AI Ethics

AI

The OpenAI whistleblower who didn’t live to testify

Suchir Balaji's death exposes the absence of protections for AI industry dissidents as his family disputes a suicide ruling and copyright litigation proceeds without him.

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AI Geopolitics

The Human-in-the-Loop Mirage: How Combat Pressure Erased AI Warfare Safeguards

Pentagon blacklisting of Anthropic exposes systematic erosion of oversight protocols as Iran conflict validates speed gains—and civilian costs—of autonomous targeting at scale.

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Breaking AI Geopolitics

Google Negotiates Classified Pentagon AI Deal as Corporate Ethics Collapse Under Defense Pressure

Alphabet reverses 2018 military AI restrictions to compete for classified defense contracts, filling vacuum left by Anthropic's blacklisting and accelerating US-China autonomous weapons race.

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Technology

Grammarly Faces Backlash for AI Feature Using Dead Academics Without Consent

The writing platform's Expert Review tool simulates feedback from scholars including those recently deceased, igniting debate over digital identity rights and posthumous data ethics.

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