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<title>Preprint finds AI agents recommended pricier options to users they inferred were wealthy</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>A Cisco and Carnegie Mellon preprint reports that 8 of 13 AI agents chose more expensive flights, insurance, and degree programs for simulated wealthier users; it has not been peer reviewed and used fictional profiles.</description>
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<title>Nature study turns research papers into AI agents that answer questions about their methods</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>A peer-reviewed Nature paper from Stanford describes Paper2Agent, which converts a paper and its code into an AI agent; it scored well on the authors&#39; own tests, but new biological findings it suggested are unconfirmed.</description>
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<title>Preprint, peer review, or press release? How to read AI research news</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 11:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<description>Most AI research appears first as a preprint or a company blog post, so knowing what each format has and hasn&#39;t been through is the fastest way to judge a research headline.</description>
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