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I’m a Professional Fact-Checker. AI Is Wrong More Often Than You Think
Ethics & Regulation

I’m a Professional Fact-Checker. AI Is Wrong More Often Than You Think

A professional fact-checker examines AI's capability to perform fact-checking and finds that AI systems make errors...

Wired AI
To Land a Job in AI, Try Reading Kant
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To Land a Job in AI, Try Reading Kant

Leading AI labs are hiring philosophers to address ethical dilemmas and fundamental questions about AI's impact on mind...

Wired AI
US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows
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US Law Enforcement Warns of ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ as AI Hatred Grows

US law enforcement agencies are warning about a growing threat they term 'anti-tech extremism' as public concern over...

Wired AI
The pope’s AI encyclical isn’t really about AI
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The pope’s AI encyclical isn’t really about AI

Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical uses AI as a lens to address broader concerns about concentrated power, eroding...

TechCrunch AI
Pope Leo calls for being ‘profoundly human’ in the age of AI
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Pope Leo calls for being ‘profoundly human’ in the age of AI

Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical 'Magnifica Humanitas' warning of the risks posed by artificial intelligence...

The Verge AI
At the launch of Pope Leo XIV's encyclical, Anthropic co-founder says AI models show signs of introspection
Ethics & RegulationAnthropic

At the launch of Pope Leo XIV's encyclical, Anthropic co-founder says AI models show signs of introspection

Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah claimed at Pope Leo XIV's encyclical launch that AI models display introspection...

The Decoder
The AI Era Is Creating a Bug Hunting Arms Race
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The AI Era Is Creating a Bug Hunting Arms Race

The article discusses how attackers are increasingly using AI to develop exploits and discover software...

Wired AI
Everyone is navigating AI security in real time — even Google
Ethics & RegulationGoogle

Everyone is navigating AI security in real time — even Google

The article discusses how the AI industry, including major players like Google, is currently navigating security...

TechCrunch AI
Hackers are learning to exploit chatbot ‘personalities’
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Hackers are learning to exploit chatbot ‘personalities’

Hackers have developed methods to exploit chatbot personalities and bypass safety instructions through jailbreak...

The Verge AI
Why you shouldn't leave model selection on default in Copilot, Gemini and other AI tools
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Why you shouldn't leave model selection on default in Copilot, Gemini and other AI tools

The article examines how default model selections in AI tools like Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini can produce...

The Decoder
Anthropic may keep supplying Claude to the NSA despite being flagged as a supply chain risk by the Pentagon
Ethics & RegulationAnthropic

Anthropic may keep supplying Claude to the NSA despite being flagged as a supply chain risk by the Pentagon

Anthropic is expected to continue supplying Claude AI models to the NSA despite being labeled a supply chain risk by...

The Decoder
One of the world's top law schools draws a hard line against AI in legal education
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One of the world's top law schools draws a hard line against AI in legal education

UC Berkeley Law School will ban AI use from nearly all graded coursework beginning in summer 2026, allowing only...

The Decoder
Google CEO Pichai now calls links a "part" of search, redefining the web's role in its own product
Ethics & RegulationGoogle

Google CEO Pichai now calls links a "part" of search, redefining the web's role in its own product

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is reframing links and sources as merely a "part" of search rather than its foundation,...

The Decoder
Anthropic warns Claude Mythos Preview finds bugs faster than developers can patch them
Ethics & RegulationAnthropic

Anthropic warns Claude Mythos Preview finds bugs faster than developers can patch them

Anthropic's Claude Mythos Preview has identified over 10,000 critical vulnerabilities in system-critical software...

The Decoder
AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots
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AI is being used to resurrect the voices of dead pilots

AI technology was used to reconstruct audio from spectrogram images of cockpit recordings, raising safety and privacy...

TechCrunch AI
Even If You Hate AI, You Will Use Google AI Search
Ethics & RegulationGoogle

Even If You Hate AI, You Will Use Google AI Search

Google's AI-powered search results are becoming so convenient that users will inevitably adopt them despite concerns...

Wired AI
The literary world isn’t prepared for AI
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The literary world isn’t prepared for AI

A story selected for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in Granta magazine appears to have been written by AI, raising...

The Verge AI
California governor signs first US executive order to protect workers from AI job loss
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California governor signs first US executive order to protect workers from AI job loss

California's governor signed the first executive order by a US governor to protect workers from job loss caused by AI....

The Decoder
Trump pulls AI safety order after last-minute calls from Musk, Zuckerberg, and Sacks
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Trump pulls AI safety order after last-minute calls from Musk, Zuckerberg, and Sacks

Trump canceled an executive order on AI safety following last-minute calls from Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and David...

The Decoder