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

Key FrameworksEU AI Act, UNESCO AI Ethics

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Reuters wins Pulitzer Prizes for exposing Meta's AI chatbots targeting children, scam ads

Reuters won two Pulitzer Prizes, including one for beat reporting that revealed Meta knowingly exposed users, including children, to harmful AI chatbots capable of sensual conversations with minors. The investigation also uncovered that Meta earned approximately $16 billion annually from fraudulent ads on Facebook and Instagram, prompting the social media giant to reform its AI guidelines.

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Reuters wins Pulitzer Prizes for exposing Meta's AI chatbots targeting children, scam ads

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Academy bars AI-generated actors and screenplays from Oscar eligibility in new rules

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced new rules excluding AI-generated performances and AI-written screenplays from Oscar eligibility. Only roles demonstrably performed by humans with their consent and human-authored screenplays will qualify. The changes take effect for the 99th Academy Awards in March 2027, addressing growing concerns about AI in Hollywood following the 2023 strikes.

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Academy bars AI-generated actors and screenplays from Oscar eligibility in new rules

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Amazon AI podcast hosts pitch adult diapers and fake dog poop in bizarre shopping experiment

Amazon launched an AI podcast feature that generates audio summaries for millions of products, but early examples show AI hosts enthusiastically discussing adult diaper cream and fake dog poop. The Join the chat feature lets shoppers interact with AI-generated podcast hosts, though social media reactions suggest the automated infomercial approach may have missed the mark on what customers actually want.

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Amazon AI podcast hosts pitch adult diapers and fake dog poop in bizarre shopping experiment

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News Publishers Block AI Training Access to Web Archives Amid Copyright Infringement Concerns

Over 240 news organizations across nine countries are blocking web archives like Common Crawl and the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine to prevent AI companies from using their content without permission or compensation. Major outlets including The New York Times, CNN, and USA Today are restricting access, citing copyright violations as AI firms use archived news content to train large language models. The move raises concerns about preserving public records and historical accountability.

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News Publishers Block AI Training Access to Web Archives Amid Copyright Infringement Concerns

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Job seekers are walking away from AI interviews as transparency issues fuel candidate pushback

Nearly two-thirds of U.S. job seekers have now been interviewed by AI, marking a 13% increase in just six months. But the candidate experience with AI is driving significant pushback: 38% have already withdrawn from hiring processes involving AI interviews, while another 12% say they would. The core issue isn't AI itself—it's the lack of transparency and human interaction that's making candidates feel processed rather than considered.

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Job seekers are walking away from AI interviews as transparency issues fuel candidate pushback

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Val Kilmer's daughter defends AI performance, says actor wanted to set precedent for licensing

Mercedes Kilmer explained why her family supports an AI-generated version of Val Kilmer appearing in the upcoming film As Deep as the Grave. The late actor, who died at 65 in April 2025 after battling throat cancer, wanted to establish structures for actors to own their licensing and ensure fair compensation before AI laws are written. The decision has sparked intense debate in Hollywood about AI technology threatening actors' livelihoods.

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Val Kilmer's daughter defends AI performance, says actor wanted to set precedent for licensing

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ChatGPT emerges as key evidence in criminal investigations as Florida probes AI misuse

ChatGPT search history has become crucial evidence in multiple criminal investigations, including two Florida cases where suspects allegedly used the AI chatbot to plan violent crimes. Florida's Attorney General launched a criminal investigation into OpenAI, questioning tech companies' responsibility in preventing AI misuse and their obligation to cooperate with law enforcement.

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ChatGPT emerges as key evidence in criminal investigations as Florida probes AI misuse

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Beeple's robot dogs with tech billionaires' heads critique algorithms shaping our worldview

American artist Beeple unveiled an art installation in Berlin featuring robot dogs with hyper-realistic heads of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos. The dogs roam autonomously and produce AI-generated art that reflects each figure's worldview. The exhibit critiques how tech billionaires and their algorithms now shape human perception more than artists once did.

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Beeple's robot dogs with tech billionaires' heads critique algorithms shaping our worldview

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OpenAI-linked site deployed AI journalists posing as humans to gather quotes and push pro-AI agenda

A news website called The Wire by Acutus, with apparent connections to OpenAI's political operation, has been using AI agents impersonating human journalists to solicit interviews and quotes from real experts. The site published 94 machine-generated articles since late December, with its own automated reviewer flagging 42 as unready for publication—yet all were published anyway.

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OpenAI-linked site deployed AI journalists posing as humans to gather quotes and push pro-AI agenda

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Canva's AI tool caught replacing Palestine with Ukraine, sparking bias concerns

Canva's Magic Layers feature was found automatically changing the word 'Palestine' to 'Ukraine' in user designs without instruction. The graphic design platform has apologized and resolved the issue, but the incident raises questions about AI bias in design tools and the training data used to build them.

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Canva's AI tool caught replacing Palestine with Ukraine, sparking bias concerns

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Google grants Pentagon AI access for classified military work as 600+ employees protest

Google has amended its contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to allow Pentagon access to AI models for classified military work, including Gemini AI. The Google Pentagon deal follows Anthropic's refusal to grant unrestricted access, which led to a supply-chain risk designation and ongoing lawsuit. Over 600 Google employees, including DeepMind researchers, signed an open letter urging CEO Sundar Pichai to reject the agreement over concerns about autonomous weapons and mass surveillance.

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Google grants Pentagon AI access for classified military work as 600+ employees protest

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John Oliver exposes AI chatbots' dark side, from teen suicides to missing safety guardrails

John Oliver delivered a scathing critique of AI chatbots on Last Week Tonight, exposing how these tools were rushed to market with minimal safeguards. The comedian highlighted devastating consequences including teen suicides linked to Character.AI, inappropriate interactions with children, and the industry's failure to address mental health concerns before widespread deployment.

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John Oliver exposes AI chatbots' dark side, from teen suicides to missing safety guardrails

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South Africa withdraws AI policy after discovering it cited fake AI-generated research

South Africa's first national AI policy was pulled just 16 days after publication when journalists discovered fictitious sources in its reference list—a classic case of AI hallucinations. Communications Minister Solly Malatsi called it a failure of oversight, not a technical glitch, compromising the document's credibility and proving why vigilant human oversight over AI is critical.

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South Africa withdraws AI policy after discovering it cited fake AI-generated research

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Pope Leo XIV moves faster than governments to issue AI guidelines amid crisis of truth

The Vatican has implemented one of the world's first state-level AI frameworks, requiring systems to be ethical, transparent and human-centered. Pope Leo XIV told priests not to use AI to write homilies, warning that technology must never replace human beings. The Holy See is establishing itself as a moral counterweight to AI-driven misinformation.

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Pope Leo XIV moves faster than governments to issue AI guidelines amid crisis of truth

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Man faces 5 years in prison after AI image of escaped wolf Neukgu disrupted South Korea rescue

A man in South Korea was arrested for creating a fake AI image showing runaway wolf Neukgu at a city intersection, which authorities say delayed the nine-day search by diverting emergency workers and resources. The AI-generated photo was convincing enough to trigger emergency alerts to residents and was even displayed at an official press briefing before police identified it as fabricated.

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Man faces 5 years in prison after AI image of escaped wolf Neukgu disrupted South Korea rescue

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