Some topics are off limits inside popular Chinese-made free AI, researchers find
A popular Chinese AI program, Qwen, has no memory of Tiananmen Square and no tolerance for Winnie the Pooh.
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AI Ethics — what each story says
Every story in this issue with a short summary, so you can decide what to read before leaving the site. Summaries are written by AI (Claude) only from each publisher's own description and checked by Jev for anything not in that description. They are not full translations. Follow "Read the original" for the full story.
18 stories11 with summaries9 topics
⚖️ Bias, discrimination and fairness3
2026 Right Livelihood laureates challenge autocracy, patriarchy, and AI bias
The 2026 Right Livelihood Award is honoring women and women-led organisations. They are confronting authoritarian rule, patriarchal violence, and unchecked AI development.
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- AI Reviewers Show No Gender or Geographic Bias in Abstract Scoring, Study FindsBioengineer.org · 10/02 18:02 UTC
🔒 Privacy and surveillance1
Data privacy concerns could hold patients back from using AI
According to a new survey, patients say they are increasingly concerned about their health data. This comes even though AI has quickly become part of Americans' daily lives.
Read the original →🔍 Transparency and accountability1
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen questions whether AI companies can police themselves
Haugen leaked a trove of internal documents to the Wall Street Journal in 2021. They became a series of reports known as "The Facebook Files."
Read the original →🎨 Creators, copyright and consent1
Copyright fees to flow back to Australian creators under new CommBank AI agreement
Australian creators and publishers will receive licence fees paid by CommBank under a new agreement. It covers the use of eligible Australian news content in workplace generative AI tools.
Read the original →🎭 Misinformation and deepfakes2
Tagging AI-generated proteins during design process will let scientists know who made them
Google DeepMind researchers who developed the method say it will help uphold scientific integrity. They also say it will help prevent misuse of protein designs.
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- NC election experts warn about voter trust as AI makes political misinformation easier to createNC Newsline · 10/02 18:53 UTC
🧒 Protecting children and vulnerable people5
New safeguards could help protect young people from unsafe content generated by artificial intelligence
An interdisciplinary team led by Clemson University is working to make AI safer. The work is supported by the National Science Foundation.
Read the original →The AI Chatbots That Tech Companies Are Aggressively Pushing to Billions of Users Appear to Be Causing Serious Psychological Harms, New Research Finds
A recent paper argues that extensive use of AI chatbots can be linked to "severe negative outcomes." These include psychological harm and suicide.
Read the original →Miller-Meeks Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Children from Human-Like Chatbots
Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), George Whitesides (D-CA), Mike Kennedy (R-UT) and Doris Matsui (D-CA) introduced the Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots Act. The bill would prohibit chatbots from communicating by default in a human-like way with minors. That includes pretending to be human, expressing simulated emotions, or using relationship-building language to keep children engaged.
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- Artificial Intelligence — How Can Christians Respond?Focus on the Family · 10/02 21:59 UTC
- AI, Mental Health and the Common Goodscienceblog.cincinnatichildrens.org · 10/01 18:01 UTC
📜 Ethics principles and guidelines3
Call for papers: Advancing research on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
UNESCO invites recent PhD graduates to submit research on the ethics of artificial intelligence by 30 October 2026. Selected papers will be presented in Paris.
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- South Korea adopts AI ethics guidelines for public sectorMLex · 10/02 05:09 UTC
- When Classrooms Learn to Read Feelings: The Hidden Ethics of Emotion-Sensing AI in SchoolsBioengineer.org · 10/02 18:00 UTC
🇯🇵 AI ethics in Japan1
What Happens When Generative AI Imitates a Voice?
A Tokyo District Court ruling concerned a video said to imitate the voice of voice actor Kenjiro Tsuda using generative AI. Tsuda had asked TikTok's operator to delete the video.
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- Happy Opt Out October! Let's Find Real Alternatives to the Tech GiantsEFF · 10/01 19:27 UTC
The analysis and visual summary are in the Oct 3 AM issue. Japanese version here.