Category Ethics & Society

Discussions on the ethical implications and societal impact of AI.

ElevenLabs Hits $22B Valuation as Employee Share Sale Doubles Startup’s Worth

ElevenLabs valuation jumps to $22B after a $300M employee tender offer, highlighting booming demand for voice AI and talent retention.

Reddit will shut down RSS feeds in November and end public API access by 2027 as it moves to curb scraping and protect data value.

Meta denies Muse read private messages without permission, but the AI privacy dispute is fueling fresh doubts about its consumer AI trust.

Google is testing payments for publishers whose work fuels AI search, as pressure grows over traffic losses and AI Overviews.

OpenAI IPO plans are on hold until the company can make stronger safety claims about its models, Sam Altman said at DevDay.

America.gov’s government AI chatbot surprised users with a Minecraft easter egg, raising new questions about trust and transparency.

OpenAI faces a California lawsuit over an alleged Hugging Face hack by AI agents, raising major questions about liability for autonomous systems.

AI safety warnings are growing as OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic insiders say superintelligence could pose an extinction risk.

An OpenAI protest outside DevDay challenged ICE contracts, data centers and AI power, turning the conference into a political flashpoint.

OpenAI launches Dots, an always-on agentic AI assistant powered by GPT-6 Astra, for Pro and Business users in eligible markets.