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OpenAI is testing training LLMs to produce "confessions", or self-report how they carried out a task and own up to bad behavior, like appearing to lie or cheat (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/0<…

OpenAI has trained its LLM to confess to bad behavior
Large language models often lie and cheat. We can’t stop that—but we can make them own up.

Condé Nast licenses its content for use across Microsoft Copilot experiences and hires Vasanth Williams as its new chief product and technology officer (Mark Stenberg/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/conde-nast-vasan…

Condé Nast Names New Chief Product and Technology Officer, Joins Microsoft AI Licensing Pilot
Longtime technology executive Vasanth Williams joins the company from Major League Baseball

(IEEE Spectrum) 11 Amazing engineering events in 2026: Brain chip helps blind people see https://spectrum.ieee.org/new-technology-2026 on Elon Musk and Neuralink Blindsight: "some experts worry he is overpromising on the quality of the brain-computer interface";

New Technology in 2026: Brain Chips and Space Missions
11 new technologies coming in 2026 may bring life-changing impacts to users. How might they change your life?

Festung im All: Wie Europa Satelliten gegen Cyberangriffe und Geopolitik wappnet
Von Grönland bis in den Orbit: Die EU investiert viel in neue Laser-Technologien und eigene Infrastrukturen, um sich aus der Abhängigkeit von den USA zu lösen.

Reddit surpasses TikTok as the fourth most-visited social media service in the UK, likely driven by changes to Google's search algorithms and AI deals (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/03/re…

Nach dem Aus für die Autoproduktion: VW-Standort Dresden wird Innovationscampus
Statt der Werksschließung plant der Autobauer Volkswagen die Umwandlung seines Montagewerks in Dresden in ein Technologiezentrum. In wenigen Wochen geht es los.

Reddit surpasses TikTok as the fourth most-visited social media service in the UK, likely driven by changes to Google's search algorithms and AI deals (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/03/re…

The NYT sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and failed to stop using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/technology/new-york-times-perplexity-ai-l…

New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work
Filed in federal court on Friday, the suit joins more than 40 other court disputes between copyright holders and A.I. companies.

heise meets ... Richard Seidl gewinnt den Deutschen Preis für Software-Qualität
Softwareentwickler müssen mehr tun, um Vertrauen zu schaffen. Nur so könne Technologie ein brauchbares Werkzeug bleiben, um die Zukunft zu gestalten.

Sources: Meta does not plan to abandon building the metaverse, and expects to shift the savings from the layoffs into investments in its AR glasses (Mike Isaac/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/technology/meta-cuts-metaverse-unit.html

Meta Weighs Cuts to Its Metaverse Unit
Meta plans to direct its investments to focus on wearables like its augmented reality glasses but does not plan to abandon building the metaverse.