AI Ethics

The US Army commissioned three more tech executives, including Cloudflare CTO Dane Knecht, into Detachment 201 as lieutenant colonels, bringing the total to seven Silicon Valley leaders advising the Pentagon on AI and mo…

An 86-year-old man in Seattle uses an AI-enabled microphone called Sensi.ai to monitor his movements and detect falls, allowing him to age in place while his son monitors from Austria. The device records private conversa…

Code strings in iOS 27 beta suggest Apple plans to add a break reminder for long Siri AI conversations, warning users that Siri is not a real person. The feature aims to address risks of parasocial attachment to AI, as A…

KU Leuven's Centre for IT & IP Law will host a conference on 10 December 2026 in Leuven to examine the risks and opportunities of the EU's Digital Omnibus proposal, which aims to simplify digital regulations across AI, d…

KU Leuven's Centre for IT & IP Law (CiTiP) will host a conference on 10 December 2026 in Leuven to examine the EU's Digital Omnibus proposal and its impact on democracy, digital sovereignty, AI fairness, and other areas.…

A startup called Probably has raised $9 million in a seed round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Accel to catch AI factual errors using a weaker model instead of a smarter one. The company's 'verifiable data agent' runs…

Madison Large Cap Fund maintained its position on Agilent Technologies (A) amid AI fears, according to a recent filing. The fund's decision reflects confidence in the company's fundamentals despite market concerns over a…

WPP has appointed Dr. Laura Weis as head of human-AI strategy and transformation to help the advertising giant integrate AI with its workforce. Weis argues that businesses must redesign work around human strengths and AI…

A developer announces a return to writing after several years, emphasizing that all content will be written without AI assistance. The developer plans to share knowledge, stories, and mistakes from projects over the past…

A developer argues that technology, particularly AI and social media, has not made life easier but has instead turned parents into comparison machines by constantly exposing them to others' achievements. The piece critiq…

A developer launched AGEWARDEN, a privacy-first voice age verification service that does not track or store user data, aiming to provide safe online age checks without surveillance. The tool was created in response to co…

Adobe's 2026 Creators' Toolkit Report, based on a survey of over 16,000 creators, found that 75% now consider creative AI integrated or essential to their work, with 87% saying it accelerated business growth. However, 57…

Freddy del Barrio, founder of Companion AI, argues that healthcare's biggest gap is human connection, not efficiency. His startup focuses on using AI to provide continuity of emotional and life context for patients, star…

Nearly 1,700 games in Steam Next Fest disclose generative AI use, representing about 20% of the 8,600 demos, according to SteamDB data reported by Eurogamer. Steam requires developers to declare AI use, with disclosures …

The US Justice Department defended Elon Musk's xAI in a pollution lawsuit, arguing that the gas turbines powering its AI data center are vital to national security. The NAACP sued xAI for operating methane gas turbines w…

A new poll by London-based consultancy Public First shows that respondents from 11 out of 15 countries believe China's AI models are leading the global tech race, including key US allies like Canada, Britain, and France.…

A student in Taiwan weighing AI risk reduction as a career goal asks whether attending a mid-tier college for a higher GPA is better than a top-tier college with grade deflation, given that U.S. graduate programs may wei…

Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO, which includes Starlink and xAI, has been approved by U.S. regulators, generating $75 billion for Musk despite widespread criticism that the valuation is inflated and the companies are unprofitabl…

OpenAI's leaked 2025 financials reveal a $38.5 billion loss as the company prepares for its IPO, causing market participants to lower the probability of the IPO occurring by December 31, 2026 from 56% to 45.5%.

Chinese film industry leaders at the Shanghai International Film Festival identified computing power, distribution, and directable generative AI as key hurdles for AI-driven filmmaking. MiniMax VP Yan Yijun emphasized co…