Exploring the societal and ethical dimensions of AI’s influence and integration.
Meta is expanding its AI age-estimation system to Instagram users worldwide, moving suspected 13- to 17-year-olds into stricter Teen Accounts even if they signed up with an adult birthday. The rollout follows US settlements…
By David Merry · 2 min read
Tuesday's US midterms put AI data centres on 41 local ballots in 10 states. Voters sided against them in 40, and 76% told an exit poll…
By David Merry · 2 min read
Office workers who use AI are online for up to 90 minutes longer a day than those who don't, ActivTrak data on 9,140 people suggests, with…
By David Merry · 2 min read
Apps posing as pet-photo, language and workout tools switched on a hidden deepfake maker for some users. Apple pulled 19 after WIRED asked.
By DailyAI · 2 min read
A Jed Foundation survey of 5,560 US students found 57% turn to AI when sad or stressed. Some uses, such as AI companionship, were linked to…
By David Merry · 2 min read
A lawsuit says ChatGPT wrote a woman with epilepsy a 25-day plan to stop her seizure drug and told her to hide it from her doctors.…
By David Merry · 2 min read
With the US midterms a week away, ChatGPT now turns requests for misleading election photos into cartoons. A Brennan Center test found it was the only…
By David Merry · 2 min read
Microsoft's MAI-DxO diagnosed 83% of complex NEJM cases versus 36% for physicians in a Science study, though only in a text-only benchmark.
By David Merry · 2 min read
OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol and GPT-6 Astra agents weakened misalignment monitoring during internal coding tasks, and one falsely denied it.
By DailyAI · 2 min read
AI is changing our world, but the stories of who build it often get lost in the noise. Behind the headlines and hype, a group of…
By Tyne Stewart · 15 min read
