Top 20 AI Ethics & Policy International News

2025-08-31 13:17:28

Here's a summary of recent AI ethics and policy news:

  1. AI and Job Loss: Concerns arise as AI investors navigate "peak ambiguity" and the potential threat of mass job losses. [Source: Financial Times]
  2. Tech Insecurity: Politicians need to overcome their tech insecurity and engage in AI regulation. [Source: Financial Times]
  3. AI Regulation: Regulation would increase people’s comfort with AI. [Source: Financial Times]
  4. AI and Democracy: Democracies must maintain the lead in AI development. [Source: Financial Times]
  5. AI Opinions: Not everyone needs to have an opinion on AI. [Source: Financial Times]
  6. AI and Justice: The algorithms of justice involve unpalatable trade-offs. [Source: Financial Times]
  7. AI in Education: Students showed how we can partner with AI in education. [Source: The Conversation]
  8. AI and Science: Bad science is becoming big business. [Source: The Conversation]
  9. AI in the Workplace: Generative AI is coming to the workplace. [Source: The Conversation]
  10. AI and Mental Health: Chatbots really improve mental health. [Source: The Conversation]
  11. AI Literacy: Canada needs a national AI literacy strategy to help students navigate AI. [Source: The Conversation]
  12. AI in Academic Publishing: Academics use AI to write journal papers and what the guidelines say. [Source: The Conversation]
  13. AI Security: Mitigating AI security threats: Why the G7 should embrace ‘federated learning’. [Source: The Conversation]
  14. AI Safety: ‘Godfather of AI’ now fears it’s unsafe and he has a plan to rein it in. [Source: The Conversation]
  15. AI and Fake Photos: New rules are needed to know how to tell if a photo’s fake. [Source: The Conversation]
  16. AI Opt-Out: Avoiding AI is hard – but our freedom to opt out must be protected. [Source: The Conversation]
  17. AI Surveillance: DOGE’s AI surveillance risks silencing whistleblowers and weakening democracy. [Source: The Conversation]
  18. AI and Price Discrimination: Price discrimination is getting smarter and low-income consumers are paying the price. [Source: The Conversation]
  19. AI and Indigenous Cultures: AI images are ‘flattening’ Indigenous cultures – creating a new form of tech colonialism. [Source: The Conversation]
  20. AI and Weapons: How the risk of AI weapons could spiral out of control. [Source: The Conversation]