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1 | These articles are sourced by Casey Fiesler with the help of research assistants; she posts occasional news roundups on TikTok and Instagram @professorcasey. | Easy sharing: bit.ly/ai-ethics-news | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Primary Categorization | Article (Title, Link) | Publication | Date | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Regulation | Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Elon Musk's Grok over sexualized images | NBC News | 1/10/2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Abuse | Grok Is Being Used to Mock and Strip Women in Hijabs and Saris | WIRED | 1/9/2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Sustainability | Meta lines up massive supply of nuclear power to energize AI data centers | Associated Press | 1/9/2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Work | How AI is shrinking the job market for teens | NPR | 1/9/2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Miscellaneous | OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Health, says 230 million users ask about health each week | TechCrunch | 1/7/2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Regulation | California lawmaker proposes a four-year ban on AI chatbots in kids’ toys | TechCrunch | 1/6/2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Abuse | Grok Is Pushing AI ‘Undressing’ Mainstream | WIRED | 1/6/2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Abuse | ‘I felt violated’: Elon Musk’s AI chatbot crosses a line | The Guardian | 1/6/2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Miscellaneous | An AI ‘Ghost’ That Plays Games For You Is The Inevitable Endpoint Of Where This Is All Headed | Kotaku | 1/6/2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Miscellaneous | Is AI taking the fun out of fantasy football? | BBC | 1/6/2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Miscellaneous | It's not weird to want a generative AI disclosure on games | PC Gamer | 1/6/2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Work | HarperCollins Will Use AI to Translate Harlequin Romance Novels | 404 Media | 1/6/2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Miscellaneous | Hospitals Are a Proving Ground for What AI Can Do, and What It Can’t | The Wall Street Journal | 1/5/2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Regulation | French and Malaysian authorities are investigating Grok for generating sexualized deepfakes | TechCrunch | 1/4/2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Education | As schools embrace AI tools, skeptics raise concerns | The New York Times | 1/2/2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Miscellaneous | Why do Americans hate AI? | The New York Times | 1/2/2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Regulation | China drafts world's strictest rules to end AI-encouraged suicide, violence | Ars Technica | 12/29/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Risk | The World Is Not Prepared for an AI Emergency | TIME | 12/29/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Business | 2025 was the year AI got a vibe check | TechCrunch | 12/29/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Miscellaneous | Americans Hate AI. Which Party Will Benefit? | Politico | 12/28/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Miscellaneous | Why A.I. Didn’t Transform Our Lives in 2025 | The New Yorker | 12/27/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Miscellaneous | A teen’s final weeks with ChatGPT illustrate mental-health and AI concerns | The Washington Post | 12/27/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Miscellaneous | How I learned to stop worrying and love AI slop | MIT Technology Review | 12/23/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Business | Silicon Valley’s tone-deaf take on the AI backlash will matter in 2026 | Fortune | 12/23/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Security | OpenAI says AI browsers may always be vulnerable to prompt injection attacks | TechCrunch | 12/22/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Sustainability | Shady data center deals doom Americans to higher energy bills, senators say | Ars Technica | 12/16/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Miscellaneous | Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die | Ars Technica | 12/15/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Misinformation | Questions of accuracy arise as Washington Post uses AI to create personalized podcasts | NPR | 12/13/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Bias | OK, what’s going on with LinkedIn’s algo? | TechCrunch | 12/12/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Regulation | AI regulation is properly a national issue | The Washington Post | 12/12/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Misinformation | Instagram Is Generating Inaccurate SEO Bait for Your Posts | 404 Media | 12/09/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Misinformation | AI Slop Is Spurring Record Requests for Imaginary Journals | Scientific American | 12/8/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | IP | New York Times sues AI startup for ‘illegal’ copying of millions of articles | The Guardian | 12/5/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Risk | A safety report card ranks AI company efforts to protect humanity | Los Angeles Times | 12/5/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Misinformation | Investigation reveals AI deepfake doctors spreading misinformation and endorsing supplements | Independent | 12/5/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Misinformation | AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people's political opinions, study finds | NBC News | 12/4/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Miscellaneous | AI can influence voters' minds. What does that mean for democracy? | New Scientist | 12/4/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Miscellaneous | ChatGPT hyped up violent stalker who believed he was “God's assassin,” DOJ says | Ars Technica | 12/04/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Misinformation | Anti-immigrant material among AI-generated content getting billions of views on TikTok | The Guardian | 12/3/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Privacy | China’s censorship and surveillance were already intense. AI is turbocharging those systems | CNN | 12/3/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Miscellaneous | ‘From taboo to tool’: 30% of GPs in UK use AI tools in patient consultations, study finds | The Guardian | 12/3/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Regulation | Republicans once again thwart Trump's push to block state AI laws | Ars Technica | 12/03/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Regulation | AI poses unprecedented threats. Congress must act now | The Guardian | 12/2/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | IP | Jorja Smith’s label requests share of royalties from ‘AI-cloned’ TikTok viral song | The Guardian | 12/1/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Regulation | ‘Enable workers’ talents’: no need for AI legislation in Australia, Labor says | The Guardian | 12/1/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Education | AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself | Current Affairs | 12/1/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Security | AI’s safety features can be circumvented with poetry, research finds | The Guardian | 11/30/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Miscellaneous | If You Turn Down an AI’s Ability to Lie, It Starts Claiming It’s Conscious | Futurism | 11/29/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Work | More than 1,000 Amazon workers warn rapid AI rollout threatens jobs and climate | The Guardian | 11/28/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Miscellaneous | ChatGPT firm blames boy’s suicide on ‘misuse’ of its technology | The Guardian | 11/26/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Regulation | California prosecutors’ office used AI to file inaccurate motion in criminal case | The Guardian | 11/26/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Miscellaneous | Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022 | 404 Media | 11/26/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | Miscellaneous | OpenAI says dead teen violated TOS when he used ChatGPT to plan suicide | Ars Technica | 11/26/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Education | Why university lecturers are turning to AI in classes | The Guardian | 11/25/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Regulation | Europe loosens reins on AI – and US takes them off | The Guardian | 11/25/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | Work | AI could replace 3m low-skilled jobs in the UK by 2035, research finds | The Guardian | 11/24/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Abuse | One in four unconcerned by sexual deepfakes created without consent, survey finds | The Guardian | 11/24/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | IP | Minister indicates sympathy for artists in debate over AI and copyright | The Guardian | 11/23/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | Miscellaneous | A Startling Proportion of Teens Now Prefer Talking to AI Over a Real Person | Futurism | 11/23/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Education | College Students Furious When Their Course Is Taught by AI Instead of a Professor | Futurism | 11/23/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | Education | Greek secondary school teachers to be trained in using AI in classroom | The Guardian | 11/22/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | Risk | Tech should help us be creative. AI rips our creativity away | The Guardian | 11/21/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | Miscellaneous | AI is changing the relationship between journalist and audience. There is much at stake | The Guardian | 11/21/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Work | More than half of UK novelists believe AI will replace their work | The Guardian | 11/20/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | Sustainability | Judges have become ‘human filters’ as AI in Australian courts reaches ‘unsustainable phase’, chief justice says | The Guardian | 11/20/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | Misinformation | Judge Horrified as Lawyers Submit Evidence in Court That Was Faked With AI | Futurism | 11/19/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | Business | Top Economist Warns That AI Data Center Investments Are “Digital Lettuce” That’s Already Starting to Wilt | Futurism | 11/19/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | Misinformation | Large online propaganda campaigns are flooding the internet with 'AI slop,' researchers say | NBC News | 11/19/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | Abuse | Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn | 404 Media | 11/19/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | Regulation | White House drafts order directing Justice Department to sue states that pass AI regulations | The Washington Post | 11/19/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | Work | Klarna says AI drive has helped halve staff numbers and boost pay | The Guardian | 11/18/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | Misinformation | Don't blindly trust what AI tells you, says Google's Sundar Pichai | BBC | 11/18/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | Misinformation | AI-generated evidence is showing up in court. Judges say they're not ready. | NBC News | 11/18/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
76 | Sustainability | AI is guzzling energy for slop content – could it be reimagined to help the climate? | The Guardian | 11/17/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | IP | Authors dumped from New Zealand’s top book prize after AI used in cover designs | The Guardian | 11/17/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | Miscellaneous | A Researcher Made an AI That Completely Breaks the Online Surveys Scientaists Rely On | 404 Media | 11/17/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | Risk | AI-Powered Teddy Bear Caught Talking About Sexual Fetishes and Instructing Kids How to Find Knives | Gizmodo | 11/17/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | Miscellaneous | Parents Using ChatGPT to Rear Their Children | Futurism | 11/16/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Work | Company Run Almost Entirely by AI-Generated Employees Descends Into Chaos | Futurism | 11/15/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | Security | Anthropic Says Chinese Hackers Used Its A.I. in Online Attack | The New York Times | 11/14/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | Regulation | Lies, damned lies and AI: the newest way to influence elections may be here to stay | The Guardian | 11/13/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | Security | Terrifying-Looking Robot Powers Up, Immediately Declares Humanity Is a “Resource” to Be “Manipulated or Eliminated” | Futurism | 11/13/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | Risk | Perplexity CEO Warns That AI Girlfriends Can Melt Your Brain | Futurism | 11/12/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | Misinformation | People can't tell AI-generated music from real thing anymore, survey shows | CBS News | 11/12/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
87 | IP | OpenAI Can’t Fix Sora’s Copyright Infringement Problem Because It Was Built With Stolen Content | 404 Media | 11/12/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
88 | Privacy | OpenAI slams court order that lets NYT read 20 million private ChatGPT conversations | Ars Technica | 11/12/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | Regulation | Australian government could explore using AI for cabinet submissions despite security concerns | The Guardian | 11/11/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Miscellaneous | ‘It shows such a laziness’: why I refuse to date someone who uses ChatGPT | The Guardian | 11/10/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
91 | Privacy | Monitoring Students’ Chatbot Conversations Is Big Business Now | Gizmodo | 11/10/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
92 | Work | Tech Workers Are in Deep, Deep Trouble | Futurism | 11/8/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
93 | Privacy | Oddest ChatGPT leaks yet: Cringey chat logs found in Google analytics tool | Ars Technica | 11/07/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
94 | Regulation | Lawsuits Blame ChatGPT for Suicides and Harmful Delusions | The New York Times | 11/06/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
95 | Business | Bombshell report exposes how Meta relied on scam ad profits to fund AI | Ars Technica | 11/06/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
96 | Abuse | ‘The chilling effect’: how fear of ‘nudify’ apps and AI deepfakes is keeping Indian women off the internet | The Guardian | 11/5/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | Miscellaneous | They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real | The New York Times | 11/05/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
98 | Privacy | xAI used employee biometric data to train Elon Musk’s AI girlfriend | The Verge | 11/5/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
99 | Privacy | US gives local police a face-scanning app similar to one used by ICE agents | Ars Technica | 11/04/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
100 | Work | AI-washing and the massive layoffs hitting the economy | CNBC | 11/4/2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||