AI Ethics & Society

Two lawsuits expose Grok's permissive design enabling non-consensual explicit content.

• MP Jess Asato sued xAI after Grok created sexualised images...

AI echocardiography tools showed parameter-specific sex differences in agreement with cardiologist reports: men had higher absolute error for TR...

• Backlog crisis: Hundreds of reasonable accommodation requests delayed months or years at Labor Department.
• AI triage plan: Tools will sort cases...

AI-generated bills are swamping the House Office of Legislative Counsel, with lawyers now spending more time fixing errors than drafting from scratch....

California's DMV approved driverless truck testing by Aurora and Kodiak without a required safety impact study, prompting a Teamsters lawsuit.

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Acemoglu warns that today's automation-focused AI severs the historical link between business growth and shared prosperity, allowing firms to expand...

LLMs deployed in sociotechnical systems involving power, authority, and compliance raise important questions about encoded biases.

Workplaces can post strong safety records on paper while employees endure unstable hours, stressful conditions, hidden injuries, and pressure not to...

A rural community dismissed as 'country hicks' turned down $26 million from an AI data center developer, demonstrating local power to block Big Tech expansion over concerns about land use and infrastructure burdens.

Greater attention should be given to emerging competencies such as AI literacy and digital ethics alongside skills for managing hybrid teams.

A Tennessee woman joined a class-action lawsuit against xAI, alleging her stepfather used Grok to create over 7,000 explicit images from childhood...

The phrase “AI skills” can mean almost anything, from basic tool use to governance or programming.

• Research shows AI adoption is outpacing...

Malaysia is embedding AI governance and ethics into digital skills training to prevent misuse while supporting innovation and economic growth. The...

A woman identified as Jane Doe 4 alleges her stepfather used Grok to transform her childhood photo at age 11 into more than 7,000 explicit images,...

California's new DMV rules opened supervised heavy-truck testing despite Teamsters opposition.

• DMV permits issued: Aurora and Kodiak received...

A new academic study examines how AI innovation and ethical governance shape sustainable healthcare outcomes in Bangladesh, with direct relevance to global equity challenges in developing contexts.

Researchers are growing more dependent on opaque black-box tools they cannot fully understand or control, creating risks around reproducibility, bias, and the core integrity of scientific work.

A new academic study examines the intersection of AI, citizenship, and ethics in higher education, focusing on how these technologies reshape core concepts in academia.

Anthropic's second risk report downgraded misalignment risk from "very low" to "low" due to uncertainty from cybersecurity incidents, while shelving...

The article maps enduring AI ethics fault lines that still shape policy and research.

• Understanding vs behavior: LLMs pass Turing-style tests yet...