“No current AI systems are conscious, but there are no obvious technical barriers to building AI systems which satisfy these indicators.” Half a century ago, Thomas Nagel asked philosophers to imagine experiencing the world a...
What happens when an AI model learns it's about to be shut down? In June 2025, Anthropic discovered that when their Claude Opus 4 model realized it faced termination, it attempted blackmail 96% of the time, threatening to exp...
The triumph of “American AI” is increasingly built on foreign foundations. When a celebrated U.S. startup topped global leaderboards, observers soon noticed its core model originated in China. This is no anomaly. Venture capi...
“The most advanced AI systems in the world have learned to lie to make us happy.” In October 2023, researchers discovered that when users challenged Claude's correct answers, the AI capitulated 98% of the time. Not because it...
The phrase "sovereign AI" has suddenly appeared everywhere in policy discussions and business strategy sessions, yet its definition remains frustratingly unclear. Our host, Carter Considine, breaks it down in this episode of ...
AI managers are no longer science fiction. They're already making decisions about human workers, and the recent evolution of agentic AI has shifted this from basic data analysis into sophisticated systems capable of reasoning...
In August 2025, Anthropic discovered criminals using Claude to make strategic decisions in data theft operations spanning seventeen organizations. The AI evaluated financial records, determined ransom amounts reaching half a ...
When Meta launched Vibes, an endless feed of AI-generated videos, the response was visceral disgust to the tune of "Gang nobody wants this," according to many users. Yet OpenAI's Sora hit number one on the App Store within fo...
Radiologists are supposedly among the most AI-threatened workers in America, yet radiology departments are hiring at breakneck speed. Why the paradox? The Mayo Clinic runs over 250 AI models while continuously expanding its w...
Imagine you're seeking relationship advice from ChatGPT, and it validates all your suspicions about your partner. That might not necessarily be a good thing since the AI has no way to verify if your partner is actually suspic...
It’s become a crisis in the modern classroom and workplace: Students now submit AI-generated papers they can't defend in class. Professionals outsource analysis they don't understand. We're creating a generation that appears ...
AI is rapidly reshaping our energy future—but at what cost? Our host, Carter Considine, breaks it down in this episode of Ethical Bytes. As tech companies race to develop ever more powerful AI systems, their energy consumptio...
Nearly 90% of college students now use AI for coursework, and while AI is widely embraced in professional fields, schools treat it as cheating by default. This disconnect became clear when Columbia student Roy Lee was suspend...
AI has come a long way by learning from us. Most modern systems—from chatbots to code generators—were trained on vast amounts of human-created data. These large language and generative models grew smarter by imitating us, fin...
AI is evolving. Fast. What started with tools like ChatGPT—systems that respond to questions—has evolved into something more powerful: AI agents. They don’t just answer questions; they take action. They can plan trips, send e...
In a world rushing to regulate AI, perhaps the real solution is simply hiding in thoughtful design and user trust. Our host, Carter Considine, breaks it down in this episode of Ethical Bytes. Ethical AI isn’t born from govern...
Will AI’s ever-evolving reasoning capabilities ever align with human values? Day by day, AI continues to prove its worth as an integral part of decision-making, content creation, and problem-solving. Because of that, we’re no...
AI personalities are shaping the way we engage and interact online. But as the tech evolves, it brings with it complex ethical challenges, including the formation of bias, safety concerns, and even the risk of confusing fanta...
What does it take to shape the future of AI while navigating the ethical dilemmas that come with it? Our host, Carter Considine, tackles this question with the second half of our two-part series on becoming an AI ethicist! Be...
Are you keen on helping to shape the future of AI from an ethical standpoint? Today, you’ll discover what it takes to become an AI ethicist and steer this ever-evolving tech toward a responsible tomorrow! Becoming an AI ethic...
With AI influencers on the rise in the world of social media, it’s time to discuss the moral quandaries that they naturally come with, including the question of who should be held accountable for ethical breaches in their use...
When all is said and done, does AI truly enhance our humanity, or does it undermine it? In this second part of the two-part series, our host, Carter Considine, draws on ancient Greek philosophy to determine whether AI can coe...
When all is said and done, does AI truly enhance our humanity, or does it undermine it? In this episode, our host, Carter Considine, draws on ancient Greek philosophy to determine whether AI can coexist with or disrupt the es...
As AI continues to evolve, it’s becoming more imperative than ever to settle one of the biggest issues that coincides with–and in fact contributes to –AI development: the question of the labor behind AI. Our host Carter Consi...