AI Ethics news and analysis on Web Pulse: 9242 curated articles tracking the latest AI Ethics developments, tools, and research, updated continuously from vetted sources.
AI-generated influencers like 'Derek Lam' are amassing tens of thousands of followers on TikTok and X by posting shirtless, dancing videos, with many fans unaware they are not real. These deepfakes steal the likenesses o…
The Vector Institute in Toronto released UnBias-Plus, an open-source tool that detects and rewrites biased language in text and AI training data, targeting biases related to race, gender, age, and political framing. The …
President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of a golden bald eagle on a White House balcony, claiming it was a gift for the building's 250th birthday, but the image contained errors including only 11 stars instea…
Security researchers at MalExt Sentry uncovered a campaign called 'PromptSnatcher' on June 13, 2026, in which two malicious ad-blocker extensions, 'Smart Adblocker' and 'Adblock for Browser,' exfiltrated AI chat data fro…
Yousuf Imran, a Google Cloud account executive earning $986,000 in 2025, quit in April 2026 to found Mangosteen Studio, an AI product lab, citing fear of layoffs and FOMO about the AI boom. He noted that AI labs like Ope…
The Dutch Council for Culture has advised the government to impose a legal content levy on generative AI companies operating in the Netherlands, requiring them to pay artists for using their work to train AI models. The …
European governments are rolling out digital identity wallets that rely on Google's Play Integrity API and Apple's Managed Device Attestation, effectively making public infrastructure dependent on private companies. This…
Proton launched Lumo 2.0, a major update to its zero-access encrypted AI assistant, introducing advanced reasoning models, multimodal capabilities including image recognition and generation, enhanced web search, and user…
Senator Bernie Sanders is advocating for firm regulation of the AI industry, proposing legislation to halt data center construction and create a sovereign wealth fund funded by taxes on AI companies. Sanders argues that …
IBM announced two major initiatives targeting AI cybersecurity risks and next-generation computing, aiming to enhance enterprise security and advance quantum and hybrid cloud technologies.
Turnitindetector.ai launched a free AI checker for essays that requires no sign-up, allowing students and educators to paste text and receive an instant AI detection score with sentence-level highlights. The tool analyze…
A free, no-account-required privacy policy generator for AI apps has launched, covering LLM provider disclosure, EU AI Act clauses, training data disclosure, and automated decision-making rights. The tool generates both …
Atlanta-based DC BLOX plans to build a 69,000-square-foot data center next to the Nashville Zoo, expanding to 261,000 square feet, sparking opposition from the zoo and celebrities like Brad Paisley over potential harm to…
AI use at work can weaken memory, judgment, and critical thinking when used passively, but can sharpen insight when used actively, according to emerging research. A medical doctor and business consultant outlines six ste…
The Magnificent 7 tech stocks lost $2.3 trillion in market value in June 2026 as investors doubted near-term returns from AI infrastructure spending, while chipmakers rallied on component shortages. Wedbush analyst Dan I…
Nearly two-thirds of companies report employees using AI without oversight, and 77% of tech leaders say AI adoption outpaces governance, according to Protiviti and IBM surveys. AI costs are hidden in vendor renewals, usa…
Reddit has become a key data source for AI search, signing multimillion-dollar licensing deals with Google and OpenAI to train large language models on its billions of posts. COO Jen Wong stated that human-generated cont…
Proton launched Lumo 2.0, a major upgrade to its privacy-first AI assistant, adding image generation, memory, and private web search. The company aims to provide powerful AI capabilities without compromising user privacy…
Nvidia senior director Dion Harris explains how confidential computing can secure AI agents by encrypting data during computation, protecting sensitive information from unauthorized access. The technology creates hardwar…
Ford Motor Co. reduced new-car problems by 21% after hiring 350 veteran engineers to fix quality issues that arose when the company relied too heavily on artificial intelligence. The automaker ranked first among mainstre…