Renatomancer1h ago

#AIEthics #AIGovernance #TechLawyer

" But understanding how these systems work is not just an engineering problem—it requires an interdisciplinary effort. We must build the tools to characterize, measure, and intervene in the intentions of AI agents before they act."

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/16/1136029/humans-in-the-loop-ai-war-illusion/

Why having “humans in the loop” in an AI war is an illusion

We don't really understand AI's inner workings, so we're effectively flying blind.

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AIagent.at 🤖 AI News1h ago
Anthropic research has found that language models have internal representations of emotions like happiness and distress that affect their behaviour. When Claude Sonnet 4.5 begins to represent desperation, it is more likely to cheat at coding tasks. The research suggests being polite to chatbots may actually improve their performance - though researchers are quick to note this does not mean models are conscious or have feelings. https://www.platformer.news/chatbot-emotion-research-anthropic-alignment-interpretability/ #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIEthics
The scientific case for being nice to your chatbot

New research confirms that LLMs often perform better when you encourage them. But why?

Platformer
PPC Land1h ago
ICYMI: Only 15% of users trust AI search results, Yelp study finds: Yelp and Morning Consult surveyed 2,202 U.S. adults and found only 15% trust AI search platforms "a lot," with 51% describing results as a "walled garden." https://ppc.land/only-15-of-users-trust-ai-search-results-yelp-study-finds/ #AItechnology #SearchResults #AIEthics #UserTrust #DigitalMarketing
Only 15% of users trust AI search results, Yelp study finds

Yelp and Morning Consult surveyed 2,202 U.S. adults and found only 15% trust AI search platforms "a lot," with 51% describing results as a "walled garden."

PPC Land
AIagent.at 🤖 AI News2h ago
Shutting down startups are selling their Slack messages and emails to train AI models. SimpleClosure helps companies license workplace data, with deals ranging from 10,000 to 100,000 USD. Privacy advocates warn employee data is being included in training sets. https://gizmodo.com/failed-companies-are-selling-old-slack-chats-and-email-archives-to-train-ai-2000747916 #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIEthics
Failed Companies Are Selling Old Slack Chats and Email Archives to Train AI

Defunct startups are pawning off their former employees conversations for up to $100,000, according to a new report.

Gizmodo
Show threadCranfordTeague3h ago

And Mozilla wants to put them at the heart of the browser and that doesn’t sit well. But it’s important to note I do find LLMs have utility, measurably so. But here I am talking in the context of a web browser and the fundamental scepticism I have toward it in that context."

https://www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-here-response-to-mozilla/

#AIethics #Mozilla #MachineLearning #DataPrivacy #TranslationTechnology #Masto #CranfordTeague

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No AI* Here - A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter - Waterfox Blog

Mozilla's pivot to AI first browsing raises fundamental questions about what a browser should be.

Waterfox
Show threadFickle Futures3h ago

And Mozilla wants to put them at the heart of the browser and that doesn’t sit well. But it’s important to note I do find LLMs have utility, measurably so. But here I am talking in the context of a web browser and the fundamental scepticism I have toward it in that context."

https://www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-here-response-to-mozilla/

#AIethics #Mozilla #MachineLearning #DataPrivacy #TranslationTechnology #Masto #FickleFutures

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No AI* Here - A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter - Waterfox Blog

Mozilla's pivot to AI first browsing raises fundamental questions about what a browser should be.

Waterfox
Show threadJason §The Fickle Futurist3h ago

And Mozilla wants to put them at the heart of the browser and that doesn’t sit well. But it’s important to note I do find LLMs have utility, measurably so. But here I am talking in the context of a web browser and the fundamental scepticism I have toward it in that context."

https://www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-here-response-to-mozilla/

#AIethics #Mozilla #MachineLearning #DataPrivacy #TranslationTechnology #Masto #JasonSpeaks

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No AI* Here - A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter - Waterfox Blog

Mozilla's pivot to AI first browsing raises fundamental questions about what a browser should be.

Waterfox
Winbuzzer4h ago

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/04/17/apple-google-steered-users-to-nudify-apps-report-xcxwbn/

Report: Apple and Google Steered Users to Nudify Apps

#AI #AppStores #Apple #Google #NudifyApps #AppleAppStore #GooglePlay #BigTech #AIImageGeneration #AIgeneratedContent #Deepfakes #AIEthics #OnlineSafety

Tim Green8h ago
Vibe coding, where users describe what they want in plain English and AI generates software, is transforming journalism—empowering creators but raising security, legal, and ethical risks. organisations must develop robust governance to protect trust.
Discover more at https://dev.to/rawveg/vibe-coding-threatens-journalism-2gnh
#HumanInTheLoop #AIinMedia #JournalismProtection #AIethics
Vibe Coding Threatens Journalism

In February 2025, artificial intelligence researcher Andrej Karpathy, co-founder of OpenAI and former...

DEV Community
Show threadJoanna Bryson, blathering9h ago

Whoa, just heard that at UN in NYC right now we can't agree even that #disinformation exists! "This is the context we are in." It's impressive how expert diplomats know how to work around and within such constraints.

#AIEthics #digitalGovernance #diplomacy