AI Ethics & Society
The AI conversation is not just about technology — it is about people. AI Maestro covers the ethical debates, bias concerns, government regulation, privacy risks, and societal impact of artificial intelligence on communities worldwide.
Runlayer, Rippling drop lawsuits. But the brouhaha is still a cautionary tale for founders.
Runlayer and Rippling filed lawsuits against one another on Wednesday night. No settlement was reached. No money changed hands. Court documents show…
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The Future of Deepfakes and the Decline of Reality (With Hany Farid)
Hany Farid, cofounder of GetReal, explains that distinguishing between an AI-generated image and a…
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‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion Lawsuit
An expert witness testifying in a lawsuit over a Houston explosion that killed three…
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Anthropic watermarks Claude’s output, but critics question the tradeoffs
Anthropic is embedding a watermark in Claude that tags AI text through statistical patterns…
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AI and data centers have leapfrogged Israel, racism, and crypto as US campaign topics
A Washington Post analysis of over 1,200 campaign websites shows artificial intelligence now appears…
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Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party
Meta has filed a patent for AI smartglasses that use facial recognition to automatically…
14 Aug 2026
Flock is tightening its rules in response to a growing surveillance backlash
Flock, the police technology firm operating a nationwide network of 120,000 license plate readers,…
13 Aug 2026
How kids feel about AI, in their own words
We asked 10 to 18-year-olds about artificial intelligence and heard a mix of apathy,…
13 Aug 2026
Anthropic says it will watermark text generated by its AI models
Anthropic has confirmed it will watermark text generated by its models, including Claude, to…
11 Aug 2026
The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact
Meta disabled a feature that let anyone generate deepfakes of Instagram users without permission…
10 Aug 2026