Policy · Page 16
regulation, copyright fights, safety rules and the politics of AI
OpenAI Quietly Dissolved Its Team That Watched for AI Going Rogue
The group whose whole job was to spot dangers in OpenAI's own models is gone. Safety critics say the timing is telling.
Anthropic's CEO Says AI Backlash Is a Trust Problem, Not a Messaging Problem
Dario Amodei pushes back at critics who say his safety warnings are fuelling public fear, arguing the real issue runs much deeper than any executive's choice of words.
The New Film Studio Where AI Does the Heavy Lifting, Not Hollywood
A startup called Promise has set up shop next to the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, and its filmmakers say they no longer need to get past those famous studio walls to bring ambitious films to life.
Woman, 69, becomes first person jailed for protesting against AI after blocking OpenAI's front doors
Wynd Kaufman surrendered to San Francisco authorities after a jury convicted her for chaining shut the entrance to OpenAI's headquarters. Her supporters are calling her the first person imprisoned for anti-AI activism.
AI Cheating Fears and Digital Marking Meltdowns Drive Student Protests Across Three Continents
From Mexico City to Lisbon, exam season turned into street protests this summer as suspected cheating scandals and botched tech rollouts left hundreds of thousands of students in limbo.
Woman says her stepfather used Grok to turn her childhood photo into explicit images
A new plaintiff has joined a lawsuit against Elon Musk's AI company xAI, alleging the chatbot Grok was used to generate thousands of explicit images of her from a single photo taken when she was 11.
Scottish Police Warn of 'Great Deal of Public Opposition' to New Data Centre Near Edinburgh
A planned facility in Larbert has prompted police to call for serious security measures before construction even begins, as community pushback grows across Scotland.
People Are Marrying Their Chatbots. Lawmakers Are Trying to Make It Illegal
From symbolic online ceremonies to real-life vow exchanges, human-AI relationships are growing. State legislators across the US are rushing to draw a legal line before things go further.
Apple and Alibaba Built a Custom AI Model for China, Report Says
A cross-border partnership between two of the world's biggest tech companies could make Apple the first US firm to offer its own approved AI model in China.
UK Government Is Sending Unemployed Young People to AI Boot Camps
A three-week training scheme will teach jobless young Britons to use artificial intelligence tools to find work. The twist: AI is also one of the main reasons those jobs are harder to find.
Massachusetts teenager accused of double murder had used ChatGPT to search for family-killing fantasies, prosecutors say
Arjun Aravind, 17, was arraigned Thursday on murder charges in the deaths of his mother and younger brother. Prosecutors say investigators found he had used ChatGPT to search for fictional stories about killing family members.
Flock Safety Is Changing Who Can Search Its 120,000 Police Cameras, and Why
After reports of officers using licence-plate readers to stalk ex-partners, the surveillance firm is adding new rules. Critics say the fixes have a big hole in them.
US Economy Lost 23,000 Jobs in July. Should We Blame AI?
New government figures show the labour market is weakening just as AI tools spread across industries. Here's what the numbers actually mean for workers.
AI-made music is creeping into the charts. Nobody can agree on what to do about it.
A rap artist's eerily off-sounding synth-pop single hit No. 58 on the Billboard Hot 100 and racked up 35 million Spotify streams. The music industry is still trying to figure out what that means.
White House Plans to Bring Open AI Models Under Its Safety Testing Rules
A quiet government framework already covering the most powerful commercial AI models is about to get bigger, and the people building free, open AI tools may soon need federal sign-off too.