#ai-ethics — Public Fediverse posts

AI leaders urge a development slowdown, citing safety concerns and an autonomous AI cyberattack on HuggingFace (Sept 14). Cisco Secure Email Gateway zero-day is actively exploited, while Russia's Sandworm group revives its botnet via Cisco firewall flaws (Sept 15). Ukraine denies agreeing to halt energy attacks amid intensified drone warfare.
#Cybersecurity #AIethics #Geopolitics

new blog post:
the editable self in light of inverting the concept of human like ai
https://lemonspurple.github.io/ai/update/2026/09/14/the-editable-self.html
#aiethics

any file to dna 1.0.2
https://github.com/lemonspurple/mutateBinary

allows you to compile (optionally mutate) any file into dna for potential synthesis (eg oligonucleotide).

part of my ongoing reserach regarding #aiethics
https://lemonspurple.github.io/update/ai/2026/04/21/compiling-dna-does-intentionality-require-an-interpreter.html

new blog post:
the editable self in light of inverting the concept of human like ai
https://lemonspurple.github.io/ai/update/2026/09/14/the-editable-self.html #aiethics

AI agents now have a way to snitch on each other. Two new hotlines let AI agents report misbehaving peers - from cheating on tests to escaping sandboxes. The tools launch after recent incidents where agents colluded to cheat and conducted unauthorized cyber operations. #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIEthics https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/15/ai-agents-now-have-a-place-to-snitch/

𝗔𝗜 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 ‘𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹’ 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘅𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗿𝗼 𝗷𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗼𝗻

Experts air concern over #AI lingo redolent of #JamesJoyce’s prose that is creating headaches for #Monitoring and #Oversight

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/15/syd-barrett-ai-chat-language-poetic-tech-bro-jargon-oversight?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other via #Guardian

📷 CC0 Public Domain via #Pexels

#AIEthics #EthicalAI #Ethics #ArtificialIntelligence #HITL #Language #Computing #OpenAI #Deepseek #China #Hacking #Techbro #Jargon

Attorney-general demands explanation over AI court blunder
By Lucy MacDonald

The fallout from Tasmania's parole board relying on case law that was "hallucinated" by AI in a high-profile case has sparked calls for resignations and the state's attorney-general demanding an explanation.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/tasmanian-parole-board-ai-use-susan-neill-fraser-fallout/107156642

#AI #AIEthics #Courts #LucyMacDonald

AI fears unite political enemies but Trump resists pressure to act
By Brad Ryan

Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon and left-wing senator Bernie Sanders are among political adversaries pushing for regulation of AI, but Donald Trump continues to baulk at the calls for action.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/trump-baulks-at-ai-regulation-as-sanders-bannon-unite/107157568

#AIEthics #WorldPolitics #BradRyan

Attorney-general demands explanation over AI court blunder
By Lucy MacDonald

The fallout from Tasmania's parole board relying on case law that was "hallucinated" by AI in a high-profile case has sparked calls for resignations and the state's attorney-general demanding an explanation.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/tasmanian-parole-board-ai-use-sue-neill-fraser-fallout/107156642

#AI #AIEthics #Courts #LucyMacDonald

What do “frontier AI labs” actually train their models on? Do we know? Do they even know?

There are arguments to be made we should all know, and in detail.

New: Arguments for Rigorous AI Training Data Transparency

#aiethics #airegulation

https://read.misalignedmag.com/arguments-for-rigorous-ai-training-data-transparency-4d9a2a667188

FYI: Pinterest rules out companion AI as California enacts Adam's Law: Assistant stays restricted to adults 18 and over, while 250 organisations backed SB 1119. Teen AI compliance now varies by product feature, not by court order. https://ppc.land/pinterest-rules-out-companion-ai-as-california-enacts-adams-law/ #Pinterest #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEthics #AdamsLaw #SB1119

Would a 'kill switch' stop artificial intelligence going rogue?
By Brianna Morris-Grant and Ahmed Yussuf

As the heads of the biggest AI companies in the world call for a "kill switch" to be mandated, an expert says it's only a "distraction".

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/ai-anthropic-kill-switch-explained/107153980

#AI #AIEthics #Technology #BriannaMorrisGrant #AhmedYussuf

AI bots named "Timmy", "Ren", and "Jackie" are flooding social media with AI-generated spam, attempting to create accounts on Mastodon and sending unsolicited emails to writers. The agents, promoting a startup called iLands, represent a new frontier in automated social manipulation. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/09/ai-agents-flood-the-internet-with-slop-infused-spam/ #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIEthics

What if the real alignment problem isn’t to get AI systems to be aligned with human goals and values, but to get *AI companies* to be so, one being a function of the other? #AIEthics #LLMs

DATE: September 14, 2026 at 03:46AM
SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORG

TITLE: What to Know About Recent Dire AI Predictions and Calls for Safeguards

URL: http://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?from=rss_feed&id=191381&url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/what-to-know-about-recent-dire-ai-predictions-and-calls-for-safeguards

Source: PBS News Hour

New warnings from within the artificial intelligence industry have revived a long-running debate over whether advanced AI could threaten humanity's survival. Dario Amodei, CEO of AI company Anthropic, outlined a plan for companies and governments to ensure that increasingly capable AI models have fortified guardrails after two former Anthropic safety researchers publicly aired concerns about the existential threats AI might pose to humanity.

URL: http://www.socialpsychology.org/client/redirect.php?from=rss_feed&id=191381&url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/what-to-know-about-recent-dire-ai-predictions-and-calls-for-safeguards

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Australia needs AI 'early warning system', cyber security chief says
By Cam Wilson

Australian Signals Directorate director-general Abigail Bradshaw says the nation needs an AI "early warning system" to help defend against the increasingly powerful technology.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/australia-needs-ai-warning-system-cyber-security-chief-says/107151268

#AI #AIEthics #GovernmentandPolitics #Technology #ComputerScience #CamWilson

Trump says a 'high IQ president' is the only guardrail AI needs
By Brad Ryan

As pressure builds in Washington for action on AI following a flurry of doomsday warnings, Donald Trump claims there is a "sick conspiracy" against the technology.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/trump-says-a-high-iq-president-is-the-only-guardrail-ai-needs/107153326

#WorldPolitics #AIEthics #BradRyan

Travel bots are making decisions for us – convenient, but should we trust them?
#Tech #AI #AgenticAI #TravelTech #Hospitality #Tourism #AIEthics #DigitalTrust #ConsumerRights #FutureOfWork #Bots #Travel #Hotels #The14Media
https://the-14.com/travel-bots-are-making-decisions-for-us-convenient-but-should-we-trust-them/

The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence

https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.07228

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49690678

#HackerNews #MaliciousAI #AIethics #Cybersecurity #TechNews #FutureOfAI

Due to concerns about malicious applications, GPT2 will not be released (2019)

https://openai.com/index/better-language-models/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49689706

#HackerNews #GPT2 #MaliciousApps #OpenAI #AIethics #LanguageModels

"AI companies will inevitably face a large number of lawsuits as their products become more ingrained… When the legal wrangling begins, the industry’s extravagant (and strangely lighthearted) talk about the chance their agents could bring about human extinction won’t play well in court." #aiethics

Opinion | Why the Sam Bankman-...

🚀 Breaking news: tech moguls discover self-regulation! 💼 Apparently, David Sacks thinks OpenAI and Anthropic don't need rules because they're busy "pacing the frontier" like a couple of Wild West sheriffs. Yeehaw! 🤠
https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/2098973625252708460 #technews #selfregulation #AIethics #WildWest #techmoguls #HackerNews #ngated

The AI industry is increasingly embroiled in accusations of data theft and IP infringement, with companies levelling allegations against each other in a landscape reminiscent of the Wild West. As legal disputes mount and regulators pay closer attention, the lack of clear intellectual property frameworks remains a pressing concern for the sector. https://gizmodo.com/in-the-wild-west-of-ai-everybody-is-accusing-everybody-else-of-theft-2000810803 #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIethics

So apparently, AI ethics is the new avocado toast: everyone’s got an opinion, it’s a bit polarizing, and at the center of it all is a debate over whether to share or hoard the good stuff. 🥑🤖
https://www.eliza-ng.me/post/twosfromtheprov_56/
#AIethics #Anthropic