AI Ethics news and analysis on Web Pulse: 17182 curated articles tracking the latest AI Ethics developments, tools, and research, updated continuously from vetted sources.
A filmmaker secured $2.5M in funding for the film 'Nexus' after creating a trailer for the XPRIZE competition, and is now sharing the playbook for others to get optimistic sci-fi films greenlit through XPRIZE.
Indian workers in Tamil Nadu are recording first-person videos of household chores using head-mounted smartphones to train AI systems for robots, earning about 250 rupees ($2.6) per hour. Data firm Objectways collects th…
Hacker group SHADOWBYT3$ allegedly stole 859 MB of data from Nintendo's employee feedback platform TINYpulse on June 13, demanding $2 million. Leaked messages show employees expressed concern about the push for Microsoft…
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond and former state Sen. Mike Mazzei are projected to advance to a runoff in the state's Republican gubernatorial primary, a race that tested President Donald Trump's endorsement p…
The Linux Foundation launched the Tokenomics Foundation on June 3, 2026, to establish open standards for measuring and governing AI token spend, addressing a crisis where enterprises like Uber and Microsoft faced runaway…
Anthropic sent security researcher Nicholas Carlini to Washington to address US government concerns about AI safety after export control directives forced the company to temporarily suspend global access to its Fable 5 a…
Dozens of large, off-grid natural gas power plants are being rapidly approved across the United States to fuel the AI industry's data center boom, often with little public scrutiny or environmental review. Residents like…
The U.S. Commerce Department used export control law to shut down Anthropic's most advanced AI models, marking the first time such controls have been enforced against a live AI system. The action, which effectively block…
A survey on social justice issues in a state senate district found that concerns about data center construction tied with concerns about aging gracefully, reflecting broader societal anxieties about AI's impact. The auth…
A researcher who previously warned about existential AI threats now advocates for broader access to cutting-edge systems, reflecting a shift in the AI safety community. The debate intensified after Anthropic's Claude Myt…
OpenAI's ChatGPT lost its majority share of the AI assistant market for the first time, dropping to 46.4% as of May 31, according to Sensor Tower data. The decline follows OpenAI's controversial Pentagon deal, a shift to…
Colorado's original AI law, SB 24-205, was judicially stayed and replaced by SB 26-189 after xAI sued and the DOJ intervened. The new law, effective January 1, 2027, eliminates annual impact assessments, risk management …
US states including Ohio, Texas, and Pennsylvania are fast-tracking approval of power plants for AI data centers, bypassing public hearings and environmental reviews to approve projects in as little as 45 days. This 'Bri…
The UK's Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has partnered with BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, to launch the AI Assurance Stakeholder Consortium, tasked with developing a voluntary professional code o…
A Calgary woman used ChatGPT to self-diagnose diabetic ketoacidosis after a seven-hour emergency room wait in 2026, but a subsequent safety evaluation found OpenAI's ChatGPT Health under-triaged 52% of genuine emergencie…
Educational technology company Chegg faced a sharp stock decline in May 2023 as generative AI tools like ChatGPT disrupted its business model, illustrating how deep expertise can become a blind spot during rapid change. …
Cory Doctorow's new book 'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI' argues that AI is largely overhyped and won't replace most jobs due to high costs and poor performance, but the reviewer questions whether such cert…
The Commerce Department imposed export controls on two of Anthropic's advanced AI models on June 13, forcing the company to globally disable its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models. The move reignited congressional debate over A…
CaML, a nonprofit focused on AI alignment, launched community polls to gauge opinions on controversial alignment questions, including whether robust alignment requires pretraining intervention and whether multipolar worl…
Elder Gerrit W. Gong of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has spoken internationally about the responsible and principled use of artificial intelligence. The Church rele…