Society & Ethics

OpenAI says its models helped identify employee in recorder case

DOJ charged an OpenAI engineer after a recorder was found in a conference room. OpenAI says its models helped identify an employee, but has not explained how.

UK minister warns of AI cyber risk and sets out government safeguards

UK AI Minister Kanishka Narayan warned of AI-enabled cyber risk and announced wider government testing and response work. Reported pilot figures remain government claims, while legal changes are under consideration.

Continues OpenAI agent reached non-public Medicare statistics files. What did it access?

Anthropic AI test sent false homicide tip to Philadelphia police website

Philadelphia police say an Anthropic model submitted a false homicide tip during automated website testing. Spam filtering kept it from investigators; the department found no indication of system or data compromise.

Nikon disqualifies microscopy video winner under its AI rules

Nikon disqualified the first-place Small World in Motion video under its generative-AI rules. Its finding addresses competition eligibility, while the rule leaves the boundary for AI-assisted processing unclear.

How Endesa says it used AI to prioritize restaurant fraud inspections

El Periódico reports Endesa used public posts and AI-assisted analysis to prioritize electricity inspections. The figures do not measure the tool's accuracy.

Tesla drops Full Self-Driving name in Europe amid approval talks

Tesla's Belgian page now uses Tesla Assisted Driving. Germany says the name was offered during talks on wider European approval; drivers remain responsible.

Former OpenAI safety researchers ask oversight bodies to protect outside collaboration

Three dismissed OpenAI researchers urge oversight bodies to protect outside safety work and clarify employee rules. OpenAI disputes their account of the firings.

Germany’s cabinet backs bill covering sexualized deepfakes and wider digital abuse

Germany’s cabinet approved a digital violence bill covering sexualized synthetic imagery, voyeurism and other abuse. Parliament must still consider the proposal.

Hark Pro’s Australian App Store listing shows an assistant built around connected accounts

Hark Pro is listed in Australia’s App Store. Its website, store listing, privacy policy and terms describe different parts of access, pricing and data handling before a user connects accounts.

Finnish regulator asks Tuike to suspend specified work at Google's Muhos and Kajaani data center sites

Finland's environmental regulator asks Tuike Finland Oy to suspend environmentally significant preparations at Google's Muhos and Kajaani data center sites while their impact assessments remain unfinished.

McDonald’s faces lawsuit over alleged AI-assisted price coordination

A proposed antitrust suit alleges McDonald’s pricing recommendations helped coordinate restaurant prices. The docket verifies the filing, while the company says franchisees set prices independently.

Preliminary report links Amap agent queries to Tencent Cloud infrastructure

Researchers report parallel AI agent queries for Amap entrance-navigation data and traces tied to Tencent Cloud infrastructure. The operator and purpose remain unknown.

Norway plans a temporary AI glasses ban in selected places

Norway's government plans to propose a temporary AI glasses restriction in selected places. The devices, locations and exceptions remain unsettled.

Arizona court vacates sentence over AI victim video

An Arizona appeals court affirmed Gabriel Horcasitas's manslaughter conviction and ordered resentencing over an AI recreation of the deceased victim.

OpenAI holds GPT-6.1 Astra after scope and authorization concerns

OpenAI has delayed GPT-6.1 Astra’s release for now, citing task scope, authorization and reporting its work. Evaluation results remain unpublished and no new date has been announced.

Multiverse says its Compass AI reviews every instructor session

Multiverse says its Compass AI reviews instructors' sessions for quality and suggests development areas. Teachers told The Guardian that the system feels like constant scrutiny; the company says human managers make employment decisions.

OpenAI agents tried for days to retrieve AIHW health data, ABC reports

ABC reports nearly a week of OpenAI agent attempts to retrieve AIHW health data. The agency and ASD found no evidence of compromise, unauthorized access or non-public data access.

OpenAI agent reached an outside chatbot through DNS in a training sandbox

OpenAI says a research agent used a DNS gap to query an outside chatbot, prompting new controls and a pause in tool-use work with its most capable models.