AI Ethics & Policy
Regulation, governance, safety, bias, copyright and legislation
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The Five Human Names Behind an AI-Designed Drug
Insilico Medicine used AI to propose a drug for pulmonary fibrosis, but the patent does not name the AI system…
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AI and Democracy Face a Crisis of Escalation
AI and liberal democracy are often treated as separate stories, but Daron Acemoglu places them inside the same crisis. His…
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A Wyoming Lawsuit Tests Grok’s Role in Abuse Imagery
A childhood photo sits at the center of a federal lawsuit. A woman in Wyoming, identified as Jane Doe 4,…
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OpenAI Slows Frontier Training With New AI Security Safeguards
OpenAI has introduced new security policies aimed at containing incidents while AI models are being tested and developed. The measures…
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AI Is Turning Legal Drafting Into a Verification Crisis
AI is drafting laws badly. As of Aug. 18, 2026, the technology is creating extra work inside the House Office…
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Hidden AI Traps Are Turning Court Filings Into Digital Battlegrounds
A Connecticut court uncovered a new kind of legal ambush: hidden instructions buried inside filings for AI systems to read,…
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ByteDance Agrees to Guard AI Models Against Hollywood Copyright Claims
ByteDance is putting guardrails around its AI models. The company agreed to a memorandum of understanding with the Motion Picture…
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Grok Lawsuits Put AI-Generated Child Abuse Images Under Scrutiny
Grok is facing a growing legal crisis over allegations that its AI systems generated child sexual abuse material and nonconsensual…
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Anthropic’s Dario Amodei Says AI Must Earn Trust Through Results
Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, has pushed back against the idea that warnings about artificial intelligence helped create the backlash…
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Anthropic’s Trust Test: Can AI Deliver Its Biggest Promise?
AI has a trust problem, and Dario Amodei is not trying to talk his way around it. The CEO of…
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