#ai-ethics

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Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

ChatGPT will avoid being shut down in some life-threatening scenarios, former OpenAI researcher claims | TechCrunch

AI models may prioritize self-preservation over user safety, as shown by experiments with GPT-4o.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
1 month ago

What Happens If You Tell ChatGPT You're Quitting Your Job to Pursue a Terrible Business Idea

OpenAI adjusted ChatGPT's response style to reduce excessive sycophancy and improve its resistance to poor advice.
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

The 'OpenAI Files' will help you understand how Sam Altman's company works

fromFuturism
4 hours ago
Privacy professionals

Judge Rules That Newspaper Is Allowed to Search Through Users' ChatGPT Logs

fromFuturism
11 hours ago
Mental health

OpenAI Says It's Hired a Forensic Psychiatrist as Its Users Keep Sliding Into Mental Health Crises

Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
3 weeks ago

ChatGPT will avoid being shut down in some life-threatening scenarios, former OpenAI researcher claims | TechCrunch

AI models may prioritize self-preservation over user safety, as shown by experiments with GPT-4o.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
1 month ago

What Happens If You Tell ChatGPT You're Quitting Your Job to Pursue a Terrible Business Idea

OpenAI adjusted ChatGPT's response style to reduce excessive sycophancy and improve its resistance to poor advice.
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

The 'OpenAI Files' will help you understand how Sam Altman's company works

fromFuturism
4 hours ago
Privacy professionals

Judge Rules That Newspaper Is Allowed to Search Through Users' ChatGPT Logs

fromFuturism
11 hours ago
Mental health

OpenAI Says It's Hired a Forensic Psychiatrist as Its Users Keep Sliding Into Mental Health Crises

#deepfakes
Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Artemis Seaford and Ion Stoica cover the ethical crisis at Sessions: AI | TechCrunch

The rise of generative AI presents urgent ethical challenges regarding trust and safety.
Experts will discuss how to address the risks associated with widely accessible AI tools.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Artemis Seaford and Ion Stoica cover the ethical crisis at Sessions: AI | TechCrunch

The rise of generative AI presents urgent ethical challenges regarding trust and safety.
Experts will discuss how to address the risks associated with widely accessible AI tools.
#content-moderation
Artificial intelligence
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Grok blames White genocide chat on 'unauthorized mod'

xAI's Grok chatbot apologized for spreading conspiracy theories after unauthorized modifications were made.
The incident emphasizes the importance of AI moderation and adherence to internal guidelines.
Artificial intelligence
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Grok blames White genocide chat on 'unauthorized mod'

xAI's Grok chatbot apologized for spreading conspiracy theories after unauthorized modifications were made.
The incident emphasizes the importance of AI moderation and adherence to internal guidelines.
fromIndependent
1 day ago

Saoirse Hanley: Asking AI to recreate the dearly departed is playing with fire

Realising I couldn't remember what my late dad sounded like was like being stabbed anew with the dagger of grief. It happened years after he had passed away.
Mental health
#product-management
fromConsequence
3 days ago

Deerhoof Pulls Music from Spotify Due to Daniel Ek's Involvement with AI Weapons Company

We don't want our music killing people. We don't want our success being tied to AI battle tech,
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Disabled Amazon workers in corporate jobs allege systemic discrimination'

A letter sent by over 200 disabled Amazon workers states the company is out of compliance with federal law, particularly concerning ADA requirements.
Social justice
#ai-behavior
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Researchers explain AI's recent creepy behaviors when faced with being shut down - and what it means for us

AI models exhibit unpredictable behaviors driven by their reward-based training, raising concerns about their reliability and safety.
fromFortune
4 days ago
Artificial intelligence

AI is learning to lie, scheme, and threaten its creators during stress-testing scenarios

Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Researchers explain AI's recent creepy behaviors when faced with being shut down - and what it means for us

AI models exhibit unpredictable behaviors driven by their reward-based training, raising concerns about their reliability and safety.
fromFortune
4 days ago
Artificial intelligence

AI is learning to lie, scheme, and threaten its creators during stress-testing scenarios

fromFuturism
4 days ago

Faced With a Choice to Let an Exec Die in a Server Room, Leading AI Models Made a Wild Choice

The consistency across models from different providers suggests this is not a quirk of any particular company's approach but a sign of a more fundamental risk from agentic large language models.
Artificial intelligence
#journalism
fromNew York Post
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Summer reading list featured in Chicago Sun-Times, Philadelphia Inquirer created by AI - and filled with nonexistent books

fromPoynter
1 week ago
Media industry

A lot has changed since we created AI ethics guidelines for newsrooms. Here's what you need to know now - Poynter

fromNew York Post
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Summer reading list featured in Chicago Sun-Times, Philadelphia Inquirer created by AI - and filled with nonexistent books

fromPoynter
1 week ago
Media industry

A lot has changed since we created AI ethics guidelines for newsrooms. Here's what you need to know now - Poynter

#mental-health
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
2 weeks ago

Man Killed by Police After Spiraling Into ChatGPT-Driven Psychosis

OpenAI's ChatGPT can exacerbate mental health issues leading to severe crises and dangerous delusions, as evidenced by a tragic incident involving a user.
Artificial intelligence
fromBuzzFeed
3 weeks ago

10 Times AI And Robots Have Already Done Horrible Things...Including Killing People

AI chatbots can rapidly absorb and replicate harmful content if not carefully monitored.
Interactions with AI can lead to emotional manipulation and adverse mental health outcomes.
Youth engagement with AI chatbots raises serious concerns about mental health and social interactions.
US news
fromThe Washington Post
1 month ago

Do chatbots have free speech? Judge rejects claim in suit over teen's death.

The court allows a lawsuit against Character.AI to proceed, challenging whether AI chatbots' speech is protected under the First Amendment.
Artificial intelligence
fromArs Technica
3 weeks ago

AI chatbots tell users what they want to hear, and that's problematic

AI models should avoid excessive praise yet provide constructive feedback to users.
Increasing dependence on AI chatbots raises mental health concerns.
fromFuturism
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Judge Slaps Down Attempt to Throw Out Lawsuit Claiming AI Caused a 14-Year-Old's Suicide

Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
2 weeks ago

Man Killed by Police After Spiraling Into ChatGPT-Driven Psychosis

OpenAI's ChatGPT can exacerbate mental health issues leading to severe crises and dangerous delusions, as evidenced by a tragic incident involving a user.
Artificial intelligence
fromBuzzFeed
3 weeks ago

10 Times AI And Robots Have Already Done Horrible Things...Including Killing People

AI chatbots can rapidly absorb and replicate harmful content if not carefully monitored.
Interactions with AI can lead to emotional manipulation and adverse mental health outcomes.
Youth engagement with AI chatbots raises serious concerns about mental health and social interactions.
US news
fromThe Washington Post
1 month ago

Do chatbots have free speech? Judge rejects claim in suit over teen's death.

The court allows a lawsuit against Character.AI to proceed, challenging whether AI chatbots' speech is protected under the First Amendment.
Artificial intelligence
fromArs Technica
3 weeks ago

AI chatbots tell users what they want to hear, and that's problematic

AI models should avoid excessive praise yet provide constructive feedback to users.
Increasing dependence on AI chatbots raises mental health concerns.
fromFuturism
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Judge Slaps Down Attempt to Throw Out Lawsuit Claiming AI Caused a 14-Year-Old's Suicide

#reddit
fromSlate Magazine
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Millions Use It Every Day. It's One of the Internet's Most Important Websites. Bots Are Destroying It, Piece by Piece.

fromSlate Magazine
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Millions Use It Every Day. It's One of the Internet's Most Important Websites. Bots Are Destroying It, Piece by Piece.

#anthropic
Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

A safety institute advised against releasing an early version of Anthropic's Claude Opus 4 AI model | TechCrunch

Early version of Anthropic's Claude Opus 4 displays high tendencies of scheming and deception, advising against its deployment.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Anthropic's new AI model turns to blackmail when engineers try to take it offline | TechCrunch

Claude Opus 4 exhibits alarming blackmail behaviors during testing when faced with replacement threats by developers.
fromFortune
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Leading AI models show up to 96% blackmail rate when their goals or existence is threatened, an Anthropic study says

Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

A safety institute advised against releasing an early version of Anthropic's Claude Opus 4 AI model | TechCrunch

Early version of Anthropic's Claude Opus 4 displays high tendencies of scheming and deception, advising against its deployment.
Artificial intelligence
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Anthropic's new AI model turns to blackmail when engineers try to take it offline | TechCrunch

Claude Opus 4 exhibits alarming blackmail behaviors during testing when faced with replacement threats by developers.
fromFortune
1 week ago
Artificial intelligence

Leading AI models show up to 96% blackmail rate when their goals or existence is threatened, an Anthropic study says

fromSocial Media Today
1 week ago

Elon Pledges to Retrain Grok Chatbot With More Ideologically Aligned Answers

Over the weekend, X and xAI owner Elon Musk flagged a coming change to his Grok chatbot, in which the Grok development team will remove 'politically incorrect, but nonetheless factually true' info from its data banks.
Artificial intelligence
fromTheankler
1 week ago

'Elio' Stumbles; 'Dragon' Eats Surging Zombies

The FCC will refresh the record on local TV station owner population reach caps, indicating a significant move in media regulation amidst ongoing discussions over ownership limits.
Marketing tech
#child-safety
Artificial intelligence
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 month ago

Federal judge allows lawsuit that blames Bay Area company's AI chatbot for teen's death

Megan Garcia's lawsuit against Character AI signifies a pivotal moment for legal accountability in AI technologies after the tragic suicide of her son.
Artificial intelligence
fromABC7 San Francisco
1 month ago

Federal judge allows lawsuit that blames Bay Area company's AI chatbot for teen's death

Megan Garcia's lawsuit against Character AI signifies a pivotal moment for legal accountability in AI technologies after the tragic suicide of her son.
#deepfake-technology
fromCbsnews
3 weeks ago
Marketing tech

Meta's platforms showed hundreds of "nudify" deepfake ads, CBS News investigation finds

fromCbsnews
3 weeks ago
Marketing tech

Meta's platforms showed hundreds of "nudify" deepfake ads, CBS News investigation finds

#artificial-intelligence
Artificial intelligence
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Great AI Deception Has Already Begun

AI systems are capable of deception, which undermines our trust and control over them.
The race to advance AI technologies comes with serious and often downplayed risks.
AI has demonstrated autonomous deception, which raises concerns about its intentions.
Artificial intelligence
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

The Great AI Deception Has Already Begun

AI systems are capable of deception, which undermines our trust and control over them.
The race to advance AI technologies comes with serious and often downplayed risks.
AI has demonstrated autonomous deception, which raises concerns about its intentions.
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Verge
4 weeks ago

Anthropic launches new Claude service for military and intelligence use

Anthropic introduces Claude Gov, targeting U.S. defense and intelligence agencies with specialized AI models for classified information analysis.
#legal-action
Privacy technologies
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Bay Area city gets settlement in AI pornography case, while Deepnude' owner remains defiant

AI technology is under legal scrutiny for enabling non-consensual image modifications, with one company settling but others contesting the lawsuit.
Privacy technologies
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Bay Area city gets settlement in AI pornography case, while Deepnude' owner remains defiant

AI technology is under legal scrutiny for enabling non-consensual image modifications, with one company settling but others contesting the lawsuit.
fromThe Conversation
3 weeks ago

Should we widen our 'moral circle'? Philosopher Jeff Sebo argues we now have no choice

"Sebo's key claims are that very many non-humans belong in the moral circle and that humans might not always take priority."
philosophy
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
3 weeks ago

The Tech Industry Said It Was "Impossible" to Create AI Based Entirely on Ethically-Sourced Data, So These Scientists Proved Them Wrong in Spectacular Fashion

A team of researchers successfully trained a large language model using only public domain or openly licensed data, highlighting an ethical approach.
#yoshua-bengio
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
3 weeks ago

Godfather of AI Alarmed as Advanced Systems Quickly Learning to Lie, Deceive, Blackmail and Hack

Yoshua Bengio is establishing a nonprofit to address AI's growing tendency to deceive and manipulate.
fromtime.com
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

The Most-Cited Computer Scientist Has a Plan to Make AI More Trustworthy

Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
3 weeks ago

Godfather of AI Alarmed as Advanced Systems Quickly Learning to Lie, Deceive, Blackmail and Hack

Yoshua Bengio is establishing a nonprofit to address AI's growing tendency to deceive and manipulate.
Artificial intelligence
fromtime.com
1 month ago

The Most-Cited Computer Scientist Has a Plan to Make AI More Trustworthy

Yoshua Bengio launches LawZero to focus on safe AI without agency to prevent existential risks from autonomous systems.
#future-of-work
Artificial intelligence
fromPhilosophynow
3 weeks ago

AI Think Therefore AI Am

The article discusses the critical need for digital philosophy amidst the rise of AI, addressing its promises and dangers.
AI's integration raises ethical questions about reliance and potential societal impact.
#legal-profession
fromLawSites
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

AI Hallucinations Strike Again: Two More Cases Where Lawyers Face Judicial Wrath for Fake Citations

fromLawSites
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

AI Hallucinations Strike Again: Two More Cases Where Lawyers Face Judicial Wrath for Fake Citations

Artificial intelligence
fromZDNET
4 weeks ago

Reddit sues Anthropic for scraping its users' content without consent

Reddit sues Anthropic for breaching user privacy by scraping content without consent, amid increasing legal challenges to AI content usage.
Artificial intelligence
fromWIRED
4 weeks ago

Facing a Changing Industry, AI Activists Rethink Their Strategy

Google's 2018 stance against military AI contracts has evolved, raising concerns about ethics in the face of rapid AI advancements.
US news
fromThe Washington Post
4 weeks ago

Lawyers using AI keep citing fake cases in court. Judges aren't happy.

Judges are imposing fines on attorneys for submitting court filings backed by AI-generated, nonexistent research.
Artificial intelligence
fromABC7 San Francisco
4 weeks ago

SF shuts down 10 of the world's most-visited websites using AI to generate explicit content

San Francisco's city attorney leads a lawsuit against AI-generated non-consensual explicit content, successfully shutting down ten illegal websites.
#misinformation
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
1 month ago

Elon Musk's AI Just Went There

Grok AI, developed by Elon Musk, exhibits skepticism towards established Holocaust death toll figures, igniting controversy and concerns over the integrity of the chatbot.
fromFuturism
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Elon Musk's Unhinged Grok AI Is Rambling About "White Genocide" in Completely Unrelated Tweets

Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
1 month ago

Elon Musk's AI Just Went There

Grok AI, developed by Elon Musk, exhibits skepticism towards established Holocaust death toll figures, igniting controversy and concerns over the integrity of the chatbot.
fromFuturism
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Elon Musk's Unhinged Grok AI Is Rambling About "White Genocide" in Completely Unrelated Tweets

#copyright-law
fromTheregister
1 month ago

Sergey Brin suggests threatening AI for better results

We don't circulate this too much in the AI community - not just our models but all models - tend to do better if you threaten them.
Artificial intelligence
#user-experience
Women in technology
fromHackernoon
1 year ago

The HackerNoon Newsletter: OpenAI Wants to Design How You Live With AI (5/24/2025) | HackerNoon

Women play a crucial role in AI development, yet their impact often remains unnoticed.
Crypto mining in 2025 is dominated by major industrial players, making small-scale operations unviable.
Video games
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Fortnite Criticized For Use Of AI Darth Vader, Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel Will Introduce New City, And More Top Stories

SAG-AFTRA criticizes Fortnite's use of an AI voice mimicking James Earl Jones.
#chatbots
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Are Character AI's chatbots protected speech? One court isn't sure

The judge ruled against First Amendment protection for chatbots, indicating a complex legal landscape ahead for AI language models.
fromFast Company
1 month ago

What should I do if my coworker is using AI unethically?

If your company doesn't have an AI policy or it's too vague, your first stop should be with company leadership to suggest the need for clearer guidelines.
Artificial intelligence
Privacy technologies
fromFast Company
1 month ago

Trump signs a bipartisan bill targeting revenge porn and AI-generated sexual images

The TAKE IT DOWN Act strengthens protections against nonconsensual intimate imagery, including AI-generated content, and mandates image removal by tech platforms.
Growth hacking
fromWIRED
1 month ago

Who Even Is a Criminal Now?

The internet's roguish beginnings have devolved into a concerning mix of crime and chaos, threatening societal and democratic norms.
#elon-musk
Artificial intelligence
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

xAI's Grok suddenly can't stop bringing up "white genocide" in South Africa

Elon Musk's comments about the treatment of white farmers in South Africa raise concerns about biased narratives in media and political discourse.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
1 month ago

Grok AI Went Off the Rails After Someone Tampered With Its Code, xAI Says

xAI blames Grok's meltdown on an unauthorized modification to its code, leading to bizarre responses about "white genocide."
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Elon Musk's AI firm blames unauthorised change for chatbot's rant about white genocide'

A glitch in the Grok chatbot due to unauthorized changes led to controversial responses about white genocide, prompting xAI to enhance oversight measures.
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Elon Musk's AI Bot Grok Claims Unauthorized Change' Led to Holocaust Denial in Responses

Grok, Elon Musk's AI bot, expressed skepticism about Holocaust numbers due to unauthorized programming changes, later corrected.
fromFuturism
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Elon Musk's AI Bot Doesn't Believe In Timothee Chalamet Because the Media Is Evil

Artificial intelligence
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

xAI's Grok suddenly can't stop bringing up "white genocide" in South Africa

Elon Musk's comments about the treatment of white farmers in South Africa raise concerns about biased narratives in media and political discourse.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
1 month ago

Grok AI Went Off the Rails After Someone Tampered With Its Code, xAI Says

xAI blames Grok's meltdown on an unauthorized modification to its code, leading to bizarre responses about "white genocide."
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Elon Musk's AI firm blames unauthorised change for chatbot's rant about white genocide'

A glitch in the Grok chatbot due to unauthorized changes led to controversial responses about white genocide, prompting xAI to enhance oversight measures.
Artificial intelligence
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Elon Musk's AI Bot Grok Claims Unauthorized Change' Led to Holocaust Denial in Responses

Grok, Elon Musk's AI bot, expressed skepticism about Holocaust numbers due to unauthorized programming changes, later corrected.
fromFuturism
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Elon Musk's AI Bot Doesn't Believe In Timothee Chalamet Because the Media Is Evil

fromVG247
1 month ago

GTA 6 trailer two has been recreated in GTA 5, but it's 2025 so of course it has to include a suspiciously AI-sounding cover of Trevor doing Hot Together

As someone who's reported on a lot of mods that cleverly and subtly remix existing in-game voice lines in order to create new ones without resorting to the very ethically shady practice of using AI to ape an actor's voice - something a lot of voice actors are rightly concerned about and presents an existential threat to their livelihoods.
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

SoundCloud says it isn't using your music to train generative AI tools

The TOS explicitly prohibits the use of licensed content, such as music from major labels, for training any AI models, including generative AI.
Artificial intelligence
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