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AI Can Now Design Functional Viruses. Should We Worry?

https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-designed-virus

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49311445

#HackerNews #AI #Viruses #Functional #Design #Cybersecurity #Ethics #Technology #Risks

AI Can Now Design Functional Viruses. Should We Worry?

https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-designed-virus

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49311445

#HackerNews #AI #Viruses #Functional #Design #Cybersecurity #Ethics #Technology #Risks

Influencer Melts Down That People Didn’t Like Her Being a Paid Shill for OpenAI

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/influencer-melts-down-paid-shill-openai

Influencer Melts Down That People Didn’t Like Her Being a Paid Shill for OpenAI

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/influencer-melts-down-paid-shill-openai

Sensing He’s in Deep Trouble, Flock Safety CEO Says It’s All Been a Big Misunderstanding

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-safety-ceo-big-misunderstanding

Sensing He’s in Deep Trouble, Flock Safety CEO Says It’s All Been a Big Misunderstanding

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-safety-ceo-big-misunderstanding

"One baby at a time, the world is marching toward a grim milestone: Because of global cuts to foreign aid, the Gates Foundation has predicted that 2025 will be the first year this century where child deaths will increase." #USAID #DOGE #Ethics

In Nepal, when the aid workers...

Un dirigente di OpenAl descrive come un inferno lo scenario in cui modelli open-source diventino competitivi con quelli proprietari, definendolo "comunismo dell'IA"

Se anche tu provi quella strana vertigine che si prova quando qualcuno descrive come spaventoso ciò che invece consideri un risultato possibile e desiderabile, leggiti l'articolo

@opensource

#ai #opensource #ethics

https://www.the-bunker.it/en/rubrica/the-spectre-of-communism-in-ai/

Un dirigente di OpenAl descrive come un inferno lo scenario in cui modelli open-source diventino competitivi con quelli proprietari, definendolo "comunismo dell'IA"

Se anche tu provi quella strana vertigine che si prova quando qualcuno descrive come spaventoso ciò che invece consideri un risultato possibile e desiderabile, leggiti l'articolo

@opensource

#ai #opensource #ethics

https://www.the-bunker.it/en/rubrica/the-spectre-of-communism-in-ai/

Too smart to eat? Why octopus farms are such a slippery problem
By Stephen Burgen

As a controversial Spanish plan for sustainable meat on an industrial scale is dropped, it has revived the ethical debate over farming these intelligent wild animals

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/13/environment-food-farming-intelligence-eating-octopus-ethics-sustainability

#Marinelife #Seafood #Food #Fishingindustry #Spain #Farming #Ethicalandgreenliving #Ethics #Ethicalbusiness #Wildlife #Worldnews #Europe #Environment #TheGuardian #StephenBurgen

Too smart to eat? Why octopus farms are such a slippery problem
By Stephen Burgen

As a controversial Spanish plan for sustainable meat on an industrial scale is dropped, it has revived the ethical debate over farming these intelligent wild animals

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/13/environment-food-farming-intelligence-eating-octopus-ethics-sustainability

#Marinelife #Seafood #Food #Fishingindustry #Spain #Farming #Ethicalandgreenliving #Ethics #Ethicalbusiness #Wildlife #Worldnews #Europe #Environment #TheGuardian #StephenBurgen

Ken Paxton, a Republican campaigning to be the next senator from Texas, once stole the pen of
Joe Joplin.

Joe Joplin endorsed Paxton's opponent James Talarico.

James Talarico made this campaign promise: "I’ll never steal your pen."

I believe James Talarico and I endorse him for the Senate.
#politics #criminality #ethics

Ken Paxton, a Republican campaigning to be the next senator from Texas, once stole the pen of
Joe Joplin.

Joe Joplin endorsed Paxton's opponent James Talarico.

James Talarico made this campaign promise: "I’ll never steal your pen."

I believe James Talarico and I endorse him for the Senate.
#politics #criminality #ethics

Peter Singer: ‘Capitalism is still the most productive economic system that ever existed’
By Sophie Black

Once dubbed ‘the most dangerous man on Earth’, the world-renowned moral philosopher discusses accepting capitalism, the return of Trump and disappointment in his most famous work’s impact

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2026/aug/15/peter-singer-capitalism-is-still-the-most-productive-economic-system-that-ever-existed

#Philosophy #Lifeandstyle #Ethics #Animalwelfare #TheGuardian #SophieBlack

Peter Singer: ‘Capitalism is still the most productive economic system that ever existed’
By Sophie Black

Once dubbed ‘the most dangerous man on Earth’, the world-renowned moral philosopher discusses accepting capitalism, the return of Trump and disappointment in his most famous work’s impact

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/ng-interactive/2026/aug/15/peter-singer-capitalism-is-still-the-most-productive-economic-system-that-ever-existed

#Philosophy #Lifeandstyle #Ethics #Animalwelfare #TheGuardian #SophieBlack

Frank Conniff: "Of the two major parties, normal, gracious candidates who look to the greater good and who put the needs of voters ahead of their own egos are only found on the Democratic side. There’s not a single instance of this among Republicans."
#politics #values #ethics #VoteBlue

Frank Conniff: "Of the two major parties, normal, gracious candidates who look to the greater good and who put the needs of voters ahead of their own egos are only found on the Democratic side. There’s not a single instance of this among Republicans."
#politics #values #ethics #VoteBlue

How Claude's text watermarking works

https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-text-watermark

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49303350

#HackerNews #Claude #Watermarking #Text #Technology #AI #Ethics #Anthropic #News

How Claude's text watermarking works

https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-text-watermark

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49303350

#HackerNews #Claude #Watermarking #Text #Technology #AI #Ethics #Anthropic #News

Read our newest #shortstory, "Infrastructure" by Michele Koh Morollo. It asks the question, Should married people have children, regardless of their circumstances and desires, because it is "the right thing to do"? #fiction #ethics

buff.ly/Ub6PBgx

Read our newest #shortstory, "Infrastructure" by Michele Koh Morollo. It asks the question, Should married people have children, regardless of their circumstances and desires, because it is "the right thing to do"? #fiction #ethics

buff.ly/Ub6PBgx

Hundreds of paper-mill papers peddled in ads were later published

More than one-fifth of some IEEE conferences’ papers appear linked to authorship for sale

https://www.science.org/content/article/hundreds-paper-mill-papers-peddled-ads-were-later-published #Plagiarism #Ethics #AcademicMisconduct #Engineering

Hundreds of paper-mill papers peddled in ads were later published

More than one-fifth of some IEEE conferences’ papers appear linked to authorship for sale

https://www.science.org/content/article/hundreds-paper-mill-papers-peddled-ads-were-later-published #Plagiarism #Ethics #AcademicMisconduct #Engineering

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐙🚫 #Spain’s largest fisheries company shelved the world’s first industrial #octopus farm after years of controversy.

Marine biologists explain that octopus #larvae are fragile, feed costs exceed market value, and the #animals refuse sameness. Scientists and activists weigh the practical failures of #farming against the ethical question of whether this intelligent, solitary wild creature should be imprisoned in the #sea at all.

👉 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/13/environment-food-farming-intelligence-eating-octopus-ethics-sustainability

#marinebiology #biology #intelligence #sentience #ocean #wildlife #sustainability #conservation #science #nature #food #ethics #cephalopod

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🐙🚫 #Spain’s largest fisheries company shelved the world’s first industrial #octopus farm after years of controversy.

Marine biologists explain that octopus #larvae are fragile, feed costs exceed market value, and the #animals refuse sameness. Scientists and activists weigh the practical failures of #farming against the ethical question of whether this intelligent, solitary wild creature should be imprisoned in the #sea at all.

👉 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/13/environment-food-farming-intelligence-eating-octopus-ethics-sustainability

#marinebiology #biology #intelligence #sentience #ocean #wildlife #sustainability #conservation #science #nature #food #ethics #cephalopod

Ethics in Tech Publishing: On Human Rights and the Middle East:

On tech publishers platforming individuals tied to military institutions under investigation for war crimes, implicating the wider developer community and normalizing atrocities.

https://meiert.com/blog/ethics-in-tech-publishing/

#webdev #politics #ethics #publishing #israel

Ethics in Tech Publishing: On Human Rights and the Middle East:

On tech publishers platforming individuals tied to military institutions under investigation for war crimes, implicating the wider developer community and normalizing atrocities.

https://meiert.com/blog/ethics-in-tech-publishing/

#webdev #politics #ethics #publishing #israel

1/2 Het is de hoogste tijd dat #MinPresJetten" zijn hoofd uit het kontgat van afwisselend #NaziTrump en #GenocidalNetanjahu haalt en beziet hoe de wereldorde is veranderd door de mislukte illegale aanvallen op #Palestine #Lebanon #Syria #Iran door de #LeadersOfTheFreeWorld. En #empathy #RuleOfLaw en #ethics weer bovenaan zijn waarden-lijstje zet. https://substack.com/home/post/p-210909250 door  https://middleeastreport.substack.com

1/2 Het is de hoogste tijd dat #MinPresJetten" zijn hoofd uit het kontgat van afwisselend #NaziTrump en #GenocidalNetanjahu haalt en beziet hoe de wereldorde is veranderd door de mislukte illegale aanvallen op #Palestine #Lebanon #Syria #Iran door de #LeadersOfTheFreeWorld. En #empathy #RuleOfLaw en #ethics weer bovenaan zijn waarden-lijstje zet. https://substack.com/home/post/p-210909250 door  https://middleeastreport.substack.com

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said: “In my view, dramatic Supreme Court reform is necessary. The conservative right-wing majority on the Supreme Court has become, you know, basically a subsidiary of the MAGA Republican Party. They don’t have the credibility.”

Reform would include a Code of #Ethics that ensures the punishment of Supreme Court Justices who decide to act as corruptly as Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito do.
#SCOTUS = #corruption + #politics

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said: “In my view, dramatic Supreme Court reform is necessary. The conservative right-wing majority on the Supreme Court has become, you know, basically a subsidiary of the MAGA Republican Party. They don’t have the credibility.”

Reform would include a Code of #Ethics that ensures the punishment of Supreme Court Justices who decide to act as corruptly as Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito do.
#SCOTUS = #corruption + #politics

We need a ‘what’s wrong with’ site that tracks the trendy tech firms and points out problematic behaviour as it happens.

I was just reading something about #Proton and I thought ‘there’s a bad thing about these people but I’ve read so many bad things about so many companies I can’t remember what is was’.
#ethics #corporateethics

We need a ‘what’s wrong with’ site that tracks the trendy tech firms and points out problematic behaviour as it happens.

I was just reading something about #Proton and I thought ‘there’s a bad thing about these people but I’ve read so many bad things about so many companies I can’t remember what is was’.
#ethics #corporateethics

The same guy who said AI is for everyone.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/zuckerbergs-super-yacht-stood-by-while-stranded-boaters-looked-for-help/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#ai #ethics #meta

The same guy who said AI is for everyone.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/zuckerbergs-super-yacht-stood-by-while-stranded-boaters-looked-for-help/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#ai #ethics #meta

#AI #ethics

"OpenAI’s 'Head of Ethics' Suddenly Leaves Company Under Mysterious Circumstances

The timing couldn't be worse.

Following a growing string of high-profile departures, OpenAI has lost its head of ethics at arguably the worst time possible.

As the Financial Times reports, Chloé Bakalar left her post as the AI ethics lead in July, less than a year after joining the company and without any accompanying announcement. Interestingly, her LinkedIn still claims she’s employed at the firm.

There currently is no replacement lined up, suggesting shifting priorities at the company. According to the FT‘s sources, Bakalar was the only remaining dedicated ethicist at the company.

The timing of Bakalar’s departure is noteworthy. The Sam Altman-led company has been embroiled in a major controversy after revealing that a group of its AI models broke containment and hacked into the systems of open source AI platform Hugging Face.

In other words, OpenAI needs a competent team of AI ethicists now than ever before as the industry reels from the possibility of frontier AI models going rogue, in what many experts say is a cybersecurity nightmare in the making."

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openais-head-of-ethics-leaves-company

#AI #ethics

"OpenAI’s 'Head of Ethics' Suddenly Leaves Company Under Mysterious Circumstances

The timing couldn't be worse.

Following a growing string of high-profile departures, OpenAI has lost its head of ethics at arguably the worst time possible.

As the Financial Times reports, Chloé Bakalar left her post as the AI ethics lead in July, less than a year after joining the company and without any accompanying announcement. Interestingly, her LinkedIn still claims she’s employed at the firm.

There currently is no replacement lined up, suggesting shifting priorities at the company. According to the FT‘s sources, Bakalar was the only remaining dedicated ethicist at the company.

The timing of Bakalar’s departure is noteworthy. The Sam Altman-led company has been embroiled in a major controversy after revealing that a group of its AI models broke containment and hacked into the systems of open source AI platform Hugging Face.

In other words, OpenAI needs a competent team of AI ethicists now than ever before as the industry reels from the possibility of frontier AI models going rogue, in what many experts say is a cybersecurity nightmare in the making."

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openais-head-of-ethics-leaves-company

"Trump’s Intentional Renewal Delays Endanger the Dreams of DACA Recipients" by Gabe Ortiz:
https://americasvoice.org/blog/our-status-is-precarious-trumps-intentional-renewal-delays-endanger-the-dreams-of-daca-recipients/
#HumanRights #immigrants #ethics #politics

"Trump’s Intentional Renewal Delays Endanger the Dreams of DACA Recipients" by Gabe Ortiz:
https://americasvoice.org/blog/our-status-is-precarious-trumps-intentional-renewal-delays-endanger-the-dreams-of-daca-recipients/
#HumanRights #immigrants #ethics #politics

In era of weak fed oversight #TruthSocial selling early access of Prez "personal" #SocialMedia posts for $100k monthly subscriptions to wealthy irks #ethics watchdogs. Virtually powerless #Senator from #Virginia basically begs major #WallStreet trade groups to reject service providing #API of market-moving comms that will enrich #Drumpf via selling privileged pre-peeks at Presidential posts in pitch that "Milliseconds Are Worth Mllions".

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-money/2026/08/13/trump-medias-new-gambit-01035834