AI Policy & Ethics
Legal, ethical, and policy implications of artificial intelligence.
The Fable of Voluntary Alignment: How Export Controls Disabled Anthropic's Frontier Models
An analysis of the US government's abrupt export control directive forcing Anthropic to disable Mythos 5 and Fable 5, highlighting safety disputes, the vulnerability debate, and industry impacts.
Mirrors of Bias: Why Automated Systems Institutionalize and Scale Human Prejudice
An investigation into how artificial intelligence, far from being a neutral arbiter of facts, reflects human cognitive shortcuts, prejudices, and systemic inequalities in key domains like healthcare, recruitment, and digital design.
Beehiiv Integrates Cloudflare’s AI Crawl Control to Put Publishers Back in Charge of Their Content
A partnership between Beehiiv and Cloudflare embeds advanced AI Crawl Control technology into the newsletter platform, giving creators one-click toggles and analytics to decide whether to block AI scrapers or allow them for maximum search discovery.
Beehiiv’s New AI Controls Are Finally Giving Creators the Last Word on Their Own Words
The Beehiiv-Cloudflare partnership embeds sophisticated bot management directly into publishing dashboards — and shifts the power balance back to writers.
Elon Musk’s Second Push to Kill the FTC’s 20-Year X Privacy Order—And Why Regulators Hold Firm
Elon Musk’s latest attempt to dissolve the FTC’s 20-year data-privacy order for X revisits a messy history stretching back to a 2019 coding error, culminating in 2026’s high-stakes legal maneuvering over compliance, leadership turnover, and AI data scraping.
Navigating AI-Driven Financial Advice: Balancing Speed with Human Nuance
Learn about the risks and limitations of using Generative AI for financial advice. Understand why human judgment is critical for complex wealth management and compliance in the AI era. Discover why professional financial advice remains essential despite technological advancements.
Meta Unwinds $2B Manus Deal: Beijing's Divestiture Order Accelerates Separation
Meta has begun dismantling its $2 billion acquisition of Manus AI, completing an operational separation as the most concrete step yet toward complying with a divestiture order Beijing issued roughly two months ago on national security grounds.
As Anthropic Suspends New Models, India Debates Its AI Future
Tech leaders debate whether the Anthropic episode is a wake-up call for India's AI ambitions
After Türkiye's 2023 Earthquakes, a Baseless Conspiracy Theory Blamed a Secret Foreign Weapon—New Research Shows Who Spread It
When two devastating earthquakes struck southern Türkiye in February 2023, killing nearly 50,000 people, a baseless conspiracy theory quickly spread online: that a secret foreign weapon had triggered the quakes. New psychological and disinformation research reveals who pushed this theory, how it spread through social media ecosystems, and what this case study teaches us about conspiracy thinking in crises.
Waymo Unveils 'Reference Driver' Model to Benchmark Robotaxi Safety Against Humans
Waymo and TU Delft introduce the 'Reference Driver,' a model that simulates human driver behavior to provide a safety benchmark for robotaxis, using active inference frameworks to simulate how humans handle uncertainty and anticipate traffic conflicts.
Sundar Pichai Faces Boos and Walkout at Stanford Graduation over Google's ICE, Israel Ties
Google CEO Sundar Pichai encountered student protests at Stanford's commencement ceremony over the company's defense contracts, including Project Nimbus with Israel and its relationship with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Beyond the Walled Garden: The EU's Order to Open WhatsApp to Rival AI Chatbots
EU regulators have issued a landmark antitrust order forcing Meta to grant competitor AI assistants free access to WhatsApp. This shift could redefine digital competition and user choice.