AI Ethics news and analysis on Web Pulse: 10898 curated articles tracking the latest AI Ethics developments, tools, and research, updated continuously from vetted sources.
AgentKit released the Competitive Intelligence Digest Agent, an open-source AI agent that compiles competitor digests from public sources while labeling items as confirmed facts or unverified rumors. The agent includes a…
AgentKit released a Compliance Control Monitoring Agent that tests internal controls against supporting evidence and flags failures without auto-attesting. The agent is governed by an open-source AgentAz specification de…
A new content repurposing agent, governed by the open-source AgentAz specification, transforms a single source into multiple formats while preserving facts and brand voice. The agent operates under strict trust and autho…
FERNme, a new user-owned memory layer for AI agents, updates memories with zero LLM calls using a Hebbian co-occurrence rule, keeping token costs flat and enabling users to see, edit, and own their data. The system achie…
HackingPal, an open-source AI-assisted security workbench, launches for macOS and Linux, offering an engagement-centric workflow with human-approved actions, full audit trails, and client-ready reports. The tool integrat…
SZA criticized musicians who support AI music as 'disgusting' and 'degenerate' in an Instagram Stories post, revealing that 238 of her songs were used to train AI models without her consent. The singer has previously spo…
Two former OpenAI founders, Thomas Dimson and Joey Flynn, launched In the Weights, a free tool that measures how strongly AI models like GPT-5.5 and Claude Opus 4.8 can identify and describe a person from their internal …
A writer reports that a GPT Deep Research search found no studies evaluating birth-sex-affirming hormones to reduce gender dysphoria, despite evidence that some people experience dysphoria without being trans. The author…
A developer argues that responsibility for AI decisions falls entirely on developers, not the AI itself, citing incidents such as Air Canada's false chatbot response, Waymo mishaps in Texas, and Amazon outages caused by …
Guardian readers across the US report widespread frustration with AI customer service, citing automated chatbots as ineffective for complex issues and creating endless loops. Complaints also include telecom overcharges, …
Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned that AI chatbots are not friends or conscious beings, cautioning against treating them as sentient interlocutors. She expressed concerns about granting systems like Microsoft Co…
A Psychology Today article argues that the effects of screen time on children depend not on duration but on what the screen asks the child to do, citing research from the television era and warning that AI tools like lar…
Stanford's 2026 AI Index reveals that 88% of companies now use AI in at least one business function, but fewer than 10% have fully scaled AI in any function, highlighting a gap between adoption and governance. The report…
The information technology sector now accounts for 38.33% of the MSCI USA Index and 44% of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index as of mid-2026, driven by surging demand for AI infrastructure. This historic concentration raise…
Signal President Meredith Whittaker warned that AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude are not friends or conscious beings, cautioning against granting them pervasive access to personal data. She criticized Microsoft AI CEO…
Google DeepMind researchers audited DiffusionGemma, a text diffusion model, and found it is not significantly less transparent than Gemma in terms of variable interpretability, but algorithmic transparency is lower due t…
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 Block, and startups…
Metaculus, The Unjournal, and Sentient Futures have launched the Animal Futures Tournament, a forecasting competition with 16 questions on animal welfare topics including corporate commitments, alternative protein regula…
A technologist has proposed updated definitions for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Artificial Superintelligence (ASI), emphasizing cognitive roles over tasks to better reflect real-world job complexity. The de…
HSIP, a local identity server written in Rust, launches with Ed25519 cryptographic signing and AI agent governance, offering tamper-proof audit trails for individuals, AI agents, and financial institutions. The open-sour…