OpenAI's announcement also comes amid a growing field of research that shows how chatbots can exacerbate harm to mental health. The latest on this comes from Brown University and shows how AI chatbots regularly violate mental health ethical standards of practice

This could spark more serious conversations about regulating for such risks, at least on a state level, particularly as parents grow increasingly worried for their children's safety in how they use AI chatbots

Other research has showed that cheap labor & high-level positions were safer, whereas middle tier workers could be at higher risk. Regardless, this most recent wave of layoffs -- with more expected -- could be an early indicator of the broader AI-enabled job displacement experts have warned of

This is an update from previous research which showed that the most obvious impact on the job market from AI thus far was that hiring for entry level positions had stalled, whereas more senior workers were more secure

These sites essentially create a database of individuals for people with differing views on contentious topics like Israel-Palestine, DEI, Charlie Kirk and higher ed to find people to harass, intimidate, stalk etc., with users increasingly the sites to try to get people fired

It is unclear whether the move would sufficiently convince lawmakers to consider changes, but the EU AI Act has faced a lot of pushback, including pressure from the US, and a letter from major names like Mistral, ASML and Airbus could at the very least contribute to delays in enforcement

If you're interested, here's a link to my deeper dive into some of the more dire implications of these increasing rollbacks to content moderation policies on social media platforms
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Here are a couple articles from the past couple of days:

This definitely heightens legal risks like discrimination lawsuits etc. for companies, but it also creates unfair obstacles for applicants and employees. The tradeoff for making a company more marketable because it uses AI in some way isn't always worth the cost and shouldn't be forced