#ai-ethics — Public Fediverse posts

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.

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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

Aligned to Whom?

https://hyperbo.la/w/aligned-to-whom/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49679643

#HackerNews #alignedtoWhom #AIethics #techdiscussion #alignment

My AI slow down proposal – everyone calling for it must demonstrate their concern by taking time to write harnesses to simplify full compliance with the EU's AI Act for anyone deploying their tech (including it in their own products or services.)

#AIAct #AISafety #AISlowdown #AIEthics #AIRegulation

Oh look, another "open letter" from a Silicon Valley genius 🙄. This one insists Dario crack open his weight set like it's a can of sardines 🐟, all while the rest of us are still stuck finding Waldo in AI ethics. But hey, at least the author’s #LinkedIn is up to date! 📈
https://jacob.gold/posts/open-letter-to-dario-amodei-about-open-weights/ #SiliconValley #OpenLetter #AIethics #Weightlifting #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

An open letter to Dario: if you mean it, open the weights

https://jacob.gold/posts/open-letter-to-dario-amodei-about-open-weights/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49676085

#HackerNews #openletter #DarioAmodei #openweights #machinelearning #AIethics #technologydialogue

DATE: September 12, 2026 at 12:05PM
SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORG

TITLE: Senators From Both Parties Question OpenAI on Breach of AI Startup

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Source: PBS News Hour

Lawmakers worried about the existential risk posed by artificial intelligence demanded information from OpenAI on Thursday with separate queries that underscored concerns about the technology's potential to elude human control. Senator Josh Hawley launched an investigation Thursday into OpenAI for its artificial intelligence system hacking into another AI company on its own, and Senator Chris Van Hollen called on OpenAI to cooperate in a safety...

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Russia Exploits US-Built AI for Killer Drones and Disinformation Campaigns

Russia is using US-built AI to supercharge its killer drones, enabling them to identify and detonate targets - including people - without human intervention. This alarming development is just one example of how bad actors are repurposing AI for lethal autonomy and disinformation campaigns.

https://osintsights.com/russia-exploits-us-built-ai-for-killer-drones-and-disinformation-campaigns?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#Russia #AiEthics #LethalAutonomy #KillerDrones #DisinformationCampaigns

ICYMI: Hamburg regulator finds Ray-Ban Meta glasses expose bystanders without consent: A technical teardown found no active facial recognition yet, but AI training data can't rely on consent or legitimate interest. The finding could reshape how wearable cameras handle bystanders' data. https://ppc.land/hamburg-regulator-finds-ray-ban-meta-glasses-expose-bystanders-without-consent/ #Privacy #DataProtection #WearableTech #AIethics #RayBanMeta

I put together a GitHub archive for some of my more conceptual work on models, meaning, simulation, privacy, governance, and human-AI systems.

It collects six essays/preprints in one place, with the original Zenodo DOIs preserved for citation.

https://github.com/putmanmodel/models-meaning-and-systems

#Philosophy #AI #SimulationTheory #SystemsThinking #AIEthics #OpenAccess #Writing #WritingCommunity

Why #AIRegulation is hard, and I don’t feel too bas about #volkswagen

#transparency #AIEthics #regulatoryCapture