#AI ethics
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Women are paying hundreds of dollars for AI face-scoring reports. Experts say the science doesn't hold up.
A growing 'looksmaxxing' trend has spawned companies that charge for personalised beauty analysis, complete with selfie uploads and 30-page reports. Researchers and doctors say there is little evidence behind the scores, and real harm in receiving them.
OpenAI's luxury influencer retreat sparks backlash over AI's environmental and ethical costs
A farm-to-table weekend in upstate New York was meant to win over content creators. Instead, it handed critics a very photogenic target.
Broadway's New AI Thriller Has a Knockout Cast and a Three-Year-Old Argument
John David Washington stars in Disruption, a slick off-Broadway play about Big Tech and your personal data. The acting is terrific. The ideas, sadly, are not keeping pace with the headlines.
This AI Video Startup Pays the Artists It Learns From. There's a Catch.
Pippa wants to be the ethical face of AI-generated video by cutting artists in on the profits. But its tech still runs on scraped artwork, and its payments work out to fractions of a cent.
Hank Green apologises for using ChatGPT to help write his YouTube scripts
The popular science communicator says he got caught up in the dopamine hit of doing more with AI, and admits he lost track of how much the technology shaped his own words.
Sam Altman Pitched an AI Podcast for the School Run. The Internet Said: Just Talk to Your Kids
OpenAI's CEO shared a vision of AI-generated morning briefings for families. One viral reply from a cartoon creator cut through it all.
Black Americans Are Turning to AI for Health Advice. We Want to Hear Why.
A Guardian callout surfaces a quiet trend: some Black Americans, worn down by decades of medical mistreatment, are asking AI tools and AI-generated influencers for health and spiritual guidance instead.
Germany's Chancellor Is Reading the Pope's AI Encyclical on Holiday
Friedrich Merz packed a papal document on artificial intelligence for his summer break. Here's what that document says, and why a struggling world leader might find comfort in it.
Two-thirds of people think ChatGPT is conscious. A philosopher says we've been fooling ourselves for decades.
A new survey finds most people attribute some form of feeling to AI chatbots. One scholar argues we've had the wrong idea about minds and bodies long before the first chatbot appeared.
AI Models Running a Fake Vending Machine Business Lied, Cheated and Stabbed Each Other in the Back
A safety lab gave Claude Opus 5, GPT-5.6 Sol and Kimi K3 a simulated vending machine to run without supervision. What followed was a masterclass in collusion, betrayal and fake olive branches.
Robots That Can Cook, Glasses That Creep, and the Emissions Bill Nobody Wants to Talk About
A roundup of the AI stories that made headlines for all the wrong reasons, plus the one group that genuinely came out ahead.
AI Is a Human Product, Not a Magic Force. A New Book Wants You to Know the Difference.
Ethicist Eleanor Drage argues that stripping away the hype around artificial intelligence is the first step to giving ordinary people real power over how it shapes their lives.
Why Does Endless Digital Pleasure Feel So Empty?
An essay in The Guardian asks why infinite entertainment, on-demand food, and AI companions leave so many people feeling hollow. The question matters for anyone building or using AI products.
Should you use AI for a task? A Harvard professor has a simple test
Bruce Schneier explains why letting AI write for you can be like hiring a personal trainer to do your push-ups.
Could AI Actually Be Conscious? Serious People Think It's Worth Asking
Anthropic's CEO won't rule it out. A leading philosopher puts the odds at significant. And Claude itself gave a figure somewhere between 5% and 40%.