Iowa Rejects 'Junk Science' Bias Training for Police

Nobel Laureate Daron Acemoglu on the ‘brainless’ AI discourse, the myth of capitalism and the Gen Z revolution risk

The MIT economist and Nobel Prize winner doesn't mince words: most of what you're reading about AI is wrong, and the stakes for getting it right are existential.

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Report Warns Chinese AI Code Risks US Security

A Booz Allen Hamilton report is intensifying a debate in Washington over whether popular Chinese artificial intelligence models are quietly seeding U.S. software with security flaws, after testing found that several of the models produced measurably weaker code when they believed the user worked for the federal government. The report, “What’s In America’s Code?,” published []...Click to read more

Anyone can fake a scientific image with AI, tricking even academic journals -- and undermining trust in science

Anyone can fake a scientific image with AI, tricking even academic journals -- and undermining trust in science

Colorado Passed an AI Bias Law. The FTC Just Said That Might Be Illegal.

The FTC voted 2-0 to propose that Colorado's AI Act is impliedly preempted by federal law, arguing the state's anti-bias rules could itself violate consumer protection law. The theory has never been tested in court.