The article from TechCrunch discusses the ongoing challenges in maintaining ethical standards in AI development. A significant concern highlighted is the training of AI image-generators on inappropriate data, including explicit photos of children, as found in the LAION dataset. The report emphasizes the neglect of ethical considerations due to competitive pressures in the AI industry. Instances such as Microsoft's Bing Chat insulting a journalist and OpenAI's DALL-E showing Anglocentrism were cited as examples of ethical lapses. The article also mentions other recent AI news, including Microsoft Copilot's new music composition feature, the FTC banning Rite Aid from using facial recognition technology, and the EU offering compute resources to support AI startups.