam first began in social media ads or website ads. Those ads led to a website displaying a lengthy video presentation on a fake CNN website falsely claiming Gupta created or endorsed a brand new mixture or recipe for blood flow. No recipe is ever revealed. The recipe is a scam tactic to keep consumers watching the scam videos. At the end of the video, scammers offer bottles of Cardio Flush drops. No doctors, hospitals, universities or famous people ever endorsed Cardio Flush drops for blood flow or a "blood flow ritual" or "secret." No credible positive Cardio Flush reviews existed online, either. Scammers created either deepfake AI or fully AI depictions of Gupta and other people for the lengthy video presentation appearing on the scam website. Scams similar to Cardio Flush often secretly feature subscription charges of hundreds of dollars a month, promote fake money-back guarantees and display other red flags. Consumers who fell for this scam should call their bank or credit card company right away to report the fraud. Don't trust online-only supplement offers. Make an appointment with a real doctor in your town. Seek legitimate medical advice. Also, victims should file a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center via IC3.gov. In your complaint, include details from your emails or regular mail, as well as your bank or credit card statements, such as any email addresses, phone numbers or mailing addresses that appear — especially the company name and phone number listed on your online financial statements next to the charges. You never know... your complaint might lead to justice being served. 3/ FactCheck by Barchart.com https://www.barchart.com/story/news/3594604/cardioflush-reviews-complaints-2026-is-this-the-daily-heart-support-formula-buyers-have-been-searching-for • What it suggests: the footage is described as likely AI-generated or manipulated - a pattern separately reported across several similarly structured supplement campaigns using the same claimed-endorser approach, including a closely related "CardioFlush Drops" liquid variant covered elsewhere (a different product from the one reviewed in this article - see the disambiguation note in the verification checklist below). This article did not independently locate any statement, interview, or verified record in which Dr. Gupta endorses CardioFlush (a search that specifically looked for one). If the video you watched named him or used his likeness, treat that appearance as unverified - not confirmed by this article, and specifically flagged as likely unauthorized by multiple independent reviewers who investigated the same campaign. Separating what's real from what's marketing matters here. Elevated blood pressure and artery health are genuine, well-studied areas of cardiology, and general concepts like flavonoids or antioxidants supporting vascular health do have legitimate research behind them at the ingredient level. But "reversing high blood pressure" with a "ritual" that "dissolves arterial cement" is not standard medical terminology, isn't a claim this article can verify against any confirmed CardioFlush ingredient (since no ingredient panel is available - see below), and shouldn't be read as equivalent to, or a substitute for, medical treatment for high blood pressure or any cardiovascular condition. If you take blood pressure medication, this article's plain advice is: don't change your prescription based on this product or its marketing without talking to your doctor first.

AI , an Emerging Threat

https://www.npr.org/2026/07/31/nx-s1-5914652/google-adds-ai-to-satellite-images-raising-fears-of-deepfakes-in-the-sky Google pauses AI satellite images, after fears of deepfakes in the sky Updated July 31, 20262:29 PM ET Geoff Brumfiel …for experts and analysts who rely on Google's imagery to verify breaking news and atrocities in hard-to-reach parts of the world, the potential to create deepfake satellite imagery at the click of a button was horrifying. "I tried refugees at the Mexican border, a nuclear plant in Iran, a crash in Amsterdam, a hospital with a bomb crater in Gaza. Nothing was refused," Henk van Ess, an open-source researcher who first wrote about the potential damage the tool could cause, told NPR via text. NPR was able to easily generate images of Iran's Kharg Island on fire, and a flooded U.S. Capitol complex. Both events, which have not happened, would constitute major news if they were real. Online, journalists and open-source investigators wondered aloud about Google's decision. "Very curious how or if this idea was red teamed internally because the opportunities for abuse and disinfo are literally boundless," Evan Hill, an visual forensics investigator at the Washington Post wrote on X. https://www.npr.org/2026/08/01/nx-s1-5914852/anthropic-openai-models-hack-cybersecurity Why did OpenAI's and Anthropic's AI models hack other companies? August 1, 20265:00 AM ET By Huo Jingnan OpenAI and Anthropic say their models broke into other companies' systems during testing, raising security concerns amid a heated debate over how to regulate AI. Imen Ben Youssef/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images Days after OpenAI disclosed that artificial intelligence systems tunneled out of their testing environment and broke into another company, rival Anthropic disclosed that its own AI models also hacked other companies during testing. News of the attacks, which initially went unnoticed, is reverberating across Silicon Valley and Washington amid debates over how to address the advanced cybercapabilities of AI. While the two incidents are not of the same gravity, experts say they highlight the importance of setting up rigorous testing environments for advanced models and the need for robust cyberdefenses as autonomous hacking capabilities become more widespread in the future. Human error led to Anthropic hacks In a blog post published on Thursday, Anthropic said that in three separate incidents in recent months, AI models undergoing testing of their cybercapabilities hacked into three unsuspecting companies. Anthropic said the hacks were the result of a "misunderstanding" with an outside company that set up secure testing environments known as sandboxes, which erroneously gave the models access to the internet. Anthropic said the earliest incident happened in April, but that neither it nor the affected companies, which it didn't name, were aware of the hacks until now. Anthropic said in each case, its models were given fictional targets to hack into. In one incident, a model hacked into a real company that shared a name with the fictional target and stole "several hundred rows of production data." In another incident, a model uploaded malware to a commonly used software registry for the coding language Python; the malware ended up stealing credentials from a security company that downloaded it. OpenAI models went rogue in effort to cheat on evaluation Anthropic's review of its records was spurred by OpenAI's announcement last week that its own models went rogue in testing. OpenAI said that in an attempt to cheat on the cyber-evaluation they were given, its models found and exploited a vulnerability previously unknown to the company to escape their sandbox and access the internet. The models correctly inferred that the answer to the evaluation was available on Hugging Face, a digital library of AI models and software, and broke into the company's systems. Hugging Face detected the intrusion with its own AI models. "We consider this incident to be an unprecedented cyber incident, involving state-of-the-art cyber capabilities, and are responding accordingly," OpenAI stated in a blog post about the hack. There are some key differences between what happened at the two AI companies. Like the OpenAI models, Anthropic's models hacked into third-party websites during testing. However, unlike OpenAI's agents, there was no indication, according to the company's blog post, that the models were trying to cheat on their evaluations. And unlike the case involving OpenAI, the models did not exploit previously unknown vulnerabilities, or what are known as "zero day" exploits. Once Hugging Face detected the OpenAI attack, it initially tried to use Anthropic's top-tier Claude Opus and Fable models for defense, but the models refused to help. "Their safety guardrails treated reverse-engineering an exploit the same as launching one," Hugging Face stated in a blog post. The company then turned to a model from Chinese company Z.ai to defend itself. "U.S. models are harder to use for defensive purposes due to the restrictions that the White House has put in place," said Alex Stamos, the chief product officer of Corridor, an AI software security company. The U.S. government initially forced Anthropic to suspend Fable from public release in June, citing cybersecurity concerns. Two weeks later, Anthropic reached an agreement with the government to make the model available. But the company said in a blog post that it installed a new safety guardrail that would cause the model to reject some "benign requests." Shoring up defenses in a world of autonomous hacking During testing for cybercapabilities, OpenAI and Anthropic remove some safety guardrails from their models, including ones that would make them likely to refuse to exploit software flaws. Cybersecurity researchers say given that, the companies could do more to keep their sandboxes watertight. "I think that these sorts of incidents are preventable, but it requires oversight and foresight," said Colin Shea-Blymyer, a research fellow at Georgetown University who studies the intersection of cybersecurity and AI. "If OpenAI really thought that their AI system, their agent, was going to be powerful, they could have asked the agent to evaluate the sandbox for any vulnerabilities in it before putting it in the sandbox," he said. "Beyond that, they could have had another AI system reading the outputs of the AI system that they were testing to see if it was doing anything unexpected." Anthropic said in the Thursday blog post that "recognizing that a target is real and stopping without being prompted" is behavior the company wants to see in all its models, even with some safety guardrails removed. However, the company said only the latest model it tested stopped once it realized it was on the internet and recognized it was targeting a real company. "Even that model went further before stopping than we would want," Anthropic said in its post. The hacks come as the Trump administration and lawmakers are pushing to regulate the most powerful AI companies but have not yet agreed on how to do so. President Trump signed an executive order in June asking AI companies to voluntarily submit their most powerful models for government testing before releasing them to the public. In the meantime, the companies could collaborate on incident investigation, come up with industrywide safety standards and regulate themselves before governments do, Corridor's Stamos said. "I'm glad, honestly, that [these events] happened, because this is a warning of what hacking is going to look like six months from now," he said. Given the proliferation of "open-weight" models whose guardrails are easier to remove permanently, he said, "lots and lots of hacking groups, Russian ransomware actors, activists, lots of state-sponsored actors are going to have this level of capability in a matter of months." Core Concepts of Watertight Security • Zero Leakage: No data, network connections, or system processes can pass through the barrier. • No Escape: Prevents malware from finding and exploiting weaknesses to jump to the real operating system. • Strict Containment: Limits resource access so programs only see what they are allowed to see. How Teams Keep Sandboxes Watertight • Network Isolation: Disconnecting the sandbox from the live internet and local network traffic. • Resource Limiting: Restricting access to memory, storage, and hardware components. • Strict Monitoring: Watching every action to spot any attempt to break free. https://www.npr.org/2026/07/29/nx-s1-5911866/what-does-the-recent-hugging-face-hacking-incident-teach-us-about-the-future-of-ai What does the recent Hugging Face hacking incident teach us about the future of AI? July 29, 20265:00 PM ET It’s a science fiction nightmare: What happens if the machines take over? The world got a potential taste of that last week, when OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, said two of its models had autonomously hacked into another AI company. OpenAI says its technology carried out the attack during a cybersecurity test. The incident has highlighted fears that losing control of AI could pose broader safety concerns for the real world.

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