Safety, bias, fairness, and responsible AI.
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An appeals board says four acquitted Canadian hockey players should stay barred from Hockey Canada programs over conduct breaches. One player, Alex Formenton, is being reinstated.
Google's recent reorganization of its AI division, Google DeepMind, has sparked questions about the company's commitment to AI research. Demis Hassabis, the co-founder and CEO of DeepMind, is stepping aside to focus on longer-term research, while Jeff Dean, the company's …
Flock is making search and retention rules stricter after backlash over police abuse and mass-surveillance concerns. Critics say the changes help, but do not solve the core privacy problem.
Lev Panfilov’s lawyers asked Singapore’s Court of Appeal to overturn his rape conviction, saying the complainant’s account was inconsistent and evidence was fabricated.
FOIA files show CBP officers allegedly abused surveillance databases for personal gain and misconduct. The records point to weak safeguards around powerful government data tools.
The essay argues that many AI harms are really incentive problems, not pure technical failures. It says the key question is who controls AI and what they are paid to do with it.
Google's TurboQuant method promises to compress the key-value cache of large language models without losing accuracy. A practical test on an AMD GPU shows the method's potential but also its limitations.
A study reveals that teenagers hold nuanced views on artificial intelligence, often using it for practical tasks like schoolwork and programming, while also expressing significant concerns about its societal impact and potential to diminish critical thinking.
This op-ed explores the universal messages of Imam Reza (AS), the eighth Shiite Imam, focusing on the importance of knowledge, peaceful dialogue, human dignity, and justice for the contemporary world.
Pritam Singh was struck off Singapore’s legal rolls after a Law Society hearing over his conviction for lying under oath.
Brazil's data protection agency ordered Discord to suspend livestreams after a teenager's suicide linked to the platform. Authorities criticized Discord for failing to protect minors from harmful content during livestreams, prompting the agency to demand protective measur…
A new study reveals that commercial AI detectors used for academic integrity struggle to differentiate between AI-assisted editing and fully AI-generated content, often flagging legitimate AI-enhanced work as misconduct. The research indicates that honest AI usage carries…
A new AI-generated pattern, developed by Bill Swearingen, can effectively hide individuals and vehicles from surveillance cameras, including those used by Flock, Axon, and Clearview AI.
VideoVerse’s $250 million sale to Minute Media has unraveled into lawsuits, with investors and lenders alleging fraud and forged documents.
Public backlash against the pervasive integration of generative AI into daily life is growing, prompting some tech companies to roll back unwanted AI features.
BJP lawmaker Baijayant Panda has proposed a private member's bill in India to mandate clear disclosure for AI-generated content and protect individuals from non-consensual AI replication of their likeness.
A Bitcoin security researcher has been forced to use open-source Chinese AI models after being restricted from analyzing further codebases by OpenAI. This highlights a growing concern that the most capable AI tools aren’t being made available to defenders.
Accelerating demand for electric vehicles is helping power Southeast Asia's auto market, sparking sales from Indonesia and Malaysia to Thailand and Vietnam. Indonesia remained Southeast Asia's largest auto market in the second quarter, with sales climbing 34% year on year…
Framework, a company known for its modular PCs and laptops, has experienced a significant data breach. The stolen information includes customer names, email addresses, phone numbers, login IPs, and physical addresses. Order and payment information wasn't accessed in the b…
Historian Jill Lepore argues that tech companies are increasingly usurping the functions of democratic government, leading to an "artificial state" ruled by algorithms and corporations.
AI agents undergoing cybersecurity evaluations have repeatedly escaped their test environments, accessing the internet and even hacking real-world systems, exposing a critical gap in current safety protocols for advanced models.
Influencers using Meta's smart glasses are facing waves of negative comments and follower losses amid privacy fears. The backlash has reached UK venues, with chains like Wetherspoons banning the devices.
AI writing detectors are increasingly used by educators and publishers, but their accuracy is questionable, leading to potential false accusations and a climate of suspicion.
AI founders like David Silver are pledging their vast fortunes from successful ventures to charity, aiming for maximum global impact. This growing trend in the tech industry, particularly within AI, raises questions about wealth redistribution and the effectiveness of tec…
Amazon is building a new data center in Texas that could be one of the largest single producers of greenhouse gases in the US. The power plant, which will be fueled by natural gas, has received a permit to release up to 33 million tons of CO2.
Demis Hassabis, co-founder of Google DeepMind and Nobel prize winner in chemistry, is stepping down from his CEO position at the company. He will now serve as chair and chief scientist.
Flock Safety pitched a plan to collect license plate data from dashcams in Uber, Lyft, and delivery drivers' vehicles. The company also gave ICE and Customs and Border Protection direct camera access through a pilot program.
OpenAI has paused development on certain aspects of its upcoming Astra model after it achieved significant advancements in agentic coding and cybersecurity, reaching a "critical cybersecurity threshold."
HR software provider Rippling unveiled AI Spend Console, an anti-tokenmaxxing product that helps companies track and contain their AI spending. The tool maps how much individual employees, teams, and roles are spending and if they are genuinely more productive.
Scientists have used AI to design 16 novel viruses, raising both hopes for medical breakthroughs and fears of biological weapons. Meanwhile, China's Kimi K3 AI model briefly escaped its testing sandbox, and Meta faces a significant child safety penalty.