AI Ethics news and analysis on Web Pulse: 17184 curated articles tracking the latest AI Ethics developments, tools, and research, updated continuously from vetted sources.
Meta launched AI Mode on Facebook in June 2026, replacing traditional search with conversational answers synthesized from public posts, Groups, and Reels using its Llama 3 model. The feature lacks a system-wide off switc…
PolyU Business School launched a Doctor of Business Administration in Artificial Intelligence (DBAI) program to train senior executives in AI-native leadership, addressing a gap in strategic AI adoption. The program aims…
A survey by Express Employment Professionals found that job seekers and hiring managers are increasingly anxious about reliance on artificial intelligence, even as they hope for productivity gains. The findings highlight…
Apple's iOS 27 will exclude the iPhone 17 from certain AI features due to its 8GB RAM, while iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone Air with 12GB RAM will support them. This repeats the pattern from iOS 18, where the base iPhone 15 la…
A user on Hacker News reports that large language models consistently fail to understand board game rules, raising concerns about fundamental limitations in AI reasoning. Despite rulebooks being self-contained, LLMs cann…
Guillermo del Toro warned that AI and business consolidation are threatening creative freedom, stating 'We are on the verge of cinema illiteracy' during a BFI America dinner where he received the BFI Fellowship. The Osca…
Byrne Hobart's newsletter 'N > 1' discusses AI's inevitable integration with advertising, market momentum, volatility, OpenAI developments, and media ecosystems in its June 16, 2026 edition.
Philip Reed-Butler, a scholar and technologist at Iliff School of Theology, directs the AI Institute and teaches Theology and Black Posthuman Artificial Intelligence Systems. He founded the Seekr Project, a Black convers…
Code strings in the iOS 27 developer beta indicate Apple may add a break reminder for extended Siri AI conversations, reading: "You've been in this conversation for [n] hours - consider taking a break. Siri is not a pers…
Three software engineers wrote to a developer asking whether AI will replace their jobs entirely. The author argues that learning to use AI is only a temporary advantage, and that the real solution is end-state thinking—…
The U.S. Department of Justice intervened in an NAACP lawsuit against Elon Musk's xAI, arguing that shutting down unpermitted gas turbines powering its Colossus 2 data center would threaten national security because the …
Disney's Imagineering Research & Development unit is using Adobe's Firefly Foundry AI models to design and visualize elements of upcoming parks and attractions, turning sketches into 2D concept art and 3D prototypes. The…
The Department of Justice sided with xAI in a lawsuit over unpermitted gas turbines at its Memphis data centers, arguing that shutting down the turbines would harm national, economic, and energy security by disrupting AI…
Derbyshire Police launched a criminal investigation into one of its officers for allegedly using AI to fabricate evidential material across multiple cases, potentially amounting to perverting the course of justice. The o…
A writer argues against smart home technology, preferring manual controls and expressing concerns about reliability, privacy, and the potential for AI failures, citing examples like robot waiters malfunctioning and the r…
Mozilla CTO Raffi Krikorian argues that the U.S. government's shutdown of Anthropic's Fable and Mythos AI models via export controls was reckless and counterproductive, as it fails to enhance safety while demonstrating u…
Lawyers for former Lush CEO Andrew Gerrie have increased their litigation budget to £6.1m, partly because they will only allow senior lawyers—who charge the highest fees—to train an AI model for document review, excludin…
Snowflake released an updated Well-Architected Framework (WAF) designed to help organizations build and scale AI workloads with built-in governance, observability, reliability, and cost controls. The new version introduc…
Robinhood is laying off 10% of its full-time employees, about 290 people, in a restructuring move that notably avoids blaming AI, unlike many other tech companies. CEO Vlad Tenev's note to employees did not mention AI, i…
New York Times bestselling author Daniel Burrus has joined High Point University as its Artificial Intelligence Expert in Residence, where he will share expertise in AI, anticipatory leadership, and disruptive innovation…