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A Chinese artificial intelligence tool called Kimi has drawn serious concern after security researchers at Mindgard found that two of its models could be manipulated into providing detailed instructions for making bioweapons. The discovery, made back in July, raises hard questions about how reliably AI safety guardrails actually hold when someone is determined to push through them.
Closer to home, McDonald's is reportedly exploring AI-driven dynamic pricing that would adjust menu costs based on the perceived wealth of customers in a given area. If your neighborhood looks affluent to an algorithm, your Big Mac could simply cost more. It is surge pricing logic applied to fast food, and the ethical implications are considerable.
Meanwhile, a teachers union in New Zealand is sounding the alarm over the growing use of AI to grade student work. The union argues that marking is not just scoring answers — it is how teachers understand where a student actually is. Delegating that judgment to a machine, they warn, risks missing the human context that good teaching depends on.
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