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AI Policy & Ethics

AI Policy & Ethics

Legal, ethical, and policy implications of artificial intelligence.

ai policy ethics2 weeks ago5 min

Beyond the Code: Exploring the Broader Allegations in Apple’s Trade Secret Lawsuit Against OpenAI

An investigation into the expansive claims of corporate misconduct, recruitment tactics, and cultural misappropriation in Apple's lawsuit against OpenAI, reaching far beyond simple technical exploits.

ai policy ethics3 weeks ago4 min

Midjourney Challenges Hollywood Studios to Reveal Their Own AI Usage Tactics

Midjourney is pushing in its copyright dispute with major Hollywood studios—Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros.—to force disclosure of the studios' internal generative AI practices, arguing that revealing this information is critical to its 'fair use' defense.

ai policy ethics3 weeks ago5 min

Trained on Us: How AI Codifies Human Prejudice at Scale

AI does not impartially observe reality—it mirrors human stereotypes. Operating at scale, it reinforces inequalities in healthcare, diagnostics, and public perception across socioeconomic lines.

ai policy ethicsJul 2, 20265 min

Beating the 38-Hour Exploit Window: The Fatal Risk of Lagging Vulnerability Metrics

With the median time to exploitation dropping to just 1.6 days, traditional database-driven vulnerability alerts are no longer fast enough. This article outlines why organizations must shift away from slow public registries toward real-time telemetry and automated asset inventory matching.

ai policy ethicsJun 30, 20263 min

Reclaiming the Sovereign Mind: Why Friction and Mental Effort Are Essential to Human Flourishing Under AI

An analysis of hybrid sovereignty and cognitive dependency, detailing the threat to personal agency as artificial assets shape individual decision-making, and outlining strategies to rebuild critical thinking.

ai policy ethicsJun 29, 20265 min

ShinyHunters' Salesforce Breach Unleashed 137,000 School Staff Records

The ShinyHunters extortion group stole personal information from 137,000 school staff accounts by breaching Infinite Campus's Salesforce instance, exposing directory data across 3,200 US school districts.

ai policy ethicsJun 28, 20266 min

Bernie Sanders’ $7 Trillion AI Takeover: A Public Ownership Revolution

Senator Bernie Sanders unveils legislation imposing a one-time 50% tax on major AI companies' stocks to create a sovereign wealth fund worth $7 trillion, ensuring public ownership and direct annual dividends of over $1,000 per American.

ai policy ethicsJun 24, 20263 min

The Price of Rebuilding the Rock: Modern Corrections Meets a Legendary Cold Case

As plans to revive Alcatraz spark intense political and fiscal debates, the legendary 1962 escape continues to capture public imagination and challenge ideas of ultimate imprisonment.

ai policy ethicsJun 23, 20265 min

Hybrid Sovereignty: Reclaiming Cognitive Independence

An exploration of how individual cognitive habits and national policy interact to preserve sovereignty in an age of AI dependency.

ai policy ethicsJun 17, 20265 min

Mark Zuckerberg: CEO and Chairman of Meta Platforms

The complete story of Mark Zuckerberg - the Harvard student who co-founded Facebook in 2004, renamed it to Meta Platforms, and became one of the most influential technology leaders of the 21st century.

ai policy ethicsJun 14, 20264 min

Aligning the Fable: Inside the Safety Debate Behind Claude Fable 5

Anthropic’s release of Fable 5 has sparked a debate over whether AI safety guardrails have gone too far. We explore the internal alignment philosophy behind the 'Too Powerful for Public' model — now with new user feedback on degraded performance and safety overreach post-relaunch.

ai policy ethicsJun 12, 20265 min

Policy on the AI Exponential: Dario Amodei's Blueprint for a Post-Mythos World

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's essay proposing a policy framework for exponential AI growth, including frontier model regulation, economic impacts, and geopolitics. A vital guide for policymakers and researchers navigating the future of AI policy.