#AI ethics

Articles (18)

• 🇬🇧 Tory chief whip reposts AI video created by far-right figure who was jailed for hate crimes — 22/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Exclusive: Rebecca Harris promotes latest Crewkerne Gazette skit, created by Joshua Bonehill-Paine who says he is Tory member</p><p>The Conservative party’s chief whip has been condemned for promot...

  Related: #Political controversy
• 🇺🇸 Horror Novel ‘Shy Girl’ Canceled Over Suspected A.I. Use — 19/03/2026 [USA]

  Its publisher, Hachette, will not release the novel in the United States and will discontinue its U.K. edition, citing its commitment to “original creative expression and storytelling.”

  Related: #Publishing controversy
• 🇺🇸 ChatGPT, Other Chatbots Approved for Official Use in the Senate — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  New guidelines said Senate aides could use A.I. tools for official work, including research, drafting and editing documents, and preparing briefings and talking points for lawmakers.

  Related: #Technology adoption, #Government policy
• 🇺🇸 It’s official: The Pentagon has labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  The Department of Defense has officially labeled Anthropic a supply chain risk, making the AI firm the first American company with the label. Meanwhile, the DOD continues to use Anthropic's AI in Iran...

  Related: #Government regulation, #Military technology
• 🇺🇸 OpenAI&apos;s Sam Altman admits ‘rushed’ deal with Defense Department after backlash — 03/03/2026 [USA]

  Sam Altman says that OpenAI "shouldn't have rushed" its deal with the Defense Department and was making "some additions."

  Related: #Government technology partnerships, #Corporate competition
• 🇬🇧 US Olympian says 'I would never say that' after White House AI video shows him insulting Canada — 27/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  USA men's ice hockey player Brady Tkachuk distances himself from an AI-enhanced White House video in which he appears to disparage Canadians, saying "those words would never come out of my mouth".

  Related: #Sportsmanship, #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 Anthropic 'cannot in good conscience accede' to Pentagon's demands, CEO says — 27/02/2026 [USA]

  The maker of the AI chatbot Claude said in a statement that it's not walking away from negotiations, but that new contract language received from the Defense Department "made virtually no progress on ...

  Related: #Government-contract disputes, #National security technology
• 🇺🇸 Anthropic CEO Amodei says Pentagon&apos;s threats &apos;do not change our position&apos; on AI — 26/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Military technology, #Corporate-government relations
• 🇺🇸 Tensions between the Pentagon and AI giant Anthropic reach a boiling point — 20/02/2026 [USA]

  Over the last week, tensions between the Pentagon and artificial intelligence giant Anthropic have reached a boiling point.

  Related: #Military technology, #Corporate-government relations
• 🇺🇸 A Privacy by Design Framework for Large Language Model-Based Applications for Children — 20/02/2026 [USA]

  arXiv:2602.17418v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Children are increasingly using technologies powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI). However, there are growing concerns about privacy risks, particul...

  Related: #Privacy protection, #Child data rights, #Regulatory compliance, #Design thinking
• 🇬🇧 Woman accused of using ChatGPT to plan drug murders — 19/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The 21-year-old woman is accused by authorities in South Korea of secretly administering drinks containing drugs to three men in their 20s.

  Related: #Criminal technology use, #Drug-related crimes
• 🇺🇸 Do Personality Traits Interfere? Geometric Limitations of Steering in Large Language Models — 19/02/2026 [USA]

  arXiv:2602.15847v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Personality steering in large language models (LLMs) commonly relies on injecting trait-specific steering vectors, implicitly assuming that personali...

  Related: #Natural language processing, #Personality modeling, #Interpretability of LLMs
• 🇺🇸 Beyond Binary Classification: Detecting Fine-Grained Sexism in Social Media Videos — 18/02/2026 [USA]

  arXiv:2602.15757v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Online sexism appears in various forms, which makes its detection challenging. Although automated tools can enhance the identification of sexist cont...

  Related: #Gender discrimination, #Multimodal machine learning, #Online harassment, #Content moderation
• 🇺🇸 Spain to probe X, Meta, TikTok over AI-generated child sexual abuse material — 17/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Digital regulation, #Child protection, #Tech accountability
• 🇺🇸 Question of True Remorse When A.I. Helps Write Your Court Apology — 17/02/2026 [USA]

  The use of artificial intelligence gave a New Zealand judge pause about the genuineness of the remorse expressed in the apology. It reflects a wider discussion about using A.I. for personal communicat...

  Related: #Legal authenticity, #Digital communication
• 🇺🇸 Situation Graph Prediction: Structured Perspective Inference for User Modeling — 17/02/2026 [USA]

  arXiv:2602.13319v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Perspective-Aware AI requires modeling evolving internal states--goals, emotions, contexts--not merely preferences. Progress is limited by a data bottl...

  Related: #User modeling, #Perspective‑aware AI, #Inverse inference, #Structured representations
• 🇺🇸 Preventing the Collapse of Peer Review Requires Verification-First AI — 16/02/2026 [USA]

  arXiv:2601.16909v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: This paper argues that AI-assisted peer review should be verification-first rather than review-mimicking. We propose truth-coupling, i.e. how tight...

  Related: #Scientific publishing, #Research integrity
• 🇺🇸 Never say never: Exploring the effects of available knowledge on agent persuasiveness in controlled physiotherapy motivation dialogues — 16/02/2026 [USA]

  arXiv:2602.12924v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Generative Social Agents (GSAs) are increasingly impacting human users through persuasive means. On the one hand, they might motivate users to pursue...

  Related: #Healthcare technology, #Human-computer interaction