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Ethics of AI developers also matters

In teaching AI-era ethics, discussion often focuses on users because they are the audience, even though AI systems carry bias and limits and can cause unintended harm. Responsibility is often placed on users amid gaps in understanding between developers and users. The article cites cases where automated software and algorithms reinforce discrimination and harm vulnerable groups. It also raises concerns about opaque practices inside AI firms, environmental costs of data centres, and low-paid content moderation work in developing countries.

Crypto

Polymarket weighs mandatory identity checks instead of anonymous trading

Prediction market platform Polymarket is reviewing whether to require know-your-customer checks, reconsidering an operating model that has allowed users to trade under pseudonyms. The move comes as the company faces growing legal risks tied to sanctions violations and illegal gambling allegations, and as more countries block or restrict access. Polymarket has geoblocked users in 35 countries, including Iran, Russia and North Korea. U.S. political and congressional scrutiny has also intensified.

Crypto

U.S. prosecutors charge Google engineer over insider trading in prediction markets

U.S. prosecutors have charged a Google software engineer with fraud and money laundering for allegedly using internal information to trade on prediction markets. The U.S. Attorney\'s Office for the Southern District of New York said Michele Spagnuolo used non-public Google “Year in Search” data accessible only to some employees to place bets on Polymarket. Investigators said he earned about $1.2 million and also profited from predicting the timing of the Gemini 3 release.