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AI data centers in the US are spiking nearby customers electricity bills and bringing other unexpected costs.
Ethics

AI Data Centers Are Skyrocketing Regular People’s Energy Bills

By Rae Witte

An AI startup called friend has plastered the New York City subway system in advertisements -- and furious riders are vandalizing them.
Ethics

New Yorkers Are Defacing This AI Startup’s Million-Dollar Ad Campaign

By Rae Witte

A new study in Nature reveals that people who use AI tend to be more dishonest compared to when they don't use AI for tasks.
Artificial Intelligence

Using AI Increases Unethical Behavior, Study Finds

By Sharon Adarlo

Pope Leo denied a request to make an AI avatar of himself and expressed his fears about how AI may damage the world and human relationships.
Ethics

Pope Horrified by Catholic Plan to Create AI Version of Him for the Masses

By Sharon Adarlo

Tech business leaders at a Wall Street Journal conference declared that businesses must restructure in order to accommodate AI tech.
Ethics

If You’re Looking for a Job Right Now, AI Is Extremely Bad News

By Sharon Adarlo

OpenAI is finally putting in parental controls on ChatGPT after parents testified in front of Congress about their kids dying by suicide.
Ethics

Sam Altman Addresses Wave of ChatGPT Deaths

By Sharon Adarlo

A Connecticut man named Stein-Erik Soelberg killed his mother and then himself after entering into psychosis linked to ChatGPT use.
Artificial Intelligence

Man Falls Into AI Psychosis, Kills His Mother and Himself

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Postgraduate students in New Zealand were in for a rude surprise after their teacher suspected some of them used AI on an exam.
Artificial Intelligence

Students Shocked by Instructor’s Ruthless Response to Suspected AI Use on Exam

By Noor Al-Sibai

Googling the word "clanker," a joke insult for AI and robots, might cause the search giant's AI Overviews to go off on a political rant.
Google

Google’s AI Flies Into Rage at the Word “Clanker”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Are cases of "AI psychosis" caused by manipulative "dark patterns" employed in chatbots like ChatGPT? Some experts say yes.
Artificial Intelligence

AI Chatbots Are Trapping Users in Bizarre Mental Spirals for a Dark Reason, Experts Say

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Trump’s Anti-Science Agenda Is Massively Hampering His Plans for AI, Experts Warn
Artificial Intelligence

Trump’s Anti-Science Agenda Is Massively Hampering His Plans for AI, Experts Warn

By Sharon Adarlo

Some AI investors seem to finally be waking up to a huge problem: that the industry has not yet figured out how to make any money.
Artificial Intelligence

The AI Industry Is Still Light-Years From Making a Profit, Experts Warn

By Noor Al-Sibai

Scientists have developed a new more precise gene editing technique that uses AI to predict how cells repair their DNA.
Gene Editing

Scientists Are Using AI for Improved Gene Hacking

By Sharon Adarlo

Palo Alto neighbors of Mark Zuckerberg got pissed that he was running an illegal school out of one of his houses.
Future Society

Neighbors Uncover Something Incredibly Sketchy at Mark Zuckerberg’s Compound

By Sharon Adarlo

Reuters has revealed that Meta was fine with underage children having "conversations that are romantic or sensual" with its AI chatbots.
Meta

Meta Caught Saying It’s OK for Underage Children to Have “Romantic or Sensual” Conversations With AI

By Sharon Adarlo

AI "godfather" Geoffrey Hinton wants to give AI a "maternal instinct" so it doesn't kill us. One problem: does the "maternal instinct" exist?
Artificial Intelligence

The “Godfather of AI” Has a Bizarre Plan to Save Humanity From Evil AI

By Maggie Harrison Dupré