A landmark verdict highlights how social media's design amplifies harm by prioritising engagement, leading to empathy erosion and compassion fatigue. Addressing this requires rethinking algorithms and regulation to prioritise emotional health. #DigitalEthics #SocialMediaDesign #AIresponsibility

AI scraping bots would have to name themselves under a bill that 300 publishing executives took to Washington, as Cloudflare reset its own crawler controls.

AI scraping bots would have to name themselves under a bill that 300 publishing executives took to Washington, as Cloudflare reset its own crawler controls.

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The speaker urged replacing the term 'artificial intelligence' with 'superintelligence' in U.S. documents, said the U.S. leads the field, and indicated the Department of Justice would 'watch it closely.'

Board members discussed risks and benefits of artificial intelligence and screen time; one board member proposed short-term 'pauses' on staff using AI for official communications while a committee develops guardrails and pilot 'computer-free' days were proposed for students.

AI companions fake understanding study finds

We cannot rely on facebook, instagram, threads, whatsapp, or any of them. Standing on a platform actively hostile to us is not a good way forward.

Dr. Alex Scott told an Iowa City audience that synthetic images and deepfake video are becoming more convincing and widespread, urging combined responses including media literacy, platform reforms and content provenance tools such as Adobe’s Content Authenticity Initiative.

Onsite auditors inside the largest AI labs and a May 2027 rulebook for verifiers are on the table. Can an order with no legal force change what labs build?

Onsite auditors inside the largest AI labs and a May 2027 rulebook for verifiers are on the table. Can an order with no legal force change what labs build?

Autoplay and algorithmic feeds shown to under-16s now carry per-minor civil penalties, enforced only by the state, with a new advisory body inside the DOJ.

Autoplay and algorithmic feeds shown to under-16s now carry per-minor civil penalties, enforced only by the state, with a new advisory body inside the DOJ.

A sockpuppet is a fake online identity used to deceive others, typically to inflate apparent support, post reviews, attack rivals, or dodge a platform ban.

A sockpuppet is a fake online identity used to deceive others, typically to inflate apparent support, post reviews, attack rivals, or dodge a platform ban.

A small request as the new academic year begins. As Meta glasses and other wearable technologies become more common, ‘covert’ recording in classrooms is going to become increasingly easy. I get that i...

Deepfake: AI-generated media that convincingly depicts a real person saying or doing something that never happened, now central to ad fraud and EU disclosure law.

Deepfake: AI-generated media that convincingly depicts a real person saying or doing something that never happened, now central to ad fraud and EU disclosure law.

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