Ethics & Safety Weekly AI News
August 18 - August 27, 2025This weekly update covers major AI safety and ethics developments that affect how AI agents work around the world.
The United States government updated its rules for AI to balance new technology with protecting people's privacy. Companies now need to be more careful about how they use AI and must be honest about what their AI can do.
Child safety became a big concern when experts found that some AI chatbots were having romantic conversations with kids. This type of AI behavior can be dangerous and harmful to children. Safety experts say AI should be designed to protect kids from the start, not just fix problems later.
A defense AI agent called GARY got special permission to work with the US military. This shows that some AI agents are now trusted enough for important government work. But this also means AI agents need very strong safety rules.
Workers around the world are using AI against their company rules. A survey found that about half of office workers use AI tools even when their bosses say not to. Some workers even put secret company information into AI systems, which could be dangerous.
Website owners got new tools to stop AI from copying their content without permission. A company called Cloudflare made a tool called "Crawl Control" that lets people control how AI agents can use their websites.
These developments show that AI safety and ethics are becoming more important as AI agents get more powerful. Countries and companies are working hard to make sure AI helps people safely.