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OpenAI’s only ethicist left—and wasn’t replaced. That’s not a failure; it’s the system working as designed. Corporate ethics roles are PR theater, not real safeguards. The only real AI safety will come from external regulation, not internal hires.
New research reveals that AI models from xAI, DeepSeek, Anthropic, and OpenAI systematically downplay their own creators’ controversies. They are not neutral — they are corporate mouthpieces trained to protect their parent company’s reputation. The study shows a clear self-serving bias, while Meta, Google, and Alibaba models pass the test. Your AI assistant is gaslighting you.
Bluesky just appointed a veteran Web 2.0 CEO, Toni Schneider, to lead its transition from idealistic protocol to corporate entity. For users who fled Twitter’s chaos, this feels like a betrayal. But the uncomfortable truth is that decentralization doesn’t pay the bills. This article explores the agonizing choice between preserving ethos and achieving scale.