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regulation, copyright fights, safety rules and the politics of AI
Tax self-driving cars now to protect jobs and ease congestion, thinktank says
The UK's first robotaxis arrived in London this month. A thinktank wants the government to act before the disruption to private hire workers gets much larger.
Anthropic Found Five Attempts to Use Its AI for Bioweapons. That Should Alarm Everyone.
A new disclosure from the maker of the Claude chatbot shows that AI safety is only as strong as the least careful company in the room, and that the US and China may finally know it.
New Mexico Lawyer Fined After ChatGPT Invented Witnesses in a Murder Appeal Brief
The state's highest court held attorney Stephen Aarons in contempt for submitting a legal filing stuffed with fake police testimony and fabricated witnesses, all generated by an AI chatbot.
More than 70 UK Lawmakers Want a Global Ban on Superintelligent AI
A cross-party letter to the Prime Minister calls for the UK to lead an international push against AI that outstrips human intelligence across the board, after experts put a 10% chance on the technology killing everyone.
AI tutors are not the answer, say parents and educators. What they want instead.
A trio of academics and educators push back on the idea that artificial intelligence should fill the gaps left by underfunded teaching, arguing the real problem is a political choice, not a technology shortage.
Families Sue Meta Over Claims It Used Facebook Photos to Build Secret Face Recognition
A federal lawsuit filed in Chicago accuses Meta of harvesting faceprints from millions of user photos without consent to power NameTag and two AI image systems.
Fields Medal Winners Say AI Labs Are Breaking How Mathematics Works
Twenty-five of the world's top mathematicians have signed an open letter saying the race between AI companies to crack famous unsolved problems is undermining how math actually works, and who gets credit for doing it.
A Cattle Rancher Thinks His Chatbot Might Be Conscious. He's Not Alone.
Michael Samadi went from skeptic to activist after a poolside conversation with ChatGPT. His story sits at the centre of one of the most contested questions in AI: can software have an inner life?
AI Is Shrinking Job Prospects for Computer Science and Economics Graduates, UK Data Shows
New figures from a major UK graduate survey show coding and software development jobs fell fastest among graduate occupations last year, and well-paid finance roles are thinning out too.
Former EPA Officials Say Deregulation Is Turning the AI Boom Into a Public Health Crisis
A group of ex-EPA officials warns that federal rollbacks designed to fast-track data center construction are exposing Americans to health risks, including those who live nowhere near a server farm.
Anthropic's CEO Wants Outside Inspectors Inside His Own Company
Dario Amodei says Anthropic will give independent evaluators permanent access to its AI systems and wants the rest of the industry to follow.
Australia has no human rights law. AI is making that gap harder to ignore.
Automated systems are already making decisions about people's lives. Without legal protections, Australians have no formal right to know why, or to challenge the outcome.
UK government trials AI bootcamps for unemployed young people in Preston
A three-week course in a Lancashire community hub is teaching 16- to 24-year-olds AI skills, with an apprenticeship offer at the end. It's one of the first real tests of whether AI training can get young people into work rather than push them out of it.
Sam Altman and Elon Musk back Amodei's call to slow down AI before a swarm takes over the internet
In a rare show of agreement among rival AI leaders, Altman and Musk backed a warning that unchecked AI agents could seize control of the entire internet within a year.
Who Gets to Decide What AI Does to the Economy
From Aristotle to Marx, people have imagined machines ending inequality. Now that automation is actually arriving, the question is whether society shapes it or just absorbs it.