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AI ethicists have dismissed attempts to treat AI systems as autonomous agents as creative ways for the AI labs to skirt accountability for the harm their software causes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
"We've made several attempts over time to identify the receptor, so this is an exciting moment," says senior author Cynthia Sears, M.D.,
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
Richardson then drove off before stopping in a country lane and twice getting out of the vehicle in attempts to pull Mr Mullins free, the jury was told.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
“Carrie,” developed by Mike Flanagan, the streaming world’s master of horror, attempts something similar but even more extreme.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
The last time they’d shouted at each other, it was over Molly’s failed attempts to catch and kill the Son of Sam, and that had been in the ’70s.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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