Generative AI is harmful enough when we understand it as a conventional technology, but if we confuse fluency at generating text with consciousness or moral agency, we’re at risk of assigning responsibility to entirely the wrong parties whenever anyone uses a chatbot. (Chiang, The Atlantic)
Read MoreAnthropic is releasing a next-generation “Mythos-class” model to the general public with guardrails that remove dangerous capabilities related to areas such as cybersecurity and biological research. (McMillan, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreFor the past few years, I’ve been troubled by a word, and that word is sin. I keep reaching for it, because it seems to be the only term strong enough to describe the new forms of dehumanization that artificial intelligence has introduced. (Harper, The Atlantic)
Read MoreAs Business Insider reports, Maus has secured a religious exemption effectively allowing her to skip using AI for her work. Maus is a Unitarian Universalist, a pluralistic religion that's rooted in the inherent worth of every person. In April, she argued that AI didn't align with her religious beliefs, citing environmental and ethical concerns. (Tangermann, Yahoo!)
Read MoreA new study by researchers at a university in Sweden recorded the highest number of conflicts between states in 2025 since World War II, and the highest number of fatalities recorded since the Rwandan genocide. (Bartlett, NPR)
Read MoreGeneration Alpha, or children who are up to age 16, are becoming influential purchase brokers in the shopping economy, and their parents are listening, according to two studies. (Lin-Fisher, USA Today)
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