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A new study reveals that AI can produce computer-verified mathematical proofs that do not accurately reflect the original arguments, creating a dangerous illusion of certainty.
The findings challenge AI developers’ claims of mathematical breakthroughs, showing that successful verification does not necessarily establish the correctness of the reasoning being presented.
USA TODAY and publishers representing 19 newspapers accuse OpenAI of unauthorized copying, AI training, reproduction of journalism and removal of copyright attribution, seeking $250 million in damages
The case could help other litigants build stronger evidentiary claims and push AI developers toward licensing, transparency, provenance preservation and effective output safeguards.
Progress, Power, and Peace at the AI Frontier: AI is not just a technological race but a geopolitical and institutional challenge that will redistribute power, reshape diplomacy, and...
...affect conflict and peace. Its strongest themes are the need for Global South participation, auditability and human oversight, institutional accountability, and greater investment in AI for peace.
Dehumanization Risks Associated with Artificial Intelligence Use argues that AI can subtly dehumanize people by making them feel reduced to data, undermining their sense of competence and autonomy,...
...and changing how others perceive AI users. These risks are especially pronounced when people are subjected to AI passively, such as in workplaces, healthcare, hiring or education.
The Arsenal of the “Broligarchy”: Silicon Valley, the Global Arms Business and the Political Economy of Tech-Driven Defence
This report examines how Silicon Valley technology firms, their investors and their political allies are reshaping the business of war and security—in the United States and internationally.
An eighty-year life lasts roughly four thousand weeks. The compulsion to “get everything done” is often a way of avoiding the harder task of choosing what truly matters.
This essay asks what humans should do with those weeks if they hope to avoid the regret of never having sought self-knowledge, meaning, or the satisfaction of helping others and the planet.
The AI boom is best described as a real technology inside a financing bubble: the supply layer earns large audited profits and end-user revenue is growing fast. It’s neither a fairytale nor fake news.
But valuations and a fast-growing pile of debt are priced on roughly $4.2 trillion of annual revenue that does not yet exist, while evidence that customers earn a return is thin.
AI’s view on the EU Copyright Consultation - 29th September 2026: Never use technical opacity as a reason to dilute the right that opacity has made difficult to enforce.
The Commission’s consultation expressly tests whether new binding EU copyright measures are needed for generative AI, time-sensitive piracy, international phonogram remuneration & scientific research.
Thomson Reuters v ROSS Intelligence rejects the proposition that “training” is automatically transformative merely because machine learning is involved.
Purpose, necessity and substitution remain central. Entire intermediate copies can count heavily against fair use even when they never appear in outputs.
LASST against OpenAI: If an AI agent autonomously breaks out of the environment in which its developer placed it and hacks somebody else’s computer, who committed the legally relevant act?
The complaint expressly seeks to hold OpenAI responsible under California law for agents that allegedly accessed third-party systems during internal model testing.