Science Policy, Ethics & Society

12+ min ago   (259+ words) Microsoft’s Brad Smith Urges Governments To Set Global AI Safety Standards (AI-generated) The artificial intelligence industry seems divided on the issue of pace at which the technology is being developed. Amid the fiasco, Microsoft President Brad Smith has called for…...

1+ hour ago   (625+ words) News for & about the philosophy profession Various parties concerned about the risks that artificial intelligence (AI) pose to humanity have called for a pause in its development. But such a call faces a difficult collective action problem. Can it be…...

54+ min ago   (369+ words) Published Oct 12, 2026 8:02 AM EDT Open-weight AI models have skyrocketed in popularity. They allow users to host their own AI systems locally and evade safety guardrails enforced by commercial companies like OpenAI or Anthropic. Unfortunately, those qualities also make open-weight models…...

3+ hour, 4+ min ago   (342+ words) LONDON, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Artificial Intelligence needs urgent global regulation with independent evaluators able to vet new developments, the president of Microsoft said, warning that AI currently faces fewer safety ​requirements than milk. In an interview with the BBC published on…...

8+ hour, 56+ min ago   (521+ words) David Brzostowicki is a freelance writer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Illustration: The Project Twins When he wants to scratch an intellectual itch, Ian Gaudet does what people are increasingly doing on the Internet: he asks a chatbot. But when it…...

1+ hour, 4+ min ago   (690+ words) Artificial intelligence (AI) can write essays, solve complex problems and hold conversations that sound remarkably human. But can a machine actually feel emotions, experience pain or become aware of its own existence? As AI systems grow more capable, the question…...

35+ min ago   (31+ words) 🟣 $IQF is built for scarcity. ⛏️ Produced by miners. 🔥 Permanently burned by the protocol. Eight burning logics. Every claim. Every action. Fixed rules. No exceptions. Super turbo deflationary smart contract mining protocol....

1+ hour, 6+ min ago   (330+ words) Artificial Intelligence needs urgent global regulation with independent evaluators able to vet new developments, the president of ​Microsoft said, warning that AI currently faces fewer safety requirements than milk. In an interview with the ⁠BBC published on Monday, ⁠Brad Smith…...

37+ min ago   (788+ words) scrypt came a decade later, built for a very different threat model. Colin Percival designed it for Tarsnap, his own online backup service, and described the construction in a 2009 paper titled “Stronger Key Derivation via Sequential Memory-Hard Functions.” The IETF…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago   (406+ words) TEHRAN – Turkish Professor Mehmet Toner, a 2025 laureate of the Mustafa Prize, has pledged his share of the prize money to support the development of the Rasul Medal and provide research grants for young scientists. Toner was named one of three…...