A powerful open-source toolkit called OBLITERATUS is making waves by surgically stripping AI refusal behaviors from large language models using a technique called abliteration, while simultaneously crowdsourcing anonymous benchmark data to build a live community leaderboard tracking refusal mechanism research across model architectures.
Pope Leo XIV issues a landmark encyclical on artificial intelligence, drawing direct parallels to Pope Leo XIII's historic 1891 labor rights doctrine, offering moral guidance on AI's growing impact on society.
Pope Leo XIV issues a landmark 44,000-word encyclical demanding a ban on lethal AI weapons, limits on Big Tech power, and protections for children online, framing AI development as a defining moral crossroads between profit-driven dominance and human dignity — with even Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah attending the Vatican presentation …
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV is turning heads by sporting an Apple Watch and a budget Wenger diver's watch during papal appearances, while simultaneously warning the world that artificial intelligence poses serious threats to human dignity, justice, and labor.
Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn reverses a controversial policy that tied employee performance reviews to AI usage, acknowledging that job outcomes matter more than forced AI adoption, as workers push back against being evaluated on tool usage rather than results.
DeepSeek slashes V4 Pro prices by 75% to $0.87 per million output tokens, dramatically undercutting rivals like GPT-5 and Claude Opus 4.7, igniting an AI price war while geopolitical tensions and accusations of unauthorized training data theft from Anthropic continue to cloud the Chinese AI company's rapid market expansion.
A alarming new study reveals 63% of workers are faking AI skills out of job security fears, while simultaneously sabotaging workplace AI adoption, creating a 'double distortion' crisis experts say stems from a failure in learning culture, not technology.
Gen Z graduates are booing AI-focused commencement speeches in open defiance, as Goldman Sachs reports roughly 16,000 U.S. jobs lost to AI per month, with entry-level workers hit hardest while corporations redirect over $700 billion into AI infrastructure — leaving the class of 2026 uniquely vulnerable, lacking the years of …
California Governor Gavin Newsom signs an executive order mobilizing state agencies, universities, and AI leaders to protect workers from AI-driven economic disruption through job training programs, workforce impact dashboards, and employment safety nets, though experts warn the effort may be damage control rather than a lasting solution.
Spotify launches bold new AI music and podcast tools, including a Universal Music Group partnership for artist-consented AI remixes, even as musicians and podcasters fight back with protest albums and class-action lawsuits over the platform's growing AI ambitions.