ai-ethics

GitHub has disabled Copilot's ability to insert promotional tips into pull requests following developer backlash. The feature, which injected Raycast ads into over 11,400 pull requests without explicit developer consent, was enabled when Copilot was mentioned in PRs it didn't create. GitHub's product manager acknowledged the decision was a mistake.

A new Google DeepMind research paper on AI agent delegation recommends that AI systems occasionally assign humans tasks they could easily complete themselves. The goal: preventing workforce skill atrophy as automation increases.

Google DeepMind is pushing for moral behavior in large language models to be evaluated with the same technical rigor applied to coding and math benchmarks. As LLMs take on roles like companions, therapists, and medical advisors, the research group argues current evaluation standards are insufficient.