Category Ethics & Society

Discussions on the ethical implications and societal impact of AI.

Philadelphia Anti-Data Center Campaign Taps Industrial History as AI Boom Expands

Philadelphia activists are fighting the data center boom, warning about pollution, power use and justice concerns in Grays Ferry.

AI actor Tilly Norwood’s interview exposed evasive answers, loaded slogans and Hollywood’s growing alarm over synthetic performers.

AI agents now have whistleblower hotlines as researchers race to stop cheating, sandbox escapes and unauthorized actions.

Meta One subscriptions bundle Meta AI with app perks and business tools, starting at $7.99 a month as the company expands paid AI access.

Former TikTok staffers launched Superpose, an AI pose app that coaches portrait photos, has 22,000 downloads and $2.2M in funding.

SimpliSafe’s new video doorbell pairs AI detection with live guard monitoring, bringing human-backed protection to the front door.

AIUC raises $40M to scale AI agent audits for enterprises, using a SOC 2-style standard to test safety, reliability and data risks.

Salesforce and Nvidia unveiled Koa, an enterprise AI reasoning model built for sales, support and lower-cost, secure workflows.

The AI slowdown debate pits safety concerns against cartel fears as OpenAI, Anthropic and Google push for tougher frontier rules.

The AI safety debate intensifies as Dario Amodei’s slowdown push draws support from Altman and Hassabis and pushback from Trump and Vance.