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Key PeopleTimnit Gebru, Kate Crawford, Yoshua Bengio, Meredith Whittaker

Key FrameworksEU AI Act, UNESCO AI Ethics

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ShieldFont Disrupts AI Scrapers by Poisoning Unauthorized Data Collection with Hidden Word Swaps

Designers created ShieldFont, a font that looks normal to humans but disrupts AI scrapers by swapping words in HTML source code. The innovation poisons scraped data, making unauthorized LLM data collection costlier while raising questions about accessibility.

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ShieldFont Disrupts AI Scrapers by Poisoning Unauthorized Data Collection with Hidden Word Swaps

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Google AI Delivers Racist Advice About Being Alone With People From Different Countries

Google's AI Overviews is generating racially biased advice when users search about being alone with people from specific countries. Testing reveals the AI suggests calling emergency services for African or Indian individuals while offering tea-making tips for British people. Google acknowledged the problematic results and is working on improvements.

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Google AI Delivers Racist Advice About Being Alone With People From Different Countries

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YouTube Creators Face Backlash Over Controversial AI Partnership With Higgsfield

Prominent filmmaking YouTube creators Matti Haapoja and Sam 'Kold' Kolder sparked intense backlash after posting videos promoting AI platform Higgsfield's Seedance 2.5 technology. Fans and fellow creators questioned the transparency of these partnerships, with critics arguing the unlabeled content undermined creator-audience trust while promoting generative AI tools trained on uncredited human-made content.

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YouTube Creators Face Backlash Over Controversial AI Partnership With Higgsfield

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Spider-Man Brand New Day Artbook Triggers AI Art Controversy Among Fans

Marvel Studios' official Spider-Man: Brand New Day artbook is under fire after fans identified alleged AI-generated artwork in a New York street scene. The discovery has reignited debate about generative AI in entertainment and transparency in creative credits.

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Spider-Man Brand New Day Artbook Triggers AI Art Controversy Among Fans

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Micro1 Reaches $500M Gross Run Rate as Demand for AI Training Data Explodes in Eight Months

AI data startup Micro1 expanded its gross annual run rate from $100 million to $500 million in just eight months, driven by surging demand for unique AI training data. The company retains 60% to 70% of revenue, putting its net run rate between $150 million and $200 million, though it still trails competitors like Mercor and Handshake.

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Micro1 Reaches $500M Gross Run Rate as Demand for AI Training Data Explodes in Eight Months

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AI Privacy Study Ranks 13 Chatbots: ChatGPT, Gemini, and Meta AI Compared on Data Safety

A new study by Incogni ranks 13 major AI platforms including ChatGPT, Gemini, and Meta AI based on privacy risks. The research reveals how each handles your data, with larger platforms scoring worst except ChatGPT. Meanwhile, Proton's free Lumo AI Paper Trail tool exposes exactly what AI models infer about users.

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AI Privacy Study Ranks 13 Chatbots: ChatGPT, Gemini, and Meta AI Compared on Data Safety

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UC Berkeley Professor Admits AI Use in Viral Op-Ed Criticizing Student Math Abilities

UC Berkeley mathematics professor Zvezdelina Stankova faced scrutiny after AI-detection software flagged her op-ed about unprepared students as 33% AI-assisted. She acknowledged using AI to edit the piece while claiming 80 hours of personal work, igniting debate about AI in academic writing and the irony of criticizing students while using tools they're disciplined for.

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UC Berkeley Professor Admits AI Use in Viral Op-Ed Criticizing Student Math Abilities

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Murf AI Launches Falcon 2 Voice Model to Challenge ElevenLabs and OpenAI at Fifth of the Price

Bangalore-based Murf AI is releasing its Falcon 2 voice AI model on August 20 at $0.01 per generated minute, undercutting ElevenLabs by 80%. The text-to-speech AI model scores above some OpenAI entries on the Artificial Analysis leaderboard while delivering sub-100 millisecond response times, targeting enterprise customers in call centers, banking and airlines.

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Murf AI Launches Falcon 2 Voice Model to Challenge ElevenLabs and OpenAI at Fifth of the Price

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Robin Williams' Children Revive Instagram Account to Combat Rampant AI Abuse of Actor's Likeness

Robin Williams' three children have reactivated their father's Instagram account, dormant since 2014, to fight widespread AI abuse of his voice and likeness. The move comes as Zelda Williams continues speaking out against AI-generated recreations that she says reduce her father's legacy to "horrible TikTok slop."

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Robin Williams' Children Revive Instagram Account to Combat Rampant AI Abuse of Actor's Likeness

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Meta Ran Ads for AI App Promising to Nudify Female Politicians, Apple Pulls Kromix from App Store

Meta ran advertisements for Kromix, an AI image styling service that created sexual deepfakes of US politicians. The campaign ran 32 ads targeted at male users before being removed after WIRED investigation. Apple pulled the app from its App Store, citing policy violations for nonconsensual intimate imagery.

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Meta Ran Ads for AI App Promising to Nudify Female Politicians, Apple Pulls Kromix from App Store

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Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Defend 3M in Deadly Explosion Lawsuit, Charging $90K

Josh Autenrieth of Knighthawk Engineering used ChatGPT to create an expert report defending 3M in a lawsuit over a 2020 Houston explosion that killed three people and destroyed 200 homes. Court-obtained ChatGPT transcripts revealed he instructed the AI to show 3M was 0% at fault, exposing how AI has infiltrated legal proceedings and raising questions about expert witness integrity.

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Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Defend 3M in Deadly Explosion Lawsuit, Charging $90K

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Smack Technologies Raises $61M as Pentagon Urgency Fuels AI Battlefield Tools Boom

Smack Technologies secured $61M in Series B funding as Pentagon demand for AI battlefield tools accelerates. The defense software startup is scaling production of Omega, its fires-planning software, and developing Alpha, a forearm-mounted display for troops. The raise reflects a broader shift as military branches seek faster AI vendors after the Anthropic supply-chain rupture.

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Smack Technologies Raises $61M as Pentagon Urgency Fuels AI Battlefield Tools Boom

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Women in AI Secure Just 26% of High-Paying Jobs as Gender Gap Widens in Booming Sector

Women captured only 26% of AI job hires in 2025 compared to 50% in non-AI roles, according to LinkedIn's Triple Penalty report. The underrepresentation of women in AI worsens at senior levels, with women holding just 13% of C-suite positions at AI companies. As AI jobs offer median salaries of $177,000 versus $80,000 for non-AI roles, this widening gender gap threatens to deepen economic inequalities.

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Women in AI Secure Just 26% of High-Paying Jobs as Gender Gap Widens in Booming Sector

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Analysis Links AI Slop to Violent Content Exposure in Children, But Evidence Remains Limited

A Global Network on Extremism and Technology analysis warns that AI-generated violent content targeting children may normalize violence and expose them to extremist narratives. However, the report is not a peer-reviewed study and lacks clinical evidence linking AI slop to cognitive decline or violent tendencies in children.

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Analysis Links AI Slop to Violent Content Exposure in Children, But Evidence Remains Limited

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Sainsbury's Suspends Facial Recognition After Second False Shoplifting Accusation in 2026

Sainsbury's paused its AI-powered facial recognition system at its East Dulwich store after Matt Arnold was wrongly ejected following an AI-generated alert. This marks the second such incident in 2026, raising concerns about retail security technology and human error in handling automated alerts despite Facewatch's claimed 99.98% accuracy rate.

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Sainsbury's Suspends Facial Recognition After Second False Shoplifting Accusation in 2026

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