Voluntary AI rules spark resignations
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Major tech companies and business schools pursued self-imposed AI standards as formal regulation lagged, prompting concerns after AI safety researchers resigned, citing profit-driven risks.
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Important addition: here is Benj Edwards's account and acceptance of responsibility.
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Ars Technica has retracted the article about an AI bot that contained fabricated AI-generated quotes.
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This is a good first step, but it is well short of what Ars needs to do.
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This is a good first step, but it is well short of what Ars needs to do.
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Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations
We are reinforcing our editorial standards following this incident.
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February 15, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Important addition: here is Benj Edwards's account and acceptance of responsibility.
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Why Consent Is Broken for Privacy and AI
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Why Consent Is Broken for Privacy and AI
The following is an excerpt from my book ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY where I summarize my thinking on privacy consent:
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February 15, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Why Consent Is Broken for Privacy and AI
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I still think the internet is the best comp for AI. It was a bubble that popped, but the underlying tech turned out to be real. It enabled a bunch of psychosis and slop, but also some genuinely cool stuff. Massive labor market disruptions, but employment levels look about the same.
February 15, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I still think the internet is the best comp for AI. It was a bubble that popped, but the underlying tech turned out to be real. It enabled a bunch of psychosis and slop, but also some genuinely cool stuff. Massive labor market disruptions, but employment levels look about the same.
Employers had affordable labour, while employees received training and a clear career path. Both sides benefited.
But now that bargain is breaking down. AI is automating the grunt work theconversation.com/ai-could-mar...
But now that bargain is breaking down. AI is automating the grunt work theconversation.com/ai-could-mar...
AI could mark the end of young people learning on the job – with terrible results
The bargain that built careers is breaking down.
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February 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Employers had affordable labour, while employees received training and a clear career path. Both sides benefited.
But now that bargain is breaking down. AI is automating the grunt work theconversation.com/ai-could-mar...
But now that bargain is breaking down. AI is automating the grunt work theconversation.com/ai-could-mar...
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Feel like this is a good lesson to keep generative AI far from your editorial process as a matter of policy. Ars is a great website. If it can happen there it can happen to anyone that allows these tools in
Ars Technica Pulls Article With AI Fabricated Quotes About AI Generated Article
A story about an AI-generated article contained fabricated, AI-generated quotes.
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February 15, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Feel like this is a good lesson to keep generative AI far from your editorial process as a matter of policy. Ars is a great website. If it can happen there it can happen to anyone that allows these tools in
I’ve had the same experience. But I’ve also seen people using, or being forced to engage with, self styled AI that hasn’t advanced since 2022. Whatever the relevant equivalent of seven fingered hands is, it will do it.
Lots of people are labelling atrocious software “AI” and still making sales.
Lots of people are labelling atrocious software “AI” and still making sales.
February 15, 2026 at 2:16 PM
I’ve had the same experience. But I’ve also seen people using, or being forced to engage with, self styled AI that hasn’t advanced since 2022. Whatever the relevant equivalent of seven fingered hands is, it will do it.
Lots of people are labelling atrocious software “AI” and still making sales.
Lots of people are labelling atrocious software “AI” and still making sales.
It is time for states to act to prevent unacceptable & internationally destabilizing AI risks. A practical next step would be to harmonize AI red lines that some governments and AI companies have already established, with the aim of reinforcing them through international agreements. red-lines.ai#faq
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AI could soon far surpass human capabilities and escalate risks such as engineered pandemics, widespread disinformation, large-scale manipulation of individuals including children...
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February 15, 2026 at 2:09 PM
It is time for states to act to prevent unacceptable & internationally destabilizing AI risks. A practical next step would be to harmonize AI red lines that some governments and AI companies have already established, with the aim of reinforcing them through international agreements. red-lines.ai#faq
by John McLaren
You sometimes hear people worry about “the singularity,” when AI will become superintelligent and society will collapse. What’s actually more likely is these programs will make a critical mass of humans dumb as rocks and society will collapse.
February 15, 2026 at 5:49 PM
You sometimes hear people worry about “the singularity,” when AI will become superintelligent and society will collapse. What’s actually more likely is these programs will make a critical mass of humans dumb as rocks and society will collapse.
Why I’m not worried about AI job loss - David Oks
Why I’m not worried about AI job loss
We're not in a February 2020 moment, and ordinary people will be fine
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February 16, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Why I’m not worried about AI job loss - David Oks
8/ Innovation through Constraint.
Will we are seeing the same "accidental" toughening. Because we can't all afford $40k H100s, developers outside USA / China are forced to use "charcoal" methods:
A more resiliant 'steel AI' would impact markets and change workpatterns
Will we are seeing the same "accidental" toughening. Because we can't all afford $40k H100s, developers outside USA / China are forced to use "charcoal" methods:
A more resiliant 'steel AI' would impact markets and change workpatterns
February 15, 2026 at 8:35 AM
8/ Innovation through Constraint.
Will we are seeing the same "accidental" toughening. Because we can't all afford $40k H100s, developers outside USA / China are forced to use "charcoal" methods:
A more resiliant 'steel AI' would impact markets and change workpatterns
Will we are seeing the same "accidental" toughening. Because we can't all afford $40k H100s, developers outside USA / China are forced to use "charcoal" methods:
A more resiliant 'steel AI' would impact markets and change workpatterns
What's worse, I ran passages from the article through ChatGPT and Gemini. They said "it cannot have been AI-generated as it's published by the @theguardian.com"! This outrageous! Any professor would notice that this is *FULLY* AI-generated in 30 seconds. Students fail courses for much less than that
Hey @theguardian.com. Are you denying that the following article is AI-generated? www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
February 15, 2026 at 9:15 PM