#AI ethics

Caitlin Kalinowski resigned from OpenAI over concerns about the company's agreement to let the Pentagon use its AI for domestic surveillance without judicial oversight.

Grammarly's AI-powered expert review feature generates writing feedback attributed to real journalists and academics — including deceased professors — without obtaining their permission.

An investigation reveals that gig workers in Africa hired through the data-labeling platform Appen were unknowingly annotating data used to train AI systems for the U.S. military. The workers, paid a fraction of Western wages, had no idea their labeling work was feeding into defense and intelligence applications.

The Pentagon has merged its Defense Innovation Board and Defense Science Board into a new unified advisory body, but the move comes as the Trump administration cuts basic science funding and reduces oversight structures across the department.