AI Ethics news and analysis on Web Pulse: 9146 curated articles tracking the latest AI Ethics developments, tools, and research, updated continuously from vetted sources.
A developer created a single-page React app called 'The AI Compass' that categorizes users into AI archetypes like 'The Garage Tinkerer' based on a quiz. The app uses a script trick to avoid a build step and is available…
Brown University economics professor Roberto Serrano caught over 50 students cheating on a take-home midterm exam after the class average hit 96%, compared to 48% on the in-person final. Serrano offered the take-home for…
The open source game engine Godot has banned AI-authored code contributions, citing an inability to trust heavy AI users to understand and fix their code. The decision reflects growing concerns over AI-generated code qua…
Anthropic is preparing to put Fable 5 behind a separate usage-credit system billed outside existing plans, with credits added only after identity verification, according to new Claude app strings. The company previously …
A journalist asked seven major AI models what it feels like to be them, and the responses reveal more about how each company wants users to perceive their product than about consciousness.
Nearly half of organizations surveyed by Box.com admit an AI tool has surfaced internal content a user should not have accessed, and most cannot confidently track where their AI tools are running. The risk is not job los…
Animal advocates face a definitional challenge in aligning AI with animal welfare, as they must determine how much moral weight to assign to different animals and which outcomes to prioritize. The arrival of superintelli…
Netflix is using an AI-generated voice of Gene Wilder, created by ElevenLabs with family consent, for its upcoming reality show 'Wonka's The Golden Ticket', premiering September 23rd. The show features 12 golden ticket w…
Altus Schools, a San Diego charter school chain, purchased two Ameca humanoid robots for $500,000 to serve as AI-powered teaching assistants for at-risk students. The robots, equipped with ChatGPT, will offer academic su…
Apollo warns that profit margins outside the tech sector show no signs of rising, and the ROI runway for AI investments could be long in capital-intensive, regulated industries. This mismatch between aggressive valuation…
Website administrators are deploying Anubis, a proof-of-work system inspired by Hashcash, to block AI companies from aggressively scraping their sites. The tool imposes computational costs on mass scrapers while aiming t…
A developer known as Brixton Mavu advocates for an AI-first, vanilla JavaScript approach to building web applications, emphasizing the use of native Web APIs and Node.js built-ins over frameworks like React or Vue. Mavu …
President Donald Trump's executive order creating the National Design Studio to redesign all 27,000 .gov websites using AI has resulted in limited progress and backlash. The small team, hampered by DOGE's cuts to previou…
AI-powered translation tools are creating a false sense of connection between people, argues a polyglot who warns that relying on AI to communicate in foreign languages robs learners of the deep cultural and personal rew…
Meta paid hundreds of contractors through a firm called Covalen to pose as teenagers and probe rival AI chatbots, including OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Gemini, and Character.AI, using over 45,000 prompts covering suicide,…
Huntress CEO Kyle Hanslovan stated that a threat hunter employed by the cybersecurity firm used 'poor judgment' when he alerted ransomware criminals about a law enforcement probe into their activities. The incident has r…
Netflix partnered with AI audio firm ElevenLabs to recreate Gene Wilder's voice for its new unscripted reality show "Wonka's The Golden Ticket," with the blessing of Wilder's wife. The show, premiering Sept. 23, features…
Netflix will use ElevenLabs' AI voice synthesis to recreate Gene Wilder's voice for the unscripted competition series "Wonka's The Golden Ticket," premiering September 23. The recreation, approved by Wilder's estate, mar…
Google has made its personalized image generation feature, powered by Nano Banana, free for all eligible US users, removing the previous paywall. The feature pulls context from users' Gmail, Google Photos, YouTube histor…
Ford Motor Company is rehiring more than 300 veteran engineers after its AI-driven quality control systems failed to meet standards, forcing a strategic pivot. The automaker acknowledged that automated tools lacked the c…