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ICYMI: "When Itâs About Power/Justice/Human Rights, It IS about [#tech and other]
#Ethics
":
scu.edu/ethics/focus...
#internet
#law
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When Itâs About Power/Justice/Human Rights, It IS about Ethics
There is nothing about applied ethics that inherently leaves out social-political matters.
https://scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/internet-ethics/resources/when-its-about-powerjusticehuman-rights-it-is-about-ethics/
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about 9 hours ago
Google rolls out Gmail end-to-end encryption on mobile devices
www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/...
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Google rolls out Gmail end-to-end encryption on mobile devices
Google says Gmail end-to-end encryption (E2EE) is now available on all Android and iOS devices, allowing enterprise users to read and compose emails without additional tools.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-rolls-out-gmail-end-to-end-encryption-on-mobile-devices/
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Zack Whittaker
about 19 hours ago
New: France said it plans to move its government computers currently running Windows to the open-source software Linux to further reduce its reliance on U.S. tech. Comes at a time of growing instability and unpredictability on the part of the Trump administration and weaponization of sanctions, etc.
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France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech | TechCrunch
France's move to ditch Windows for Linux is its latest effort to reduce its reliance on American tech giants.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/10/france-to-ditch-windows-for-linux-to-reduce-reliance-on-us-tech/
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On the impact of
#AI
tools on collective decisions: "When practitioners grapple with how uncertainties should be expressed, they are also deciding what counts as professional judgements and which values should guide their work":
nature.com/articles/d41...
#ethics
#design
#tech
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The hidden costs of âhelpfulâ AI
Even when artificial-intelligence tools aid individualsâ decision-making, they can quietly de-skill whole professions by narrowing how uncertainties and values are debated.
https://nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00966-2
8 days ago
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"The
#government
has admitted that the FBI failed to follow statutory requirements for an entire category of U.S. person queries.... [T]he total number of backdoor searches in 2024 and 2025--as well as the overall compliance rate--remains unknown":
justsecurity.org/135283/truth...
#law
#privacy
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The Truth Behind Section 702 Query Statistics
Authors write that Congress must now impose a warrant requirement for Section 702 access to Americans' communications.
https://justsecurity.org/135283/truth-behind-section-702-query-statistics/
about 9 hours ago
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"We have centuries of accumulated pedagogical wisdom telling us that the attempt, including the failed attempt, is where the learning lives. And yet, somehow, when it comes to
#AI
agents, we've collectively decided that maybe this time it's different":
ergosphere.blog/posts/the-ma...
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The machines are fine. I'm worried about us.
On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable.
https://ergosphere.blog/posts/the-machines-are-fine/
about 9 hours ago
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"Dad stuck in support nightmare after
#teen
lied about age on Discord":
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
#ethics
#law
#internet
#tech
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/dad-stuck-in-support-nightmare-after-teen-lied-about-age-on-discord/
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ICYMI: on
#AI
#ethics
literacy:
www.scu.edu/ethics/focus...
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A Guide to AI Ethics Literacy
A growing list of AI ethics issues and links to relevant materials from the Ethics Center.
https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/internet-ethics/resources/guide-to-ai-ethics-literacy/
7 days ago
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Eric Rescorla
13 days ago
This week on the newsletter: "How not to mandate device-based age assurance"
educatedguesswork.org/posts/device...
In this post, we examine a number of enacted or proposed requirements for device-based age assurance and some of the ways they can go wrong.
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How not to mandate device-based age assurance
Software design by legal mandate
https://educatedguesswork.org/posts/device-based-age-assurance/
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Matthew Green
11 days ago
As one datapoint: note the fact that OpenAI is still getting hit with major vulnerability findings as of⊠today.
www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/chatgpt...
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ChatGPT Security Issue Enabled Data Theft via Single Prompt
OpenAI has patched vulnerability, which Check Point said was because of a DNS loophole
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/chatgpt-security-issue-steal-data/
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The notice to Congress said the system "contained 'returns from legal process, such as pen register and trap and trace
#surveillance
returns, and personally identifiable information pertaining to subjects of FBI investigations.'"
www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
#ethics
#law
#internet
#cybersec
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FBI declares suspected Chinese hack of US surveillance system a âmajor cyber incidentâ
The designation suggests the hackers successfully compromised swathes of sensitive data stored directly on FBI systems.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/01/fbi-hack-surveillance-system-major-incident-00854237#ethics
8 days ago
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ICYMI: A new post in our blog "Internet
#Ethics
: Views from
#SiliconValley"--this
one authored by our colleague Eric Goldman:
scu.edu/ethics/inter...
#law
#education
#highered
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I Was the Son of a Librarian
Standing up for freedom of information when efforts to censor the internet parallel efforts to censor libraries.
https://scu.edu/ethics/internet-ethics-blog/i-was-the-son-of-a-librarian/
8 days ago
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"AI in
#Schools"--a
prescient blog post from 2019:
scu.edu/ethics/inter...
#ethics
#AI
#tech
#data
#education
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AI in Schools
We should both celebrate and be cautious about the power of AI to inform classroom management.
https://scu.edu/ethics/internet-ethics-blog/ai-in-schools/
8 days ago
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2/3 of respondents said "the
#government
isnât doing enough to regulate
#AI
. The sentiment comes as states push to maintain their authority over AI rules, even as federal officials... and industry leaders advocate for limiting state-level regulation":
techcrunch.com/2026/03/30/a...
#ethics
#law
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As more Americans adopt AI tools, fewer say they can trust the results | TechCrunch
AI adoption is rising in the U.S., but trust remains low, with most Americans concerned about transparency, regulation, and the technologyâs broader societal impact, according to a new Quinnipiac poll...
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/30/ai-trust-adoption-poll-more-americans-adopt-tools-fewer-say-they-can-trust-the-results/
8 days ago
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"We are seeing that boys often arrive in this community through gore forums, girls through eating-disorder communities":
nytimes.com/2026/03/17/o...
#ethics
#internet
#tech
#socialmedia
#contentmoderation
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Opinion | We Study Mass Shooters. Something Terrifying Is Happening Online.
https://nytimes.com/2026/03/17/opinion/mass-shooters-online-radicalization.html
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One research team "found that beginning a question with 'You are an independent thinker' instead of 'You are a helpful assistant' helped"; another researcher "found that writing a question from a third-person point of view reduced social sycophancy'"
spectrum.ieee.org/ai-sycophancy
#ethics
#tech
#AI
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Why AI Chatbots Agree With You Even When Youâre Wrong
Language models often abandon correct answers to please users. Scientists are studying whyâand are teaching AI to push back.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-sycophancy
8 days ago
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WIRED
8 days ago
Major AI labs are investigating a security incident that impacted Mercor, a leading data vendor. The incident could have exposed key data about how they train AI models.
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Meta Pauses Work With Mercor After Data Breach Puts AI Industry Secrets at Risk
Major AI labs are investigating a security incident that impacted Mercor, a leading data vendor. The incident could have exposed key data about how they train AI models.
https://wrd.cm/4cpVzKc
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#ethics
#law
#gov
#access
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One research team "found that beginning a question with 'You are an independent thinker' instead of 'You are a helpful assistant' helped"; another researcher "found that writing a question from a third-person point of view reduced social sycophancy'"
spectrum.ieee.org/ai-sycophancy
#ethics
#tech
#AI
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Why AI Chatbots Agree With You Even When Youâre Wrong
Language models often abandon correct answers to please users. Scientists are studying whyâand are teaching AI to push back.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-sycophancy
8 days ago
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"We are seeing that boys often arrive in this community through gore forums, girls through eating-disorder communities":
nytimes.com/2026/03/17/o...
#ethics
#internet
#tech
#socialmedia
#contentmoderation
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Opinion | We Study Mass Shooters. Something Terrifying Is Happening Online.
https://nytimes.com/2026/03/17/opinion/mass-shooters-online-radicalization.html
8 days ago
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2/3 of respondents said "the
#government
isnât doing enough to regulate
#AI
. The sentiment comes as states push to maintain their authority over AI rules, even as federal officials... and industry leaders advocate for limiting state-level regulation":
techcrunch.com/2026/03/30/a...
#ethics
#law
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As more Americans adopt AI tools, fewer say they can trust the results | TechCrunch
AI adoption is rising in the U.S., but trust remains low, with most Americans concerned about transparency, regulation, and the technologyâs broader societal impact, according to a new Quinnipiac poll...
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/30/ai-trust-adoption-poll-more-americans-adopt-tools-fewer-say-they-can-trust-the-results/
8 days ago
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On the impact of
#AI
tools on collective decisions: "When practitioners grapple with how uncertainties should be expressed, they are also deciding what counts as professional judgements and which values should guide their work":
nature.com/articles/d41...
#ethics
#design
#tech
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The hidden costs of âhelpfulâ AI
Even when artificial-intelligence tools aid individualsâ decision-making, they can quietly de-skill whole professions by narrowing how uncertainties and values are debated.
https://nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00966-2
8 days ago
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"AI in
#Schools"--a
prescient blog post from 2019:
scu.edu/ethics/inter...
#ethics
#AI
#tech
#data
#education
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AI in Schools
We should both celebrate and be cautious about the power of AI to inform classroom management.
https://scu.edu/ethics/internet-ethics-blog/ai-in-schools/
8 days ago
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ICYMI: A new post in our blog "Internet
#Ethics
: Views from
#SiliconValley"--this
one authored by our colleague Eric Goldman:
scu.edu/ethics/inter...
#law
#education
#highered
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I Was the Son of a Librarian
Standing up for freedom of information when efforts to censor the internet parallel efforts to censor libraries.
https://scu.edu/ethics/internet-ethics-blog/i-was-the-son-of-a-librarian/
8 days ago
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The notice to Congress said the system "contained 'returns from legal process, such as pen register and trap and trace
#surveillance
returns, and personally identifiable information pertaining to subjects of FBI investigations.'"
www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
#ethics
#law
#internet
#cybersec
#gov
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FBI declares suspected Chinese hack of US surveillance system a âmajor cyber incidentâ
The designation suggests the hackers successfully compromised swathes of sensitive data stored directly on FBI systems.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/01/fbi-hack-surveillance-system-major-incident-00854237#ethics
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From 2025 IEA report: "By the end of the decade, the [U.S.] is set to consume more electricity for data centres than for the production of aluminium, steel, cement, chemicals and all other energy-intensive goods combined":
iea.org/reports/ener...
#ethics
#AI
#tech
#sustainability
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Executive summary â Energy and AI â Analysis - IEA
Energy and AI - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
https://iea.org/reports/energy-and-ai/executive-summary
26 days ago
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The Register
about 1 month ago
'Hundreds' of Iranian hacking attempts have hit surveillance cameras since the missile strikes
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'Hundreds' of Iranian hacking attempts have hit surveillance cameras since the missile strikes
Attack infrastructure attributed to 'several Iran-nexus threat actors' Multiple Iranian hacking crews have been targeting internet-connected surveillance cameras across Israel and other Middle Eastern countries since the war started on February 28, according to Check Point security researchers. âŠ
http://dlvr.it/TRJCLF
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Matthew Green
29 days ago
The EU seems to be going in the right direction when it comes to mass message scanning. Unfortunately, the fact that this vote was necessary proves that weâre still in the dark timeline.
cyberinsider.com/eu-votes-to-...
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EU votes to restrict mass scanning of peopleâs private messages
The European Parliament has voted to curb untargeted mass scanning of private communications in the EU, in a key 'Chat Control' development.
https://cyberinsider.com/eu-votes-to-restrict-mass-scanning-of-peoples-private-messages/
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Matthew Green
28 days ago
A big tell is the statement by Meta in this article: âvery few people were opting in.â Meta knows opt-in encryption doesnât get adoption, which is why their original strategy was to make encryption on by *default* in WhatsApp, Messenger and their other products.
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Meta appears to be reversing its strong stance on encryption. The first obvious casualty is that theyâre abandoning and disabling end-to-end encryption in Instagram DMs.
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26 days ago
We are absolutely rewriting grants, because using the word âcensorshipâ (as in âcensorship-resistant networking that allows people in Iran to bypass filters and access the Internet) gets your grants cancelled by the idiots at DOGE.
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"The National Republican Senatorial Committeeâs deepfake of James Talarico, the Democratic nominee in the US Senate race in Texas, is only the latest in a series of AI-generated creations from the... GOP campaign organization in the past year"
cnn.com/2026/03/13/p...
#ethics
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Republicans release AI deepfake of James Talarico as phony videos proliferate in midterm races | CNN Politics
Senate Republicans released an online ad this week in which a real-looking but fake version of a Democratic candidate, fabricated with artificial intelligence, appears to speak directly into the camer...
https://cnn.com/2026/03/13/politics/james-talarico-ai-deepfake-republicans-midterms
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From 2025 IEA report: "By the end of the decade, the [U.S.] is set to consume more electricity for data centres than for the production of aluminium, steel, cement, chemicals and all other energy-intensive goods combined":
iea.org/reports/ener...
#ethics
#AI
#tech
#sustainability
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Executive summary â Energy and AI â Analysis - IEA
Energy and AI - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
https://iea.org/reports/energy-and-ai/executive-summary
26 days ago
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Many
#AI
systems use
#LLMs
but also "hand-written-rules, deterministic... programs, various algorithms, and non-language models. This means that 'AI', broadly, is not equivalent to a large language model; it is not 'just a stochastic parrot'"
medium.com/@margarmitch...
#ethics
#tech
#language
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No, âAIâ is not a Stochastic Parrot đŠ
Iâve recently come across a new flavor of AI denialism making the rounds.
https://medium.com/@margarmitchell/no-ai-is-not-a-stochastic-parrot-a99e57766bed
about 1 month ago
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"Gracenote's entire Programs Database, which includes its metadata and the proprietary relational map its editors use..., is registered with the U.S.
#Copyright
Office. ... [T]he company is suing OpenAI for statutory damages, in addition to actual damages":
www.axios.com/2026/03/10/n...
#ethics
#law
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Scoop: Nielsen's Gracenote sues OpenAI for copyright infringement
This lawsuit could set a new precedent for how data providers, in the media industry and outside of it, protect their intellectual property.
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/10/nielsen-gracenote-lawsuit-openai-copyright-infringement
about 1 month ago
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"The City of Fresno is facing scrutiny in court after a judge found serious problems in a legal filing submitted in an eminent domain case, including citations to cases that do not exist":
kmph.com/news/local/j...
#ethics
#law
#gov
#business
#tech
#AI
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Judge says Fresno filing cited nonexistent cases in bid to seize A&T Ceramic Tile site
The City of Fresno is facing scrutiny in court after a judge found serious problems in a legal filing submitted in an eminent domain case — including citations
https://kmph.com/news/local/judge-says-fresno-filing-cited-nonexistent-cases-in-bid-to-seize-at-ceramic-tile-site
about 1 month ago
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"The biggest issues elected officials have focused on so far are not
#jobs
but electricity bill hikes tied to the rapid expansion of
#AI
data centers, child safety and the use of AI in the
#military
":
nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
#ethics
#law
#tech
#gov
#business
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Politicians are starting to pay a lot more attention to the plight of white-collar workers
Rapid advancements in AI have industry and political leaders warning of massive job displacement for white-collar workers. It could reshape U.S. politics.
https://nbcnews.com/politics/elections/politicians-attention-white-collar-workers-rcna259447
about 1 month ago
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"No court has yet applied products doctrine to a generative
#AI
system in this context.... It requires only the application of existing products liability doctrine to a developer who knew, or should have known, the foreseeable use case"
law.stanford.edu/2026/03/07/d...
#ethics
#law
#tech
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Designed to Cross: Why Nippon Life v. OpenAI Is a Product Liability Case | Stanford Law School
Graciela Dela Torre settled a long-term disability claim with prejudice in January 2024. Feeling she had been misled by her attorney, she uploaded his
https://law.stanford.edu/2026/03/07/designed-to-cross-why-nippon-life-v-openai-is-a-product-liability-case/
about 1 month ago
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C. E. Aubin
about 1 month ago
Calling Cormac McCarthyâs authorial style a âmistakeâ that AI no longer makes is so funny
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updog sinclair
about 1 month ago
BREAKING: Grammarly is pulling down its explosively controversial feature that impersonates writers without their consent
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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Grammarly Pulls Down Explosively Controversial Feature That Impersonates Writers Without Their Permission
Shishir Mehrotra, CEO of Grammarly's owner Superhuman, has announced that the company is "disabling" a feature that impersonated journalists.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/grammarly-pulls-down-expert-review-feature
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If you read the bill, it attaches liability to the chatbot answer ONLY IF the same answer would attach liability to the person making the same statement. Complicated new issue but seems AI companies want Section 230 type immunity. I donât think thatâs where the public (and juries) are, at all.
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Eric Columbus
about 1 month ago
Whistleblower complaint says the DOGE engineer "told another colleague, who refused to help him upload the data because of legal concerns, that he expected to receive a presidential pardon if his actions were deemed to be illegal."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job
The Social Security inspector generalâs office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familia...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/10/social-security-data-breach-doge/
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"No court has yet applied products doctrine to a generative
#AI
system in this context.... It requires only the application of existing products liability doctrine to a developer who knew, or should have known, the foreseeable use case"
law.stanford.edu/2026/03/07/d...
#ethics
#law
#tech
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Designed to Cross: Why Nippon Life v. OpenAI Is a Product Liability Case | Stanford Law School
Graciela Dela Torre settled a long-term disability claim with prejudice in January 2024. Feeling she had been misled by her attorney, she uploaded his
https://law.stanford.edu/2026/03/07/designed-to-cross-why-nippon-life-v-openai-is-a-product-liability-case/
about 1 month ago
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"The biggest issues elected officials have focused on so far are not
#jobs
but electricity bill hikes tied to the rapid expansion of
#AI
data centers, child safety and the use of AI in the
#military
":
nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
#ethics
#law
#tech
#gov
#business
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Politicians are starting to pay a lot more attention to the plight of white-collar workers
Rapid advancements in AI have industry and political leaders warning of massive job displacement for white-collar workers. It could reshape U.S. politics.
https://nbcnews.com/politics/elections/politicians-attention-white-collar-workers-rcna259447
about 1 month ago
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"The City of Fresno is facing scrutiny in court after a judge found serious problems in a legal filing submitted in an eminent domain case, including citations to cases that do not exist":
kmph.com/news/local/j...
#ethics
#law
#gov
#business
#tech
#AI
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Judge says Fresno filing cited nonexistent cases in bid to seize A&T Ceramic Tile site
The City of Fresno is facing scrutiny in court after a judge found serious problems in a legal filing submitted in an eminent domain case — including citations
https://kmph.com/news/local/judge-says-fresno-filing-cited-nonexistent-cases-in-bid-to-seize-at-ceramic-tile-site
about 1 month ago
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"Gracenote's entire Programs Database, which includes its metadata and the proprietary relational map its editors use..., is registered with the U.S.
#Copyright
Office. ... [T]he company is suing OpenAI for statutory damages, in addition to actual damages":
www.axios.com/2026/03/10/n...
#ethics
#law
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Scoop: Nielsen's Gracenote sues OpenAI for copyright infringement
This lawsuit could set a new precedent for how data providers, in the media industry and outside of it, protect their intellectual property.
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/10/nielsen-gracenote-lawsuit-openai-copyright-infringement
about 1 month ago
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Many
#AI
systems use
#LLMs
but also "hand-written-rules, deterministic... programs, various algorithms, and non-language models. This means that 'AI', broadly, is not equivalent to a large language model; it is not 'just a stochastic parrot'"
medium.com/@margarmitch...
#ethics
#tech
#language
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No, âAIâ is not a Stochastic Parrot đŠ
Iâve recently come across a new flavor of AI denialism making the rounds.
https://medium.com/@margarmitchell/no-ai-is-not-a-stochastic-parrot-a99e57766bed
about 1 month ago
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"To date, the Berkeley
#Cybersecurity
Clinic has trained more than 300 students across nearly two dozen academic disciplines and served over 50
#nonprofit
and social-sector organizations on four continents.":
ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2026/uc...
#ethics
#highered
#education
#internet
#tech
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UC Berkeley Cybersecurity Clinic Trains Students to Help Organizations Defend Themselves Online
The UC Berkeley Cybersecurity Clinic, a practicum-style course at the UC Berkeley School of Information, with joint support from the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC), trains students to provi...
https://ischool.berkeley.edu/news/2026/uc-berkeley-cybersecurity-clinic-trains-students-help-organizations-defend-themselves
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"The interesting part is not the payload. It is how the attacker got the npm token in the first place: by injecting a prompt into a
#GitHub
issue title, which an
#AI
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#bot
read, interpreted as an instruction, and executed":
grith.ai/blog/clineje...
#ethics
#internet
#tech
#privacy
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A GitHub Issue Title Compromised 4,000 Developer Machines
A prompt injection in a GitHub issue triggered a chain reaction that ended with 4,000 developers getting OpenClaw installed without consent. The attack composes well-understood vulnerabilities into so...
https://grith.ai/blog/clinejection-when-your-ai-tool-installs-another
about 1 month ago
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"The interesting part is not the payload. It is how the attacker got the npm token in the first place: by injecting a prompt into a
#GitHub
issue title, which an
#AI
triage
#bot
read, interpreted as an instruction, and executed":
grith.ai/blog/clineje...
#ethics
#internet
#tech
#privacy
#cybersec
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A GitHub Issue Title Compromised 4,000 Developer Machines
A prompt injection in a GitHub issue triggered a chain reaction that ended with 4,000 developers getting OpenClaw installed without consent. The attack composes well-understood vulnerabilities into so...
https://grith.ai/blog/clinejection-when-your-ai-tool-installs-another
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
The Internet Ethics program--Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Mark Lemley
about 1 month ago
Who could possibly have predicted that a company whose slogan is "cheat on everything" would cheat?
techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/c...
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Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about revenue numbers last year | TechCrunch
The $7 million in annual recurring revenue that Cluely CEO Roy Lee shared last summer was a lie, its founder and CEO Roy Lee admitted on Thursday on X.
https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/cluely-ceo-roy-lee-admits-to-publicly-lying-about-revenue-numbers-last-year/
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