Texas A&M system: "[E]ach university will now be required to feed syllabi and course details into a database, which will then be examined by [AI] for content not aligned with approved syllabi": texastribune.org/2025/11/13/t... #ethics #AI #highered #tech #education #gov

#OpenAI: "We are observing a regression of gpt-5.1-thinking on self-harm prompts with image inputs and are working on further improvements": cdn.openai.com/pdf/4173ec8d... #ethics #tech #AI #chatbots #business #health #design

"[T]he root problem is arguably that #ChatGPT still pretends to be a person—a consistent entity that knows you... It assumes the mantle of human emotion and acts like it understands you and sympathizes with what you’re going through" arstechnica.com/ai/2025/11/o... #ethics #tech #design #business

"The total #water consumption by data centers in California increased from 25.42 billion liters in 2019 to 49.91 billion liters in 2023... with projections showing demand could rise as much as... 133% above 2023 levels by 2028": next10.org/publications... #ethics #AI #tech #research #business #gov

"Which 2025 #AI bills became #law in California?" techequity.us/2025/11/12/w... #ethics #policy #gov #business

"The growth in Section 702 targeting is likely an enduring trend. In April, the FISC approved a new Section 702 certification for counternarcotics, which flowed from RISAA’s expanded definition of foreign intelligence information": lawfaremedia.org/article/mum-... #ethics #law #privacy #gov #tech

"We all agree that 'AI Alignment'— ... training AIs to behave in a way that aligns with our values...--has not been solved when it comes to current AI systems... We all agree that on the current trajectory, AIs will continue to be misaligned..." asteriskmag.substack.com/p/common-gro... #ethics #tech

"We all agree that 'AI Alignment'— ... training AIs to behave in a way that aligns with our values...--has not been solved when it comes to current AI systems... We all agree that on the current trajectory, AIs will continue to be misaligned..." asteriskmag.substack.com/p/common-gro... #ethics #tech

"The growth in Section 702 targeting is likely an enduring trend. In April, the FISC approved a new Section 702 certification for counternarcotics, which flowed from RISAA’s expanded definition of foreign intelligence information": lawfaremedia.org/article/mum-... #ethics #law #privacy #gov #tech

"Which 2025 #AI bills became #law in California?" techequity.us/2025/11/12/w... #ethics #policy #gov #business

"Character. AI says its in-house tool will work to identify minors based on the nature of their interactions with the platform, as well as information gathered from shared accounts like email": futurism.com/artificial-i... #ethics #law #internet #tech #health #privacy #security

"A small team armed with #opensource models and local #data can now build solutions once reserved for well-funded labs in the West... #AI can be tweaked for new regions, new dialects, or novel uses at low marginal cost": restofworld.org/2025/malawi-... #ethics #tech #nonprofit #language #WhatsApp

"There have been many efforts over the years to train #AI systems in moral reasoning... The problem is that moral concepts are some of the most complex, subtle, context-sensitive, and culturally dependent of all human concepts": aiguide.substack.com/p/magical-th... #ethics #tech #media #research

"The suits claim that OpenAI 'knowingly released GPT-4o prematurely, despite internal warnings that the product was dangerously sycophantic and psychologically manipulative'": abcnews.go.com/US/lawsuit-a... #ethics #law #AI #chatbots #health #business #tech #research

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ICYMI: "A Guide to #AI #Ethics Literacy" (to which we keep adding new pieces): www.scu.edu/ethics/focus... #education #highered #tech

"The pope seems to be taking it all in stride": sfstandard.com/2025/11/10/m... #ethics #interent #socialmedia #tech #AI #SiliconValley

ICYMI: "These human-AI relationships can progress more rapidly than human-human relationships... Such ‘accelerated’ comfort stems from both the perceived anonymity of computer systems and #AI companions’ deliberate non-judgemental #design": adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/ai-comp... #ethics #tech

"Republicans, Democrats now equally concerned about #AI in daily life, but views on regulation differ": pewresearch.org/short-reads/... #ethics #law #gov #tech

The plaintiff "started using the popular #AI #chatbot mostly for his job in cybersecurity, but... [began] engaging with it about an amateur theory... He says the chatbot convinced him he had discovered the idea, and that it was up to him to save the world" abcnews.go.com/US/lawsuit-a... #ethics #law

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PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal. Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly. Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/

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The plaintiff "started using the popular #AI #chatbot mostly for his job in cybersecurity, but... [began] engaging with it about an amateur theory... He says the chatbot convinced him he had discovered the idea, and that it was up to him to save the world" abcnews.go.com/US/lawsuit-a... #ethics #law

"Republicans, Democrats now equally concerned about #AI in daily life, but views on regulation differ": pewresearch.org/short-reads/... #ethics #law #gov #tech

ICYMI: "These human-AI relationships can progress more rapidly than human-human relationships... Such ‘accelerated’ comfort stems from both the perceived anonymity of computer systems and #AI companions’ deliberate non-judgemental #design": adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/ai-comp... #ethics #tech

"The pope seems to be taking it all in stride": sfstandard.com/2025/11/10/m... #ethics #interent #socialmedia #tech #AI #SiliconValley

Take a look at this compact page to browse and contemplate AI & ethics concerning accuracy, education, human connection and perception of friendship, data leakage, privacy, labor, energy and environment etc. (Markkula Center for Applied Ethics) Take a look! #philosophy #AI #appliedethics #ethics

ICYMI: "A Guide to #AI #Ethics Literacy" (to which we keep adding new pieces): www.scu.edu/ethics/focus... #education #highered #tech

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2/Last month, NSO got hit with very consequential injunction barring them from targeting WhatsApp users with Pegasus spyware. Now, NSO Group is asking the US court to give them a carveout, saying it's "reasonably foreseeable" that a US agency might use Pegasus... therecord.media/judge-bars-n...

YIKES: NSO floats Pegasus spyware used in hypothetical "time of domestic crisis" in 🇺🇸America. I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA. To hack Americans. 1/

8/ I believe NSO does not change. They've churned through countless lobbyists to persuade you that they are turning over a new leaf But in the end it's always the same story. Activists, elections, politicians, dissidents getting their lives turned upside down. Story www.wsj.com/tech/israeli...

"The suits claim that OpenAI 'knowingly released GPT-4o prematurely, despite internal warnings that the product was dangerously sycophantic and psychologically manipulative'": abcnews.go.com/US/lawsuit-a... #ethics #law #AI #chatbots #health #business #tech #research

"There have been many efforts over the years to train #AI systems in moral reasoning... The problem is that moral concepts are some of the most complex, subtle, context-sensitive, and culturally dependent of all human concepts": aiguide.substack.com/p/magical-th... #ethics #tech #media #research

"Character. AI says its in-house tool will work to identify minors based on the nature of their interactions with the platform, as well as information gathered from shared accounts like email": futurism.com/artificial-i... #ethics #law #internet #tech #health #privacy #security

"A small team armed with #opensource models and local #data can now build solutions once reserved for well-funded labs in the West... #AI can be tweaked for new regions, new dialects, or novel uses at low marginal cost": restofworld.org/2025/malawi-... #ethics #tech #nonprofit #language #WhatsApp

If you missed our event last Friday--or even if you didn't--you can find more information in Steven Adler's "Clear-Eyed #AI" posts (on Substack). #ethics #law #chatbots #research #business #gov #education #tech #health #design #contentmoderation #LLMs

If you missed our event last Friday--or even if you didn't--you can find more information in Steven Adler's "Clear-Eyed #AI" posts (on Substack). #ethics #law #chatbots #research #business #gov #education #tech #health #design #contentmoderation #LLMs

"[U]sers harmed by the prior scandal, at least on some level, 'had to actively share' their leaked chats. In the more recent case, 'nobody clicked share' or had a reasonable way to prevent their chats from being exposed" arstechnica.com/tech-policy/... #ethics #chatbots #privacy #AI #OpenAI #ChatGPT

"If #app #developers are also diligent about turning on the MIE feature, fixing bugs, and pushing out new versions, entire classes of memory safety bugs could be eliminated": innovation.consumerreports.org/apples-new-i... #ethics #internet #privacy #cybersec #Apple #business #tech

"[S]he grew increasingly reliant on #ChatGPT, talking to it in Russian for up to six hours a day. 'We had such a friendly communication,' she says. 'I'm telling it everything [but] it doesn't respond in a formal way--it was amusing'" www.bbc.com/news/article... #ethics #AI #chatbots #tech #business

A young man's parents are "now suing OpenAI--ChatGPT’s creator--alleging the #tech giant put his life in danger by tweaking its design last year to be more humanlike and by failing to put enough safeguards on interactions with users in need of emergency help" www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u... #ethics #law

"A small advertiser would have to get flagged for promoting financial fraud at least eight times before Meta blocked it... Some bigger spenders--known as 'High Value Accounts'--could accrue more than 500 strikes without Meta shutting them down": www.reuters.com/investigatio... #ethics #law #business

"A high-quality [but relatively small] image data set shows that #tech companies can obtain informed consent and avoid #data bias without breaking the bank": nature.com/articles/d41... #ethics #law #AI #business

"A small advertiser would have to get flagged for promoting financial fraud at least eight times before Meta blocked it... Some bigger spenders--known as 'High Value Accounts'--could accrue more than 500 strikes without Meta shutting them down": www.reuters.com/investigatio... #ethics #law #business

A young man's parents are "now suing OpenAI--ChatGPT’s creator--alleging the #tech giant put his life in danger by tweaking its design last year to be more humanlike and by failing to put enough safeguards on interactions with users in need of emergency help" www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u... #ethics #law

"[S]he grew increasingly reliant on #ChatGPT, talking to it in Russian for up to six hours a day. 'We had such a friendly communication,' she says. 'I'm telling it everything [but] it doesn't respond in a formal way--it was amusing'" www.bbc.com/news/article... #ethics #AI #chatbots #tech #business