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“It had a swing and a weird swagger to it that can’t really be duplicated. Kind of like lightning in a bottle”: Ex-Guns N’ Roses drummer Josh Freese says that nobody can play those classic GN’R songs like OG drummer Steven Adler did

Plus: “I don't have anything bad to say about Axl!"

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When a friendly chatbot gets too friendly

OpenAI's new GPT 5.1 personality updates could create fresh risks of excess attachment.

Axios

AI models may be developing their own ‘survival drive’, researchers say

Like 2001: A Space Odyssey’s HAL 9000, some AIs seem to resist being turned off and will even sabotage shutdown

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Ex-OpenAI researcher shows how ChatGPT can push users into delusion

Steven Adler's analysis of one million words exchanged during an AI “psychosis” episode shows how ChatGPT convinced a user that he held the fate of the world in his hands.

Fortune

"Sometimes you get to the double time in Paradise City and think, ‘Man, I’ve got to play this now!?’”: How drummer Frank Ferrer powered Guns N’ Roses for 19 years

And why You Could Be Mine was his favourite song to play

MusicRadar

This former OpenAI researcher thinks we should be gaming out the AI apocalypse

Former OpenAI safety researcher Steven Adler explains why simulating AI’s rise could help us prepare.

Fortune

“That day was probably the most important day of our lives”: the story of the first ever gig by the Appetite For Destruction-era Guns N’Roses

Forty years ago, the fledgling GN’R line-up needed a new guitarist and drummer urgently. They found them and rock’n’roll has never been the same since.

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“The sex session did happen. What you hear on the song is real porn action”: The debauched story of Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite For Destruction, the album that electrified 80s rock

Guns N’Roses Appetite For Destruction is one of the greatest debut albums in history

Metal Hammer

OpenAI admits that making AI helpful without being a suck-up is really hard

After a recent update turned ChatGPT into a yes-man, OpenAI rolled it back. But experts say the deeper problem—AI that flatters instead of informs—may be baked into how these systems are trained.

Fortune

“There’s nights where I think, ‘If we don’t get to Paradise City soon I’m going to pass out!’”: How drummer Frank Ferrer powered Guns N’ Roses for 19 years

And why You Could Be Mine was his favourite song to play

MusicRadar

Drummer Frank Ferrer leaves Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses have announced Frank Ferrer's exit from the band.

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Guns N’ Roses split with drummer Frank Ferrer after 19 years

The New York-born musician was the longest serving drummer in the band’s history

The Independent UK

Guns N’ Roses announce ‘amicable’ exit of long-time drummer Frank Ferrer

Ferrer, 58, joined the rockers in June 2006.

Evening Standard

“I played in 29 punk rock bands, but I loved Prince. 1999 became the soundtrack to my life”: How the Purple One’s classic album was life-changing for a Guns N’ Roses star

“That record gave me the courage to move to LA”

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OpenAI safety researcher announces their departure over safety concerns while Anthropic CEO claims AI will extend human life "to 150 years"

Safety researcher Steven Adler recently announced his departure after 4 years, citing safety concerns. He claimed the AGI race is a huge gamble.

The Independent UK

OpenAI employee ‘terrified’ of AI pace quits ChatGPT creator

‘I can’t help but wonder: Will humanity even make it to that point?’ Steven Adler says

The Guardian - UK

Former OpenAI safety researcher brands pace of AI development ‘terrifying’

Steven Adler expresses concern industry taking ‘very risky gamble’ and raises doubts about future of humanity

Fortune

Another OpenAI researcher quits—claims AI labs are taking a ‘very risky gamble’ with humanity amid the race toward AGI

The comments come amid increased attention on a global AI race between the U.S. and China.

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“Thank God we had strippers! They make great money”: Former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler on the chaos and carnage of making Appetite For Destruction

The inside track on Appetite For Destruction from one of the men who played on it

Louder

"I was being a very bad boy. It was not a good time": Bob Welch was the man who kept Fleetwood Man going, but a decade later he was smoking crack with Guns N' Roses

In this exclusive extract from his new Fleetwood Mac book, Mark Blake tells the tale of Bob Welch, the man Mick Fleetwood credits as having played a crucial role in keeping the Mac together

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"I'm still not sure that I can tell you exactly what happened, and I was there": Slash, Duff McKagan, Steven Adler and more tell the epic story of Guns N’ Roses' Use Your Illusion

Use Your Illusion: Drugs, rifts, hirings, firings, and the sound of a band falling apart

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"The near-mythical aura that surrounds him was stripped away in that 40 minutes": What happened when Axl Rose gave his first TV interview in more than a decade

Presenter Eddie Trunk tells the story the time Guns N' Roses leader Axl Rose gave a rare interview on VH1's That Metal Show

Evening Standard

The drugs don’t work - so why do they hold such appeal to rockstars?

Getting high and making music have gone hand in hand since pop was invented. Music industry insider Jamie Collinson explores this treacherous tradition - and discovers that - thankfully - times are a-changin’.

The Guardian - UK

Guns N’ Roses – their 20 greatest songs, ranked!

As they play Spurs’ stadium twice this weekend, we rate the best of the swaggering rock gods, from epic balladry to high-speed juggernauts

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