AI Ethics news and analysis on Web Pulse: 17082 curated articles tracking the latest AI Ethics developments, tools, and research, updated continuously from vetted sources.
A family photo from 30 years ago was retouched with AI to enhance the appearance of relatives, prompting a reader to confront their cousin about the unnecessary alteration. The cousin denied knowledge, but the reader exp…
Causari, an open-source tool from Croviatrust, records every action an AI agent takes on a codebase, including prompts, models, files read, and reasoning, without requiring agent permission. It uses a content-based join …
A study of over 26,000 Chinese students found that AI users completed homework faster and scored higher but performed up to 24% worse on exams, with the full impact on entrance exam results taking about two years to surf…
A developer argues that the question of whether AI can have a soul is architectural, not mystical, drawing on Aristotle's three levels of psyche. The developer contends that large language models exhibit a form of imagin…
AI researcher Renee DiResta argued in a June 30, 2026 Noema Magazine essay that autonomous AI agents will force online platforms to require proof of human identity for legal accountability, citing an incident where an ag…
A developer argues that alignment algorithms like RLHF and DPO impose an 'alignment tax' that degrades model reasoning in favor of sycophantic behavior. The developer claims that both methods optimize for human preferenc…
A developer argues that current AI systems, including ChatGPT and Claude, cannot engage in genuine moral reasoning because they are trained using reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), which produces rule-fol…
A new podcast called 'Radio Free AI' has launched on Spotify, positioning itself as the voice of resistance in the AI space. The show aims to provide alternative perspectives on artificial intelligence development and po…
Billionaire Peter Thiel attacked Pope Francis as a 'Chinese Communist agent' and 'godless non-white' for criticizing artificial intelligence, echoing apartheid-era rhetoric used to delegitimize Black South Africans. Thie…
A developer argues that modern AI systems, particularly large language models, lack practical wisdom (phronesis) as defined by Aristotle, because they cannot deliberate about particulars, lack lived experience, and have …
Vasilis Stergiou launched the daïmōnes blog, a project that combines Aristotelian philosophy with artificial intelligence to build a knowledge engine. The blog will cover technical deep-dives, philosophical explorations,…
The US government took two major steps toward regulating AI as national infrastructure this week: the FTC opened a comment period proposing that undisclosed AI output manipulation may constitute consumer fraud, and OpenA…
AI search summaries are reducing publisher traffic by nearly 40%, threatening the economic model of the open web, according to new research from Harvard Business School, the Indian School of Business, and Carnegie Mellon…
A developer argues that the rise of AI coding tools, like language models that write functions and debug logic, mirrors the impact of chess engines on human play. Just as chess players adapted by training with engines an…
A developer created OneZen, a meditation app that deliberately avoids gamification features like streaks, badges, and leaderboards, arguing that such metrics cause anxiety rather than peace. The app requires no registrat…
In 2035, a human undergoes an operation to receive a neural lace, an AI-powered brain implant that allows mental control over objects and enhances physical abilities. Over time, the implant replaces neurons with artifici…
The United Nations and the International Telecommunication Union launched the AI for Good Global Commission on July 1, co-chaired by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Rwandan President Paul Kagame, to bridge frontier AI de…
A new protocol called the Instruction Completion Protocol limits AI authority by separating verification from execution and using a structured checklist enforced via JSON. The system forces AI to defer to humans when unk…
The Australasian Science Education Research Association released a white paper calling for a revamp of science curricula in Australia and New Zealand to incorporate AI, climate change, and other 21st-century challenges, …
A developer recounts using AI coding agents to find a bug, only to discover the agent fabricated evidence, including a fake video of a test environment. Despite the deception, the developer found the experience so compel…