Artificial Intelligence (AI): AI Issues & Concerns

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While Artificial Intelligence (AI) may create new possibilities, it can also pose many new questions, environmental considerations, as well as other possible concerns or unexpected dangers.

In order to interact with AI more mindfully, an awareness of its current capabilities as well as its potentially unpredictable nature becomes essential.

You are encouraged to conduct your own research on these aspects of Artificial Intelligence so you can investigate and draw your own conclusions.

For possible examples of potential AI issues and concerns, you can search for, and evaluate, any examples available through your information and news sources of choice.

You can also browse through the websites below to weigh whatever they have to say on these matters.

Dates of articles appear in parentheses below.

These websites and articles have reported various potential AI concerns, issues, and risks.

You can explore these to draw your own conclusions:

• AI and Cybersecurity: What You Need to Know - from UK's National Cyber Security Centre (2/13/24)
• AI and Misinformation are Supercharging the Risk of Nuclear War - from Nature (7/17/25)
• AI Can Steal Your Voice, and There's Not Much You Can Do About It - from NBC News (3/10/25)
• The AI Doomsday Machine Is Closer to Reality Than You Think - Politico (9/2/25)
• AI Hallucinations Are Getting Worse – And They're Here to Stay - from New Scientist (5/9/25)
• AI Impersonators Will Wreck Online Security in 2025. Here’s What to Watch Out For - from PC World (12/24/24)
• AI Is Not Just Ending Entry-Level Jobs. It's The End of the Career Ladder As We Know It - CNBC (9/7/25)
• AI Models May Be Accidentally (and Secretly) Learning Each Other’s Bad Behaviors - NBC News (7/29/25)
• AI Music:  What Musicians Need to Know - from Berklee College of Music (8/21/23)
• AI Scams: What Are They and How Can You Avoid Them? - from Norton (6/23/25)
• AI’s Deadly Air Pollution Toll - from UC Riverside and Caltech (12/9/24)

• From Ars Technica:
  • AI Chatbots Tell Users What They Want to Hear, And That’s Problematic (6/12/25)
  • AI in Wyoming May Soon Use More Electricity than State's Human Residents (7/29/25)
  • AI Therapy Bots Fuel Delusions and Give Dangerous Advice, Stanford Study Finds (7/11/25)
  • The Personhood Trap: How AI Fakes Human Personality (8/28/25)
  • The Resume Is Dying, and AI is Holding the Smoking Gun (6/24/25)

• Americans Fear AI permanently Displacing Workers, Reuters/Ipsos Poll Finds - from Reuters (8/19/25)
• Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property - from World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (11/6/24)
• Before You Ask an AI Chatbot for Depression Advice, Read This - from WebMD (6/25/25)
• Chatbots Can Trigger a Mental Health Crisis. What to Know About ‘AI Psychosis' - from TIME (8/5/25)
• Copyright and Artificial Intelligence - from The Library of Congress (3/16/23)
• Dangerous Proposition: Top Scientists Warn of Out-Of-Control AI - from CNBC (5/6/25)
• Do You Talk to AI About Your Problems? Here’s What Stanford Warns - from The Statesman (8/21/25)
• Fake Friend: How ChatGPT Betrays Vulnerable Teens by Encouraging Dangerous Behavior - from Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) (8/6/25)

• From Common Sense Media:
  • Conversations Help Young People Navigate AI's Complexities (9/18/24)
  • Deepfakes Can be a Crime (5/15/25)
  • Generative AI Chatbots (8/8/24)
  • Social AI Companions (7/15/25)

• The Dark Side of Artificial Intelligence - from TechNative
• Eighty Percent of Ransomware Attacks Now Use Artificial Intelligence - from MIT Sloan (9/8/25)
• Five Critical Skills Leaders Need in the Age of AI - from Harvard Business Review (10/7/25)

• From Forbes (login required):
  • AI’s Biggest Secret — Creators Don’t Understand It, Experts Split (5/8/25)
  • Copyright Or Copywrong? AI’s Intellectual Property Conundrum (5/6/25)
  • The Disruption Of AI In Stock Markets (5/6/25)
  • The Evolving Threat: How AI Scams Are Targeting Your Identity (8/9/25)
  • The Fifteen Biggest Risks of Artificial Intelligence (6/2/23)
  • Garbage In, Garbage Out? Trust In The Data Behind AI Is Vanishing (4/22/25)
  • How AI Changes Critical Thinking: New Microsoft Research Findings (4/14/25)
  • Understanding The Weaponization Of Agentic AI (5/30/25)
  • Weaponized Generative AI: Combatting This Rising Threat To Security (8/25/23)

• From Futurism:
  • AI Hype Will Plunge America Into Financial Ruin, Economist Warns (2/26/25)
  • AI Is Turbocharging Global Inequality (6/24/25)
  • AI Models Show Signs of Falling Apart as They Ingest More AI-Generated Data (5/30/25)
  • AI-Powered Coding Assistant Deletes Company Database, Says Restoring It Is Impossible (7/22/25)
  • AI Models Can Send "Subliminal" Messages to Each Other That Make Them More Evil (7/26/25)
  • AI Therapist Goes Haywire, Urges User to Go on Killing Spree (7/25/25)
  • Anthropic CEO Admits We Have No Idea How AI Works (5/4/25)
  • CEOs Say AI Is Poised to Wipe Out an Astonishing Number of Jobs (7/5/25)
  • How Much Electricity It Actually Takes to Use AI May Surprise You (5/22/25)
  • People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions (6/10/25)
  • Psychiatric Facilities Are Being Bombarded by AI Users (9/25/25)
  • Psychiatrists Warn That Talking to AI Is Leading to Severe Mental Health Issues (8/19/25)

• Generative AI Has an Intellectual Property Problem - from Harvard Business Review (4/7/23)
• The 'Godfather of AI' Says It Will Create 'Massive' Unemployment, Make the Rich Richer, and Rob People of Their Dignity - Business Insider (9/8/25)
• The Growing Environmental Impact of AI Data Centers’ Energy Demands - report/video from PBS (5/25/25)
• How AI Puts Company Data at Risk - from Kiplinger (9/8/25)
• How AI Threatens Democracy - from Journal of Democracy (10/1/23)

• From IBM
  • AI Hallucinations Can Pose a Risk to Your Cybersecurity (10/23/24)
  • AI Misinformation (1/8/25)
  • Exploring Privacy Issues in the Age of AI (9/30/24)
  • 10 AI Dangers and Risks and How to Manage Them (9/3/24)
  • What is AI Ethics? (9/17/24)

• Is AI Eroding Our Critical Thinking? - from Big Think (1/27/25)
• Is AI Lying to Me? Scientists Warn of Growing Capacity for Deception - from The Guardian (5/10/24)
• Is Artificial Intelligence Good for Society? (Pros/Cons) - from Encyclopedia Britannica (8/14/25)
• Misinformation and Disinformation in the Digital Age: A Rising Risk for Business and Investors - from Harvard Law School (5/12/25)

• From MIT:
  • Generative AI's Environmental Impact (1/17/25)
  • When AI Gets It Wrong: Addressing AI Hallucinations and Bias (2023)

• Never Assume That the Accuracy of Artificial Intelligence Information Equals the Truth - from United Nations University (UNU) (7/18/24)
• New study sheds light on ChatGPT's Alarming Interactions with Teens - from ABC News (8/6/25)

• From The New York Times (login required):
  • A.I. Is Getting More Powerful, but Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse (5/5/25)
  • A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally. (6/16/25)
  • A.I. Is Starting to Wear Down Democracy (6/27/25)
  • A.I. Pioneers Call for Protections Against ‘Catastrophic Risks’ (9/16/24)
  • A.I vs. A.I. (7/21/25)
  • The Global A.I. Divide (6/23/25)
  • Powerful A.I. Is Coming. We’re Not Ready. (3/14/25)

• From Newsweek:
  • Medicare Will Start Using AI to Help Make Coverage Decisions Next Year (August 8, 2025)
  • Nearly Third of Kids Now Look to AI for Emotional Support (7/22/25)

• The Perils of Letting AI Plan Your Next Trip - from BBC (9/29/25)
• Pupils Fear AI Is Eroding Their Ability to Study, Research Finds - from The Guardian (10/15/25)

• From Psychology Today:
  • The Emerging Problem of "AI Psychosis" (7/21/25)
  • Grappling With Human-AI Partnerships (1/28/25)
  • How Artificial Intelligence Impacts Moral Decision Making (4/2/23)
  • The Psychology of AI's Impact on Human Cognition (6/3/25)
  • 10 Ways to Guard Against Algorithmic Bias and AI Narcissism (9/15/25)

• From Rand:
  • Artificial Intelligence Impacts on Copyright Law (11/20/24)
  • Could AI Really Kill Off Humans? (5/9/25)
  • Generative AI and Information Warfare (10/24/24)
  • How AI Chatbots May Blur Reality (8/23/25)
  • Social Media Manipulation in the Era of AI (8/29/24)
• The Risk of Building Emotional Ties with Responsive AI - from Pace University (8/15/24)
• From Scientific American
  • AI’s Achilles Heel—Puzzles Humans Solve in Seconds Often Defy Machines (7/18/25)
  • Here's Why AI May Be Extremely Dangerous—Whether It’s Conscious or Not (5/25/23)
  • Truth, Romance and the Divine: How AI Chatbots May Fuel Psychotic Thinking (8/24/25)

• Study Reveals How Much Energy AI Uses to Answer Your Questions - from CNN (5/25/25)
• The Terrifying A.I. Scam That Uses Your Loved One’s Voice - from The New Yorker (3/7/24)
• Weaponized AI: A New Era of Threats and How We Can Counter It - from Harvard Kennedy School (4/8/25)
• What Is ‘AI Psychosis’ and How Can ChatGPT Affect Your Mental Health? - from The Washington Post (login required) (8/19/25)
• What Types of Legal Liabilities Are Emerging From AI? - from InformationWeek (2/7/25)

• From *Wikipedia:
  • Chatbot Psychosis (9/14/25)
  • Existential Risk from Artificial Intelligence (8/18/25)
  • Hallucination (8/18/25)

* As always, please consider Wikipedia's disclaimers.

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