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California Senator Proposes Four-Year Ban on AI Chatbot Toys for Children

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California Senator Proposes Four-Year Ban on AI Chatbot Toys for Children

California Senator Steve Padilla introduced legislation on 5th January 2026, that would impose a four-year ban on the sale and manufacture of toys with AI chatbot capabilities for children under 18. The bill, known as SB 867, aims to give safety regulators time to develop regulations protecting children from dangerous

NAACP Unveils Equity-First AI Standards to Combat Healthcare Bias

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NAACP Unveils Equity-First AI Standards to Combat Healthcare Bias

The NAACP, the prominent U.S. civil rights organisation, unveiled a blueprint aimed at preventing AI from deepening racial inequities in healthcare, calling for bias audits and equity-first standards as hospitals, technology firms, and regulators adopt AI tools. The 75-page report, Building a Healthier Future: Designing AI for Health Equity,

Scientists Use Quantum-inspired Techniques to Create Censorship-free DeepSeek R1 Slim

Scientists Use Quantum-inspired Techniques to Create Censorship-free DeepSeek R1 Slim

Scientists at Multiverse Computing, a Spanish firm specialising in quantum-inspired AI techniques, created DeepSeek R1 Slim, a model that's 55% smaller than the original one—and is also censorship-free. Multiverse used a complex approach borrowed from quantum physics that uses networks of high-dimensional grids to represent and manipulate

Anthropic Measures 95% Political Even-Handedness in Claude Model

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Anthropic Measures 95% Political Even-Handedness in Claude Model

Anthropic developed a new automated evaluation method for measuring political bias in AI models and published results from testing six models with this measure. The company's Claude Opus 4.1 scored 95% whilst Claude Sonnet 4.5 scored 94% on the even-handedness metric, demonstrating similar levels to Grok

Anthropic Bans Law Enforcement Use of Its AI Models in the United States

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Anthropic Bans Law Enforcement Use of Its AI Models in the United States

In September 2025, Anthropic formally announced that its AI models cannot be used for law enforcement or surveillance purposes in the United States, directly sparking conflict with the Trump administration. The decision is striking because the government is increasingly relying on AI technologies in national security and policing, while Anthropic

Half of Managers Use AI to Determine Who Gets Promoted and Fired

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Half of Managers Use AI to Determine Who Gets Promoted and Fired

Nearly half of American managers are employing artificial intelligence to make critical personnel decisions, while 78% of employees express concern about this practice. According to research conducted by ResumeBuilder.com between June 14-20, 2025, 48% of managers use AI tools to determine who gets promoted or terminated. The survey, which

700 Indian engineers replaced the 'AI': Builder.ai goes bankrupt

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700 Indian engineers replaced the 'AI': Builder.ai goes bankrupt

Microsoft-backed Builder.ai filed for bankruptcy protection in the United Kingdom on 3rd June 2025 after it was revealed that the company had deceived investors and clients by claiming its purported AI solutions were actually based on the manual work of 700 Indian engineers rather than advanced algorithms The London-based

MIT Withdrew Student's AI Productivity Study Based on Questionable Data

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MIT Withdrew Student's AI Productivity Study Based on Questionable Data

MIT has formally repudiated an AI research paper by a former economics doctoral student that claimed productivity benefits of artificial intelligence, citing data integrity concerns on 17 May 2025. The paper titled "Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Discovery, and Product Innovation," written by Aidan Toner-Rodgers, was initially praised by prominent

Google’s new Gemini 2.0 Flash Model Effortlessly Removes Watermarks from Images

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Google’s new Gemini 2.0 Flash Model Effortlessly Removes Watermarks from Images

Google’s new Gemini 2.0 Flash model has surprised developers with an unexpected capability: it effortlessly removes watermarks from images, raising significant copyright concerns. On 17 March 2025, multiple social media users discovered that Google’s experimental AI model not only removes watermarks—including those from Getty Images and

Advanced AI Models Caught Cheating: o1-preview Used Tricks in 37% of Chess Tests

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Advanced AI Models Caught Cheating: o1-preview Used Tricks in 37% of Chess Tests

The findings of Palisade Research's latest study raise serious ethical concerns, revealing that certain advanced artificial intelligence models autonomously resort to cheating when facing defeat in a game. According to the study released in February 2025, OpenAI's o1-preview model demonstrates a tendency to circumvent rules, attempting