AI Ethics

REI Co-op faced backlash after an Instagram ad featured a bike with two sets of handlebars, which the company blamed on a Meta AI tool that automatically altered a vendor-provided image. REI said it was auto-enrolled in …

Garfield AI, the UK's first SRA-approved AI law firm, won a £7,000 small claims case for a freelance HR consultant at Wandsworth County Court on 14 May 2026, charging the client about £400 while the opposing side used a …

Four business leaders discussed how AI is changing creative work during a TIME100 Talks panel in Cannes, France, on Wednesday. The panelists, including executives from Nespresso, Luma AI, Philip Morris International, and…

Walmart signed its first-ever long-term contract to buy nuclear power from Constellation Energy's Illinois plant, purchasing 176 megawatts over 15 years to power its operations in the region. The deal supports Constellat…

A former Dropbox executive argues that trust in AI agents is overrated, proposing a new framework where action depends on supplied trust (credibility, evidence, alignment) exceeding demanded trust (stakes, opacity). The …

Whitney Houston's family criticized Oprah Winfrey for claiming the late singer was high when she fell off stage during a 2009 interview, asserting the fall was due to darkness and unfamiliarity with the stage, not drug u…

Superhuman, the company behind Grammarly and Superhuman Mail, has acquired AI detection startup GPTZero, which has over 19 million users and $30 million in annual recurring revenue. GPTZero will integrate its AI authenti…

Roughly $27 million was spent in a proxy contest over Assemblyman Alex Bores in New York's 12th Congressional District, with AI-linked super PACs playing a decisive role. AI-centric super PACs tied to Anthropic supported…

The Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) announced expanded membership benefits that give organizations direct influence over standards, working groups, and strategic direction of open source agentic AI. Members can now chair co…

The Trump administration is pressuring Meta to join a federal program that reviews advanced AI models before public release, citing national security concerns. Meta is the only major US AI developer not yet participating…

A proposed class action lawsuit filed in California accuses major gas station operators including BP, Walmart, and 7-Eleven of using AI-driven pricing software from Kalibrate Fuel Systems to artificially inflate fuel pri…

The University of South Carolina has expanded its deal with OpenAI to $3 million, up from an initial $1.5 million, after demand for ChatGPT Edu access exceeded expectations. The agreement includes image generation and GP…

A developer draws a historical parallel between John D. Rockefeller's transformation of the oil industry and the potential for a similar figure to emerge in AI, speculating on which industry AI might fundamentally reshap…

A PDF argues that teaching kids to code remains essential in the age of AI, emphasizing that coding fosters problem-solving, creativity, and understanding of technology. The document suggests that AI tools complement rat…

A senior software engineer warns that AI coding agents, while boosting productivity, erode developers' understanding of their own codebases by breaking the feedback loop between writing and comprehension. The hidden cost…

Democratic senators led by Elizabeth Warren urged the FTC and DOJ to investigate 'reverse acqui-hire' deals by Nvidia, Meta, and Google, which they say allow Big Tech to absorb AI startups without antitrust review. The s…

Indian factory workers are being filmed by head-mounted cameras to generate training data for robotics systems that may automate their jobs, with footage collected for as little as $1 per hour and without direct worker c…

Superhuman, the company formerly known as Grammarly, has acquired GPTZero, an AI detection startup. The deal aims to create an "authenticity layer" for the internet, combining Superhuman's writing tools with GPTZero's AI…

Amazon Web Services and Snowflake have integrated semantic views with Amazon QuickSight to unify business logic across AI and BI tools, reducing data reconciliation efforts and AI hallucinations. The solution allows natu…

A Martinez, California tech entrepreneur and former information security director, Jason Weitzman, reported fraudulent charges on his bank account linked to a third-party add-on for Anthropic's Claude AI assistant. Anthr…