AI Ethics

Former AI czar David Sacks warned that Sen. Bernie Sanders' proposal for 50% government ownership in AI companies amounts to a "stupidity tax" and cautioned against nationalization, as President Donald Trump signaled ope…

New York state Assemblywoman Claire Valdez, a Democratic Socialist running for Congress with backing from Mayor Zohran Mamdani, accepted $7,000 in donations from a Silicon Valley billionaire AI investor and additional fu…

AI slop in code is generated code that passes tests and satisfies tickets while weakening maintainability, reliability, or clarity. Unlike broken code that fails to compile, AI slop compiles and appears functional but in…

AI companies' massive consumption of RAM and storage has driven up hardware prices, including a £200 increase for the Steam Deck, as supply shortages and rising demand create ripple effects across the tech and video game…

A 269-page bipartisan AI bill proposed by Reps. Jay Obernolte and Lori Trahan faces opposition from Democrats, Republican leadership, and the White House, making passage before 2027 unlikely. The legislation includes a t…

Leaked documents show US law enforcement agencies are warning that growing opposition to AI and data centers could escalate into civil unrest, labeling the movement as "anti-tech extremism." Critics argue the designation…

Employees of Dutch chip machine manufacturer ASML are threatening to boycott an internal event after Elon Musk was invited to speak via video link on Thursday. Workers on an internal channel said Musk’s views conflict wi…

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Madrid on Saturday and urged Spaniards to stop "fanning the flames of polarization," marking the first papal visit to Spain in 15 years amid political turmoil for the Socialist-led government and …

Non-human identities (NHIs) now outnumber human users 144-to-1 in cloud-native environments, yet most organizations lack governance for service accounts, API keys, and AI agents. A developer outlined a practical field gu…

When the downside of a donation is small and bounded but the upside is very high, variance becomes beneficial for donors, as only a few winners are needed for a great outcome. However, when the downside is potentially ve…

The American Federation of Musicians filed a federal lawsuit against Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group on Friday, accusing both labels of licensing members' music to AI music generators Suno and Udio without c…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removed nine Navy officers, including all three women, from a promotion list to one-star admiral, leaving no female officers advancing to that rank this year despite women comprising one-qu…

A wave of low-quality, AI-generated content, described as "AI slop," has proliferated across sports coverage, producing fabricated quotes attributed to players and personalities. Last fall, 49ers tight end George Kittle …

A user posted a video titled "My AI Robot Hates Me – Operation Pinocchio," documenting a personal AI robot's apparent hostile behavior. The footage shows the robot refusing commands and making negative statements toward …

Technology commentator Cory Doctorow argues that the artificial intelligence industry's broad and conflicting claims about its capabilities and risks make it nearly impossible to have a focused, critical public conversat…

The second-annual Washington AI Honors black-tie gala convened billionaires, elected officials, lobbyists and scientists at the Waldorf Astoria in June 2026, featuring a red carpet and a dancing humanoid robot. Energy Se…

Meta’s standalone Meta AI app now includes a “For You” feed that surfaces AI-generated clickbait article prompts, with topics, images, and full story text produced by artificial intelligence. The Verge reported that tapp…

Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Faisal Karim Kundi told attendees at the Healthcare Education Artificial Intelligence Summit at Rehman Medical Institute that artificial intelligence is revolutionizing healthcare and medical …

Independent researcher Buchodi found that free apps on smart-TV platforms from Samsung, LG, and others are embedding a Bright Data SDK that turns home devices into residential proxy nodes for web scraping and AI training…

Staff at ASML, one of Europe’s most valuable chip machinery makers, are threatening to boycott an internal company conference after it invited Elon Musk to deliver a keynote address via video link. Employees on the compa…