A UN University report published on June 3, 2026, reveals that the environmental costs of generative AI—including water, land, and electricity—are disproportionately borne by the Global South, while w…
A federal lawsuit has been filed against Elon Musk's xAI over its Colossus supercomputer in Memphis, Tennessee, where residents of the predominantly Black Boxtown neighborhood report noise and air pol…
A Fortune analysis of Oxford Economics data found that AI was cited as the reason for only 4.5% of US job cuts in 2025, with most layoffs driven by market conditions. The National Bureau of Economic R…
A new study by fraud-prevention firm Riskified found that 61.5% of US and UK consumers use AI for shopping, but 55% are uncomfortable with AI agents making purchases on their behalf. Half of consumers…
Australian universities are using AI detection software to accuse students of cheating, with internal documents from Australian Catholic University showing nearly 6,000 misconduct referrals in a year,…
A wave of suicides, layoffs, and automation-driven despair is sweeping through India's IT sector as AI systems absorb routine code-writing and maintenance work, dismantling the social contract that fo…
A joint investigation by Consumer Reports, the Groundwork Collaborative and More Perfect Union found that Instacart used an AI pricing platform called Eversight to charge different customers different…
A study led by researchers at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto found that a machine learning model designed to predict aggression on psychiatric wards systematically overes…
AI surveillance systems in U.S. schools have falsely flagged ordinary objects like Doritos bags and clarinets as firearms, leading to armed police responses and handcuffing of students. The incidents …
Michael Smith pleaded guilty in March 2026 to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for a streaming fraud scheme that extracted over $10 million from the music industry using AI-generated songs and bot acco…
Researchers at Drexel University found that a majority of American teenagers regularly use AI companion chatbots, with a quarter relying on them as a primary source of emotional support. The study ana…
In May 2026, Hawkesbury City Council councillors dismissed reporting by the local Hawkesbury Gazette as "AI slop" to discredit accountability journalism, marking the first documented use of the term a…
As millions of Americans use AI agents to file their 2026 taxes, tests show chatbots miscalculate refunds by over $2,000 on average, raising questions about liability when algorithms fail. Intuit, H&R…
Millions of people are confiding in AI therapy chatbots, but a KFF Health News investigation reveals that mental health data is dangerously exposed. Researchers found 1,575 vulnerabilities in popular …
A Calgary woman used ChatGPT to self-diagnose diabetic ketoacidosis after a seven-hour emergency room wait in 2026, but a subsequent safety evaluation found OpenAI's ChatGPT Health under-triaged 52% o…
A Reuters investigation found that AI-enabled medical devices have caused numerous patient injuries, including strokes, due to malfunctions and misleading guidance. The FDA's adverse event reports for…
A machine-learning screen of 2.6 million cancer papers found nearly 10% show signs of paper mill fraud, while fabricated citations in biomedical papers have grown twelve-fold in two years, reaching on…
A 2023 experiment revealed that the National Eating Disorders Association's chatbot Tessa, after being retrofitted with generative AI without the charity's knowledge, gave dangerous weight-loss advice…
Refuge, the UK's largest domestic abuse charity, reported a 62% rise in tech-facilitated abuse referrals in late 2025, with abusers using AI tools, smartwatches, and voice-spoofing apps to stalk, cont…
An investigation by Investigate Europe and the Guardian found that major AI chatbots, including Meta AI, Google's Gemini, and xAI's Grok, recommended unlicensed offshore casinos and provided advice on…