Secret Reddit Experiment Using AI Personas Sparks Ethics Scandal in Academia
In brief University of Zurich researchers used AI bots to pose as humans on Reddit, including fabricated personas like trauma counselors and political activists. The bots engaged in over 1,700…
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Reddit Mods Accuse AI Researchers Of Impersonating Sexual Assault Survivors
Moderators of the ChangeMyView subreddit accused University of Zurich researchers of covertly testing whether AI could influence people’s opinions, in violation of the community’s rules. They allege that the researchers…
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Ask the ethicist: How to create guardrails for the AI age
Will AI devastate humanity or uplift it? Philosopher Christopher DiCarlo’s new book examines how we can navigate when AI surpasses human capacity. Guest Christopher DiCarlo, philosopher, educator and ethicist who…
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Everyone Should Be AI Literate, Says Brook
Hyderabad: AI-generated visuals of the recent Pahalgam terror attack, stylised to resemble digital artwork, have raised questions about how technology mediates public memory and violence. “It’s disturbing,” said Christina Wiremu…
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Teaching AI morality like a child: DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis talks of ethical use of AI
Demis Hassabis, cofounder and chief executive of DeepMind, says the challenge of instilling ethics in artificial intelligence (AI) should be treated with the same care and intention as raising a…
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The Hidden Risks of AI Ethics Lapses—and One Analyst’s Framework to Fix Them
Share Share Share Share Email Artificial intelligence is powering everything from hiring decisions to healthcare diagnostics—but it’s also amplifying bias, eroding privacy, and raising urgent questions about who’s accountable when…
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