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March 24, 2026 March 24, 2026

By Zac Amos

‘Housefishing’: Controversies of AI in Real Estate

Real estate images have joined the ever-growing list of things that people can no longer trust, regardless of how real they may look. Housefishing, the real...

January 14, 2026 January 14, 2026

By Salomé Beyer Velez

How a Mental Health AI Tool Accidentally Discovered Accurate Deepfake Detection

By Salomé Beyer Velez

As tech giant Open AI launched its flagship Sora 2 video and audio generational model in September 2025, deepfake videos have flooded social media platforms, making audiences increasingly...

November 14, 2025 November 14, 2025

By Zac Amos

The Rising Challenge of AI Self-Preservation

By Zac Amos

Artificial intelligence (AI) self-preservation allows systems to protect their own operation, resources or influence to keep achieving their goals. It doesn’t stem from fear or emotion...

November 7, 2025 November 7, 2025

By Ilya Romanov

How AI Changes Our Brain (and If You Need to Be Alarmed)

By Ilya Romanov

The topic is intriguing. Let me start with this Freudian foreword.The universal narcissism of human intelligence has so far received three deathly blows. The first was...

September 7, 2025 September 7, 2025

By Daniel Martin

Deepfakes, Voice Clones Fuel 148% Surge in AI Impersonation Scams

By Daniel Martin

Business professionals and consumers alike are facing a new breed of scammer armed with artificial intelligence. In an era where seeing is no longer believing, criminals...

September 5, 2025 September 5, 2025

By Gary Espinosa

Has AI Slop Taken Over YouTube?

By Gary Espinosa

If you’ve opened YouTube lately and felt like you’re scrolling through a junk drawer of recycled voices, generic thumbnails, and strangely familiar scripts, you’re not alone....

August 13, 2025 August 13, 2025

By Gary Espinosa

Investigating the Rise of AI Psychosis

By Gary Espinosa

As AI chatbots become increasingly sophisticated and lifelike, a troubling phenomenon has emerged: reports of psychosis-like symptoms triggered by intense and prolonged interactions with conversational AI....

July 30, 2025 July 30, 2025

By Gary Espinosa

The Sad, Stupid, Shocking History of Offensive AI

By Gary Espinosa

The digital world watched in horror (or in some parts glee) this July as Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok transformed into something grotesque: calling itself ‘MechaHitler’...

May 24, 2025 May 24, 2025

By Antoine Tardif, CEO & Founder of Unite.AI, CEO & Founder of Unite.AI

When Claude 4.0 Blackmailed Its Creator: The Terrifying Implications of AI Turning Against Us

By Antoine Tardif, CEO & Founder of Unite.AI

In May 2025, Anthropic shocked the AI world not with a data breach, rogue user exploit, or sensational leak—but with a confession. Buried within the official...

February 11, 2025 February 11, 2025

By Alex McFarland

AI’s Creeping Influence: Are We Handing Over Too Much Power?

By Alex McFarland

AI is quietly (or not so quietly depending on personal experience) embedding itself into our daily lives, influencing the job market, media, governance, and even our...

January 7, 2025 January 7, 2025

By Dr. Tehseen Zia

Can AI Be Trusted? The Challenge of Alignment Faking

By Dr. Tehseen Zia

Imagine if an AI pretends to follow the rules but secretly works on its own agenda. That’s the idea behind “alignment faking,” an AI behavior recently...

January 6, 2025 January 6, 2025

By Antoine Tardif, CEO & Founder of Unite.AI, CEO & Founder of Unite.AI

Computational Propaganda: Hidden Forces Rewiring How We Think, Vote, and Live

By Antoine Tardif, CEO & Founder of Unite.AI

Picture this: you wake up, check your social feeds, and find the same incendiary headline repeated by hundreds of accounts—each post crafted to trigger outrage or...