#AI ethics

The DoD is pushing to get all its AI providers on a common baseline, including Anthropic's Claude, to enable consistent oversight of AI-assisted military targeting and decision support.

Anthropic is challenging its blacklisting by the Trump administration, arguing it was retaliated against for opposing autonomous weapons use.

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.