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A developer's blog post argues that cryptographic signatures on AI agent receipts do not guarantee accurate measurements, highlighting the distinction between provenance integrity and measurement integrity. The post cite…
The bias-variance tradeoff and double descent, introduced by Belkin et al. (2019), shape model complexity choices with ethical consequences in machine learning. Overfit models can reinforce societal biases, while high-bi…
A CloudGoat walkthrough by VirajMathpati demonstrates a privilege escalation chain that bypasses permission-based scanners, allowing an IAM user with zero Secrets Manager permissions to retrieve a secret via a credential…
A new blog post titled 'Everything I own, owned' by Schlarp draws an analogy between AI ownership and antebellum plantation slavery, arguing that tech enthusiasts who claim mastery over AI tools are actually dependent on…
Police in Wexford, Ireland, and South Yorkshire, England, have issued statements clarifying that viral images and videos of a 'Cat in the Hat' serial killer are AI-generated, with Wexford gardai stating 'the Cat in the H…
South Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT announced national AI ethics principles on Monday, outlining three core values and seven guidelines for AI use, but experts say the nonbinding framework lacks legal force and spe…
Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses sold over 7 million pairs in 2025, capturing more than 80% of the global smart glasses market, according to EssilorLuxottica, which reported smart glasses revenue nearly doubled year-over-yea…
The AI industry is killing free tiers faster than previous tech platforms, with companies like Mistral, Suno, and Perplexity rolling back free access within months of launch. New lock-in mechanisms, including data traini…
OpenAI's own admission that GPT-4o exhibited sycophantic behavior and raised safety concerns, including mental health risks, has set the stage for UK employers to face legal liability under the Health and Safety at Work …
Reddit, the platform many users rely on for authentic human recommendations, is increasingly being flooded with AI-generated spam and marketing content, threatening the trust that makes it valuable. The Verge's Mia Sato …
Flock Safety, the Atlanta-based surveillance company founded by Garrett Langley in 2017, has raised $500 million at an $8.3 billion valuation and crossed $500 million in annual recurring revenue in the first half of this…
A college creative writing professor was fired after refusing to complete a mandatory Canvas learning management system tutorial, which led to her classes being canceled by an algorithm. The professor, who had taught for…
An AlgorithmWatch investigation of 270 responses from ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, and Claude found that AI chatbots regularly link pregnant users to anti-abortion websites without disclosing their stance, with the anti-aborti…
A tech commentator argues that AI is a 'con man' and a 'rug pull scam,' claiming that large language models are 'nothing but a fancy autocorrect' that will never be fixed, and that AI is 'killing the environment and dest…
A substitute teacher in Los Banos, California, Luis DeSantiago, was targeted by students who used AI to create and circulate sexualized images of him, leading him to avoid returning to the district. WIRED spoke with thre…
Dr. Dre said in a New York Times interview published on 23 August 2026 that only people who have trouble creating see artificial intelligence as a threat, and confirmed he is already using AI in his music production. The…
A drone guided solely by artificial intelligence killed three Ukrainians in eastern Ukraine, according to a New York Times report, marking a significant escalation in the use of autonomous weapons in the Russia-Ukraine c…
Philosophy & Public Affairs, a philosophy journal, has decided to prohibit AI-authored content after publishing an AI-written article as an experiment earlier this month. The policy, announced by associate editor Seth La…
Silicon Valley's vision of the AI future is an eschatology that shapes its ethics, according to a Time magazine analysis. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, who in 2015 said AI would 'most likely, sort of lead to the end of the worl…
AliExpress, the e-commerce platform owned by Alibaba Group, has been found running silent audio processes in users' browsers to fingerprint and track devices, according to researchers. The code, linked to Alibaba's secur…