AI Ethics news and analysis on Web Pulse: 17150 curated articles tracking the latest AI Ethics developments, tools, and research, updated continuously from vetted sources.
Amazon pulled its AI leaderboard after employees gamed the rankings, Palantir CEO Alex Karp compared tokenmaxxing to porn addiction, and Duolingo backtracked on weighing AI use in performance reviews, as companies like M…
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's aide Kim Yong-beom hinted at tougher taxes on homeowners to prevent housing market overheating amid an AI-driven economic boom, prompting opposition calls for his dismissal. The rul…
Agent Trace, an open specification for tracing AI-generated code, was released as an RFC in January 2026. It provides a vendor-neutral format to record AI contributions alongside human authorship in version-controlled co…
A developer created 'Turing's Mirror', a browser game that challenges players to distinguish between human and AI-generated text across five rounds representing key years in AI history. Built with vanilla JavaScript, the…
India Today published an essay arguing that large language models like ChatGPT and Claude lack human intelligence and meaning-making, tracing the issue to Claude Shannon's 1948 communication model. The piece critiques AI…
The International Committee of the Red Cross opened the 'Wars Have Limits' exhibition in Seoul, marking 60 years since Korea joined the Geneva Conventions. The exhibition highlights dangers from drones, AI, and autonomou…
Mark Pesce of the University of Sydney argues that the growing intractability of AI evaluations is itself proof that artificial general intelligence (AGI) has arrived. He contends that AI evals fail for the same reasons …
DeepSeek raised $7.4 billion in its first external funding round, valuing it above $50 billion, but the deal structure gives China's National Artificial Intelligence Industry Investment Fund direct equity and voting righ…
Director Duncan Jones and producer Stuart Fennegan reveal how they made 'Rogue Trooper' as a CGI animated film at an indie budget by using a hybrid animation process, recording actors' faces and voices without motion cap…
A New York Times report reveals that AI-powered cheating tools have made it nearly impossible for educators to detect student plagiarism, as apps can now generate undetectable essays and solve assignments. The article hi…
A writer publicly advises against using AI for writing, arguing that claiming AI assistance undermines trust and devalues work. The author states they never let AI draft anything under their name and warns that professio…
Canadian lender TD told some employees it will use software to monitor their work, calling the deployment 'standard practice across the industry.' The move raises privacy and compliance concerns for the banking sector.
AI evaluations are failing as models approach general intelligence, with benchmarks saturating through contamination and Goodhart effects while the scope of evaluation expands from minutes to months. The regulatory bound…
A new blog series proposes that consciousness, free will, and related phenomena arise from the brain's predictive learning algorithm building generative models of itself, called 'intuitive self-models.' The series explor…
A debate between the author and Zack Korman on whether Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is good or bad for the world highlighted deep disagreements over AI risk and governance. The author argues Korman underestimates AI capabi…
A commentator argues that if artificial intelligence advances to the point of replacing software engineers, plumbers and all other human jobs will also be at risk, suggesting that no profession is safe from a sufficientl…
A developer shares how participating in DEV challenges taught them that the real value is not winning badges but becoming part of a supportive community. They realized that building a place where developers can discover …
A developer using Cursor AI for a racing game project was blocked after generating 750-800 lines of code when the AI refused to continue, citing the need for the developer to understand and maintain the code themselves. …
In May 2026, Hawkesbury City Council councillors dismissed reporting by the local Hawkesbury Gazette as "AI slop" to discredit accountability journalism, marking the first documented use of the term as a political weapon…
A 1977 Little Golden Books story about Cookie Monster and a cursed cookie tree is used as an allegory to explain AI safety concepts, including AGI, misuse risks, preparedness frameworks, reward misspecification, and fiel…