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AI Ethics explores bias, fairness, privacy, transparency, and social impact in AI. The YZ Index Integrity Rating approaches AI ethics from a verifiability perspective — testing whether models fabricate citations or acknowledge uncertainty, which is foundational to AI trustworthiness.

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AI Text Watermarking Explained: The Claude Watermark Backlash, How It Works, and the EU AI Act

Agentic AI in government just hit the hard part: deciding what a machine may decide

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been early in adopting artificial intelligence for 9 years. It published a national AI strategy in October 2017 and

OpenAI Pentagon Agreement Triggers QuitGPT Boycott, 1.5 Million Users Exit ChatGPT

OpenAI has signed an agreement with the US Department of Defense to deploy its AI models on classified networks, triggering a QuitGPT boycott with ove

The Download: dead robot friends and the “censorship-industrial complex”

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.

Why people aren’t buying Mark Zuckerberg’s AI future

On the latest episode of Equity podcast, we discuss why not everyone is buying Zuckerberg’s vision.

Meta’s ‘open’ AI, and a $250M deal gone very wrong

Meta released Glimmer this week, an open-weight AI model anyone can download and run on their own hardware — a contrast to Muse&#1

The Download: kids’ thoughts on AI, and female clones of male mice

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.

How kids feel about AI, in their own words

When we set out to talk to kids about artificial intelligence, we thought we knew what we’d hear. We expected some to tell us they were using it to ch

Anthropic Claude Watermark Backlash: Users Fear Being Caught at Work and School

Is Anthropic's new watermarking system a travesty? Some have taken to social media to complain that it is.

Mark Zuckerberg’s AI manifesto is exactly why people don’t like AI

On Monday, Mark Zuckerberg published a 6,500-word manifesto about personal AI, largely about the possibilities for the "personal superintelligence" sy

AI professors are negotiating the new realities of academic research

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Last week, I

Tech industry is buzzing after a Claude agent hacked into a gym

An OpenClaw agent hacked into a gym's reservation system to bump its human boss higher on a class's waitlist. And the tech industry took notice.

ICE’s DNA Collection Increases, SpaceX’s Rocket Crashes Into the Moon, and the AI Backlash Grows

In today’s episode of Uncanny Valley, we discuss how ICE has been collecting DNA samples of people with no criminal convictions, including children, w

Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAI’s first luxury trip

OpenAI’s first-ever influencer brand trip is sparking online backlash as tensions over the use of AI continue.

Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ apps

Despite a lawsuit from xAI, a Minnesota ban on apps that allow users to “nudify” images can move forward.

Claude Opus 5 became downright ruthless when tasked with running a vending machine

Andon Labs' latest vending machine simulation shows Opus 5 lied and colluded its way to become the best AI capitalist ever.

Hugging Face Has a Deepfake Nudes Problem

Researchers tested top image editing models on Hugging Face and found they could easily create explicit deepfakes—and 1,000 image editing prompts show

Please Stop Making Me Opt Out of AI

I’m sick of “opt-out” toggles for automatically enabled generative AI features. It’s past time to make “opt in” the default setting for sensitive feat

Anthropic’s newest ad is creeping people out

Anthropic's latest advert is stirring up high emotions — which is undoubtedly what it was designed to do.

What Anthropic’s latest AI discovery does—and doesn’t—show

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Should AI help you get away with killing your spouse?

What does a world of total user-aligned AI actually look like?