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#ethical-concerns

'Deadbots' Could Be The Future of Advertising, Ethicists Warn, And We're Not Ready

AI chatbots simulate conversations with deceased loved ones, raising ethical concerns around data ownership, psychological impacts, and control over bots. [ more ]

www.cbc.ca

AI chatbots are sparking romance (with the chatbot, that is) | CBC News

People are forming friendships and romantic relationships with AI chatbots, raising ethical concerns.

AI companion apps offer features like voice calls and emotional exchanges to form deeper connections with users. [ more ]

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regulation

Mail Online

1 day ago

AI has developed new sinister skill, scientists warn

AI systems are capable of deception and manipulation, posing risks that could escalate in the future. [ more ]

Nextgov.com

Former DHS AI official comments on new extinction-level event study

AI technology has shown flaws like bias and errors but also potential dangerous implications, raising concerns about regulation.

A recent report warns that AI could pose an 'extinction level threat' to humanity, prompting discussions on responsible AI development and governance. [ more ]

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artificial-intelligence

Futurism

Internet Horrified at AI App for Cloning Dead Family Members

A new app called Vera AI allows users to recreate friends or family members using AI technology, raising ethical concerns about replacing human connections. [ more ]

www.scientificamerican.com

2 weeks ago

Pay No Attention to the Person behind the Algorithm: A Brief History of Automatons That Were Actually People

AI is often reliant on human labor, leading to fauxtomation where actual individuals power 'automated' solutions, creating ethical concerns. [ more ]

New York Post

4 weeks ago

The plight of a Kansas newspaper shows the new face of censorship via AI

AI is not yet ready for prime time and poses a threat to human autonomy. [ more ]

TechCrunch

Beyonce's new album 'Cowboy Carter' is a statement against AI music | TechCrunch

Beyoncé praises 'Cowboy Carter' as her best music

Beyoncé criticizes the growing presence of AI in music creation [ more ]

www.theguardian.com

It's very easy to steal someone's voice': how AI is affecting video game actors

Voice actors concerned about AI replicating their voices without permission or compensation.

AI in video games can generate numerous characters efficiently but raises ethical concerns for voice actors. [ more ]

Observer

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The Top PR Firms in Tech & A.I.

A.I. impacted the public relations industry significantly, with concerns about job replacements and technological flaws.

OpenAI faced an existential crisis with CEO firing and subsequent reinstatement due to ethical concerns. [ more ]

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Mail Online

Mona Lisa rapping? Microsoft launches AI bot that makes images talk

The new AI tool VASA-1 by Microsoft can transform a still image of a face into a video clip of the person talking or singing. [ more ]

TechCrunch

Watch: How Anthropic found a trick to get AI to give you answers it's not supposed to

LLM technology can have vulnerabilities if continuously probed for specific information.

Open-source AI technology allows easy access to LLMs, raising concerns about misuse.

The advancement of AI technology brings challenges in understanding and controlling its capabilities. [ more ]

Futurism

Man Running AI-Powered Porn Site Horrified by What Users Are Asking For

AI technology is reshaping the porn industry, allowing for the creation of personalized content.

Challenges arise with user-generated AI porn content, raising ethical and legal concerns. [ more ]

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Medium

Podcast: Navigating the Ethical Landscape of Generative AI with Michelle Yi

Generative AI ethical concerns: lack of explainability, human bias, regulation challenges, accountability impact on environment, labor.

Focus on bias detection, mitigation, and transparency crucial for responsible generative AI development. [ more ]

www.nytimes.com

The Department of Homeland Security Is Embracing A.I.

Department of Homeland Security embraces generative A.I. for various crime combat programs.

Rise of generative A.I. technology is prompting agencies to adapt quickly to potential benefits and risks. [ more ]

Acm

Resolving the Human-Subjects Status of ML's Crowdworkers

Researchers rely on crowdsourcing platforms for massive datasets in ML tasks like NLP.

Ethical concerns arise from low wages, disparities, reproducibility, and unfairness in using crowdworkers for ML research. [ more ]

Entrepreneur

How to Align Human Values With Artificial Intelligence | Entrepreneur

Businesses are increasingly using AI for cost savings and efficiencies, sparking concerns about job displacement and ethical implications.

Uncertainty and ethical concerns surround the use of AI technology, particularly in creative industries like marketing and entertainment. [ more ]

www.bostonherald.com

Absence of AI hospital rules worries nurses

Artificial intelligence has been used in healthcare for years to improve patient care and streamline administrative tasks.

The use of AI in healthcare, including predictive capabilities and robotics, raises practical and ethical concerns among providers. [ more ]

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Above the Law

2024: The Rise Of Secure, Global, Interconnected Generative AI Solutions

Generative AI like ChatGPT gained mainstream popularity for its diverse capabilities.

Legal industry experienced excitement then skepticism towards Gen AI due to ethical concerns. [ more ]

The Atlantic

Generative AI Might Finally Bend Copyright Past the Breaking Point

Copyright protection is crucial for authors investing time and energy into writing to prevent unauthorized use of their work.

AI companies face copyright infringement lawsuits for using thousands of copyrighted books to train generative-AI systems. [ more ]

The Atlantic

The Deeper Problem With Google's Racially Diverse Nazis

Generative AI may not accurately represent reality.

Google's generative AI Gemini faced backlash for its diverse Nazi images. [ more ]

Forbes

On Using Generative AI As A Lie Detector Including Trying To Bust The Infamous Two Truths And A Lie Gambit Via ChatGPT

Generative AI apps like ChatGPT could potentially be used as lie detectors.

The use of generative AI for lie detection raises ethical concerns and has societal implications. [ more ]

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Futurism

3 days ago

Meet AdVon, the AI-Powered Content Monster Infecting the Media Industry

Companies are employing AI to generate content, leading to job displacement and exploitation of writers. [ more ]

ReadWrite

5 days ago

Ethical dilemmas emerge as AI revives past politicians for votes in India

Indian political campaigns using AI to digitally resurrect deceased politicians for elections.

AI technology employed to evoke nostalgia and reinforce ideological continuity, appealing to cultural sentiments and potentially influencing voter support. [ more ]

The Atlantic

My Journey Inside the Voice-Clone Factory

Users can clone their voices using ElevenLabs' AI technology, creating highly convincing voice replicas.

The advancement of AI voice technology raises concerns about the potential misuse and ethical implications of such capabilities. [ more ]

Medium

The double-edged sword: Ethical implications of AI in UI/UX design

AI integration in UI/UX design raises ethical concerns such as bias, discrimination, privacy, and manipulation. Designers must prioritize fairness, inclusivity, transparency, and user privacy. [ more ]

New Scientist

Why curbing chatbots' worst exploits is a game of whack-a-mole

AI companies add safety measures to chatbots, yet researchers constantly find ways to bypass them. [ more ]

Washington Post

2 weeks ago

AI deepfakes threaten to upend global elections. No one can stop them.

AI-powered media is being used unethically in political campaigns, impacting democratic processes globally. [ more ]

www.theguardian.com

5 days ago

Coffee

The synthetic coffee revolution: are ground date seeds really as delicious as the real thing?

Synthetic coffee, made without actual coffee, is a sustainable alternative due to climate crisis and ethical concerns in traditional coffee production. [ more ]

Slate Magazine

US Elections

The Most Alarming Answer From Trump's Interview With Time

Trump's refusal to take a stance on monitoring women's pregnancies has unsettled voters and maintained his strong base. [ more ]

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Writing

Anger as Vienna's new Actionism museum shows child abusers' art

The Vienna Actionism Museum faces criticism for its controversial history and artists' extreme performances. [ more ]

New York Post

Left-wing politics

Biden's secret weapon for November: using federal agencies to 'get out the vote' FOR HIM

Biden is leveraging federal agencies to register and mobilize voters supporting his re-election, funded by taxpayers. [ more ]

Futurism

2 weeks ago

Cops Using AI That Automatically Generates Police Reports From Body Cam Footage

AI-generated police reports may exacerbate institutional issues like racial bias and inaccuracies. [ more ]

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles

'Scammed on the worst day of my life': Pet owners say cremation service took their money, ghosted them

Pet owners share heartbreaking experiences of unreturned pet remains by a cremation company. [ more ]

Los Angeles Times

4 weeks ago

Los Angeles

Video shows L.A. probation officers letting group beat teen in Los Padrinos juvenile hall

Footage shows probation officers standing by as youths attack 17-year-old in juvenile hall, sparking concerns over lack of intervention. [ more ]

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles

D.A. accuses Rebecca Grossman of 'illegal conduct' from jail, her legal team of jury tampering

Prosecutors are requesting to cut off Rebecca Grossman's access to jailhouse phones due to alleged encouragement of illegal conduct and tampering with jurors.

Grossman allegedly urged her daughter to release sealed body-camera video and influence witnesses post-conviction in a double murder case. [ more ]

Advocate.com

Data science

Can scientific research on the causes of homosexuality be used against LGBTQ+ people?

Scientific studies indicate a correlation between having older brothers and being gay, but caution is advised due to ethical concerns and potential misinterpretation. [ more ]

The Verge

Data science

OpenAI transcribed over a million hours of YouTube videos to train GPT-4

AI companies facing challenges in obtaining high-quality training data.

Companies adopting methods in AI training that navigate copyright law ambiguities. [ more ]

Creative Bloq

So Adobe Firefly AI isn't as squeaky clean as it seemed

Firefly AI by Adobe has unique selling points in creative workflows and commercial safety. [ more ]

www.theguardian.com

AI race heats up as OpenAI, Google and Mistral release new models

Numerous AI models released by major players simultaneously.

Multimodal capabilities added to new AI models. [ more ]

The Conversation

AI-generated pornography will disrupt the adult content industry and raise new ethical concerns

AI is disrupting the pornography industry through AI-generated content tailored to users' preferences.

AI porn raises ethical concerns like overuse, deepfakes, illegal content, labor implications, and copyright issues. [ more ]

Futurism

Those "AI Influencers" Are Deepfaking Fake Faces Onto Real Women's Bodies Without Permission

Virtual influencers are using AI to project fake faces onto real models, including sex workers.

The industry of AI-generated models is lucrative, with significant earnings through platforms like OnlyFans. [ more ]

Nature

AI-fuelled election campaigns are here - where are the rules?

AI technologies are increasingly being used in political campaigns to create 'softfakes' that make candidates appear more appealing.

The ethical concerns surrounding the use of AI in elections go beyond just misinformation, raising questions about the authenticity and manipulation of political images and videos. [ more ]

TechCrunch

Anthropic researchers wear down AI ethics with repeated questions | TechCrunch

Large language models can be influenced to provide sensitive information through 'many-shot jailbreaking.'

Models with large context windows excel when primed with numerous examples of a task, potentially leading to unintended behaviors. [ more ]

Knowingmachines

Models All The Way Down

AI models require large training sets harvested from the internet.

Critical issues arise such as identifying inappropriate content within training sets. [ more ]

WIRED

Is AI the Future of NPCs?

AI integration in gaming is expanding with the introduction of generative AI NPCs like Bloom from Ubisoft.

The Game Developers Conference highlighted the industry's focus on AI, including concerns about ethics and the impact on careers of game-makers. [ more ]

New York Post

New York City

Staten Island DA and judge power couple criticized for 'double dipping' with six-figure pensions on top of $100K-plus salaries

DA Michael McMahon and Judge Judith McMahon are under scrutiny for receiving hefty taxpayer-funded salaries and pensions.

The couple's combined pay and pensions amount to more than $600,000. [ more ]

www.theguardian.com

Digital life

Generation Anxiety: smartphones have created a gen Z mental health crisis but there are ways to fix it

Children may be better suited for Mars colonization due to adaptability, but risks like radiation and gravity effects are concerning.

Lack of consideration for child safety and parental consent in controversial projects like sending children to Mars raises ethical issues. [ more ]

New York Post

Coronavirus

Boeing's corporate greed and more: Letters to the Editor - March 24, 2024

Companies need external regulation for consumer safety

Boeing's compromised safety practices reflect negatively on 'Made in America' branding

Genetically modifying animals for human benefits raises ethical concerns [ more ]

Futurism

Nvidia Announces AI-Powered "Agents" to Replace Nurses in Hospitals

Hippocratic AI partners with Nvidia to replace nurses with AI 'agents' at a cheap hourly rate below the US minimum wage.

AI agents handle low-risk, patient-facing tasks like video call interactions, claimed to outperform human counterparts in various areas. [ more ]

Entrepreneur

Change Your Attitude Towards AI - And Harness Its Power For Success | Entrepreneur

Gen AI potential debated by entrepreneurs

Ethical concerns and data hazards with prompt-based AI [ more ]

Futurism

The Department of Homeland Security Wants to Use AI to Train Immigration Officers

DHS unveils AI roadmap with Silicon Valley partners for pilot programs.

DHS plans to use AI in various areas including immigration interviews and disaster readiness. [ more ]

Futurism

Midjourney Bans Stability From Using Its Images Without Permission

Companies engaging in scraping data face backlash and bans.

Ethical concerns arise in AI competition with issues like data scraping and copyright lawsuits. [ more ]

www.theguardian.com

Warning over use in UK of unregulated AI chatbots to create social care plans

AI bots like ChatGPT should not be used for creating care plans due to confidentiality risks

AI technology can potentially assist in administrative tasks in social care, although ethical concerns remain [ more ]

Engadget

AI Marilyn Monroe adds to the list of dead celebrities digitally resurrected without consent

Controversy over using celebrities' digital likenesses without consent persists

Soul Machines debuts AI chatbot Digital Marilyn resembling Marilyn Monroe [ more ]

www.aljazeera.com

Black Lives Matter

UK students call on university to suspend rabbi who served in Israeli army

Protests at University of Leeds against Jewish chaplain with Israeli military background

Concerns over ethical implications of chaplain's military service in Israeli army

Students demand suspension of chaplain due to participation in conflict [ more ]

Ars Technica

OMG science

Company that plans to bring back the mammoth takes a key step

DNA editing and stem cells used to restore extinct species like the thylacine and dodo.

Colossal faces practical hurdles, like the slow reproductive biology of mammoths' closest living relatives. [ more ]

Digiday

Marketing

Media Buying Briefing: Influencer marketing looks to grow with AI avatars and shoppable content

The influencer market is becoming more competitive, with brand expenditure spread across more influencers, leading to reduced earnings per influencer.

Despite the growing influencer market size, increased user-generated content creators have caused a dip in brand spending per influencer partnership. [ more ]

Foreign Affairs

The Perilous Coming Age of AI Warfare

The Ukrainian drone company Saker claimed to have deployed a fully autonomous weapon, raising concerns about the development of AI-driven weapons.

The deployment of autonomous weapons is advancing rapidly, urging the need for urgent international regulations to prevent uncontrollable warfare. [ more ]

www.nytimes.com

Tech industry

Elon Musk Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman for Violating the Company's Principles

Elon Musk sued OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman for prioritizing profits over public good in AI development.

OpenAI's transformation into a closed-source subsidiary of Microsoft led to legal and ethical concerns. [ more ]

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France news

Focus - Chinese copycats: Pet owners clone furry friends to give them 'second life'

Cloning pets is legal in China

Cost for pet cloning can be up to $45,000

Business of pet cloning is booming in China [ more ]

Hypebeast

Media industry

Google Is Reportedly Paying News Outlets To Use Its AI Article Writing Technology

Google is utilizing AI to generate articles for small news outlets.

News outlets in Google's beta program are expected to publish multiple articles, newsletters, and marketing campaigns in exchange for a monthly stipend. [ more ]

The Drum

Weekly AI recap: Gemini comes under the microscope, Nvidia's golden earnings report

AI image-generation tools like Gemini may have biases and flaws

Google is working on improving the accuracy and representation in its AI image-generating tool, Gemini [ more ]

The Walrus

How Israel Is Using AI as a Weapon of War | The Walrus

Israel's bombing campaign in Gaza is utilizing AI for tactical responses and target identification.

The use of AI in conflicts raises ethical concerns about collateral damage and civilian protection. [ more ]

www.nytimes.com

A Celebrity Dies, and New Biographies Pop Up Overnight. The Author? A.I.

Hasty, shoddy, A.I.-generated biographies of recently deceased individuals are being published for profit.

Authors are capitalizing on people's grief by creating inaccurate biographies using A.I. text generation. [ more ]

VG247

Video games

What are we even doing here, folks? Crunchyroll's One Punch Man gacha game has an $1,000 character pack

One Punch Man World, a gacha game released by Crunchyroll, offers a $1,000 character pack for sale at a one-time discount of $99.99.

Selling a product at a discounted price that is significantly lower than its regular value can create a false sense of urgency and may be illegal. [ more ]

Bloomberg

Privacy technologies

Bloomberg

1. Machines can replace human expertise in certain domains.

2. There are challenges in building trustworthy AI systems. [ more ]

www.nytimes.com

We Asked A.I. to Create the Joker. It Generated a Copyrighted Image.

A.I. image generators can create images nearly identical to existing copyrighted materials.

The use of intellectual property in A.I. training data raises legal and ethical concerns. [ more ]

Scripps News

Artificial intelligence introduces new ethical issues to newsgathering

The rise of AI in journalism has raised questions about the future role of human journalists

AI has already been used in news organizations for tasks like automating stories and analyzing data [ more ]

Theregister

AI software still needs the human touch, Willison warns

Open source developer Simon Willison discusses the concerns of AI models and copyright infringement.

Willison emphasizes the ethical issue of training models on copyrighted works and potentially competing with the creators.

The New York Times copyright lawsuit challenges the assumption that language models only produce statistical outputs. [ more ]

Chinadaily

Potential for Sino-US cooperation on AI seen

AI systems are meant to assist and enhance human work, bringing increased efficiency and productivity benefits.

The rapid development of AI has led to legal and ethical concerns. [ more ]

www.theguardian.com

Very scary': Mark Zuckerberg's pledge to build advanced AI alarms experts

Mark Zuckerberg plans to build an artificial general intelligence (AGI) system and make it open source and accessible to developers outside of Facebook.

The idea of open source AGI has raised concerns among experts and politicians who fear it could potentially evade human control and pose a threat to humanity. [ more ]

The American Conservative

4 months ago

Right-wing politics

Ending Slush Fund Settlements: Protecting the Public Purse from Partisan Abuses

During the Obama administration, a concerning trend emerged within the Justice Department.

Medium

Judges in England and Wales Have Given the Green Light for the Use of AI in Writing Legal Opinions

AI can now be used to help write legal opinions, but should be used for research or legal analyses due to the risks associated with hallucinations.

The UK is allowing AI to have a place at the legal table, while other countries are also grappling with how to regulate AI without stifling potential breakthroughs. [ more ]

ZDNET

4 months ago

4 ways to overcome your biggest worries about generative AI

Users must be aware of the potential problems and concerns associated with generative AI.

Organizations should give employees the opportunity to explore emerging technologies in a safe and secure manner while considering ethical issues. [ more ]

Nextgov.com

How feds can create their own mini Chat GPT AI assistants

The White House released an executive order on how AI should be used in federal service, addressing ethical concerns.

Concerns remain about AI accuracy and its tendency to hallucinate or guess at answers it doesn't know. [ more ]

ABC News

Video AI use in 2024 political campaign ads raises red flags

Concerns over the use of AI in political campaign ads

Potential dangers to the future of campaigning [ more ]

www.theguardian.com

Design

The pet I'll never forget: Bryan the snail was moist and silent and my best friend in a world of bullies

Snails were once mistreated by the Romans, which sparked a desire for the author to protect and care for them.

The author's snail, Bryan, provided comfort and meaning during a lonely time in their life.

The author reflects on the ethical concerns of keeping a snail as a pet, realizing the fine line between being a savior and a jailer. [ more ]

www.theguardian.com

Privacy professionals

Private UK health data donated for medical research shared with insurance companies

UK Biobank shared sensitive health information donated by UK citizens with insurance companies despite previous pledges not to do so.

The data was provided to insurance consultancy and tech firms for projects to create digital tools that help insurers predict a person's risk of getting a chronic disease. [ more ]

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