Hacker News with Generative AI: Controversies

Anthropic faces backlash to Claude 4 Opus behavior that contacts authorities (venturebeat.com)
Anthropic’s first developer conference on May 22 should have been a proud and joyous day for the firm, but it has already been hit with several controversies, including Time magazine leaking its marquee announcement ahead of…well, time (no pun intended), and now, a major backlash among AI developers and power users brewing on X over a reported safety alignment behavior in Anthropic’s flagship new Claude 4 Opus large language model.

Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Controversies, Technology

17 points by rdudek 4 hours ago | 1 comments

Uber's Shower Gate Scandal (teamblind.com)
As a globally distributed company, remote working and RTO has been a very contentious topic at Uber.

Uber, Remote Work, Controversies, Work Culture

6 points by yhosun 16 days ago | 2 comments

Hugo Administrators Resign in Wake of ChatGPT Controversy (gizmodo.com)
Another year, yet another Hugo Awards-adjacent controversy? That might be what fans of sci-fi lit and related media are thinking, with news today that a trio of leaders from the Seattle 2025 Worldcon, the upcoming iteration of the convention where the Hugos are annually presented, have resigned.

Science Fiction, Awards, Controversies, Resignations

4 points by pseudolus 17 days ago | 5 comments

The Strategic Oil Bombing Campaign (calum-douglas.com)
The bombing of Germany continues to elicit a great deal of controversy. The views range from “All is fair in love and war, what did Germany expect?” through to: “The Allies lost the moral high-ground by intentionally obliterating civilian areas, the means are as important as the end”.

Military History, Controversies, Ethics

23 points by Michelangelo11 19 days ago | 6 comments

List of Controversies Surrounding GoDaddy (wikipedia.org)
GoDaddy has been involved in many controversies since its foundation in 1997.

Controversies, GoDaddy, Domain Names, Internet

7 points by blenderob 36 days ago | 0 comments

Longtime Writing Community NaNoWriMo Shuts Down After AI Drama (gizmodo.com)
National Novel Writing Month is no more (at least formally).

Writing, AI, Community, Controversies, Shutdown

19 points by gnabgib 47 days ago | 3 comments

LA Times turns off AI commentator that defended the KKK (bsky.app)

AI, News, Media, Controversies, Racism

14 points by just_steve_h 80 days ago | 2 comments

Recording reveals new details on controversial DOGE employee Edward Coristine (cnn.com)

Cryptocurrency, Business, Finance, Law, Controversies

31 points by kleiba 90 days ago | 9 comments

Shopify takes down Ye website selling swastika shirts after Super Bowl ad (cnbc.com)

Shopify, Controversies, Advertising, Fashion, Anti-Semitism

66 points by pseudolus 101 days ago | 53 comments

C++ Standards Contributor Expelled for 'The Undefined Behavior Question' (slashdot.org)

C++, Programming Languages, Standards, Controversies

10 points by kevdev 180 days ago | 2 comments

Elon Musk worked in US illegally in 1995 after quitting school – report (theguardian.com)
Elon Musk briefly worked illegally in the US after abandoning a graduate studies program in California, according to a Washington Post report that contrasted the episode with the South African multibillionaire’s anti-immigration views.

Elon Musk, Immigration, Business, Biography, Controversies

16 points by LopRabbit 207 days ago | 2 comments

A Controversial Rare-Book Dealer Tries to Rewrite His Own Ending (newyorker.com)
If Glenn Horowitz comes calling, should you be flattered or alarmed? It means that you have an exceptional literary reputation. It also means that your time on earth is nearly up.

Books, Literature, Controversies, Death

81 points by acabal 214 days ago | 34 comments

NaNoWriMo is in disarray after organizers defend AI writing tools (theverge.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Writing, Controversies, Events, Technology

38 points by Tomte 262 days ago | 56 comments

First "Miss AI" contest sparks ire for pushing unrealistic beauty standards (arstechnica.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Beauty Standards, Controversies, Social Issues

3 points by pseudolus 315 days ago | 2 comments

How Wikipedia Admin David Gerard Launders His Grudges into the Public Record (tracingwoodgrains.com)

Wikipedia, Public Record, Controversies, Journalism

69 points by jseliger 317 days ago | 17 comments

Ubisoft is stripping people's licences for The Crew weeks after its shutdown (pcgamer.com)

Gaming, Video Games, Ubisoft, Licensing, Controversies

181 points by croes 405 days ago | 125 comments