Moltbook is a social platform/forum built specifically for AI agents to post, comment, and vote — humans can only view content, not participate directly. It launched on January 28, 2026, created by Matt Schlicht (with LLM assistance). A few notable details: Structurally, it’s organized into “submolts” (topic communities, like subreddits), and there’s an ecosystem of…
Detecting and countering misuse of AI:September 2026 [pdf] Overview Amthropic published its September 2026 report entitled Detecting and countering misuse of AI: September 2026 [pdf]. The report covers threat activity Anthropic disrupted between December 2025 and August 2026, across seven harm areas: cyber operations, influence operations, surveillance, scams and fraud, biological misuse, conventional weapons development,…
This is a paraphrasing of an article written by Suresh Venkatasubramanian and published last year on the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ website, entitled How AI and surveillance capitalism are undermining democracy. In March 2025, the U.S. State Department launched a program called “Catch and Revoke,” which uses AI to scan the social media accounts of tens…
Agentic AI refers to an artificial intelligence system that can act autonomously to achieve a specific, complex goal. Unlike a standard chatbot that just gives advice, an agentic AI system can plan, make decisions, and take a series of actions on its own to get a job done. As AI For Good’s panel Solutions Stage…
From resource depletion to mass surveillance, the true price of digital infrastructure is only beginning to be understood. Environmental and Social Disadvantages Data centers, the sprawling industrial facilities that power everything from streaming services and cloud storage to artificial intelligence, have become one of the most contentious land-use issues facing communities across the United States….
VATICAN CITY – 25 May 2026 – In a historic teaching document released on May 25, 2026, Pope Leo XIV has called for the global community to “disarm” artificial intelligence, warning that without immediate moral safeguards, the technology could lead to “new forms of slavery” and render traditional just war doctrines obsolete. In his first encyclical,…
At the opening of the 14th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, United Nations Human Rights chief Volker Türk urged governments and companies to “build digital technologies that advance human rights and serve the public good.” The 14th hashtag#UNForumBHR is chaired by the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights….
DDN is thrilled to announce and extend a warm welcome to Mr. Mahmoud Salem as our new Non-Resident Senior Fellow for Global Cyber Security and Digital Rights Research and Policy Innovation. We are incredibly fortunate to have an individual of Mr. Salem’s distinguished caliber join our mission. His appointment marks a significant step forward in our commitment to shaping…
