Digital Ethics

Students and teachers alike say monitoring software and internet filtering tools are disproportionally harming LGTB+ students and students with disabilities.

Nothing in the training and use of LLMs would seem to suggest remotely that they can do any type of principled reasoning.

The BBC finds YouTube videos in more than 20 languages spreading disinformation disguised as science content.

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China’s regulatory approach on AI will likely have huge implications for its technological competition with the U.S.

AI pioneer says machine learning may work on test sets, but that’s a long way from real world use

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Usability testing of government apps would reduce risks of reputational damage, increased cost of delivering services, and legal liability.

Years after she was ousted from Google, Timnit Gebru is still exposing the dangers of building language models that are quite so large.

ARTICLE 19 is disappointed by today’s CJEU judgement in a case concerning public access to documents about an emotion recognition project.

They’re more afraid of shoddy software than robots going rogue, and say the argument that AI is going to wipe out humanity is built on a “tower of fallacies.”

David Golumbia is Associate Professor of Digital Studies in the English Department and the Media, Art, and Text PhD Program at Virginia Commonwealth Universi...

Technology can save us — but we must be prepared to limit the spread of unintended consequences, argues Mustafa Suleyman.

European regulators have slapped TikTok with a $368 million fine for failing to protect children's privacy.

Human rights researchers have condemned Ethiopia’s domestic work program, citing exploitation and rampant abuse of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia

The lawsuit against Statefarm Insurance for algorithmic discrimination moves forward. The argument is that algorithmic decision-making tools resulted in…

In May 2022, the European Commission issued the Proposal for a Regulation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS), with the aims of granting citizens…

ISO makes freely available ISO 22989:2022 - AI concepts and terminology ISO - International Organization for Standardization recently published ISO 22989:2022…

Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a "topic" list it shares with advertisers.

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Rumman Chowdhury, Timnit Gebru, Safiya Noble, Seeta Peña Gangadharan, and Joy Buolamwini open up about their artificial intelligence fears

Explore the moral and ethical issues which arise at the intersection of novel technology and engineering In Ethics, Technology, and Engineering: An Introduction, a team of distinguished researchers delivers an insightful and thought-provoking exploration of some of the toughest ethical questions found at the crossroads of engineering and technology. The book demonstrates the skills necessary to effectively grapple with ethical issues that arise from the practice of engineering. The authors introduce the ethical cycle, a unique and systematic approach to dealing with ethical problems. They utilize numerous real-life case studies from the United States, Europe, and elsewhere to shed important light on the ethical issues that arise in the daily work of practicing engineers. They also provide a comprehensive overview of various ethical frameworks used in engineering, including utilitarianism, deontological ethics, virtue ethics, Ubuntu, and Confucianism. Readers will also find: A thorough introduction to a practice-oriented approach to ethical decision-making in engineering Comprehensive explorations of the ethical cycle, an approach that encourages students to consider a diversity of ethical viewpoints and come to reasoned and justified judgments Practical discussions of ethical issues in engineering design, technological risks, and moral responsibility Treatments of sustainability and how it affects professionals working in engineering, as well as responsible innovationPerfect for engineers, technologists, and entrepreneurs, Ethics, Technology, and Engineering: An Introduction will also benefit businesspeople and founders interested in the ethical implications of a variety of fascinating new technologies.

A resource addressing the common questions that many journalists have about artificial intelligence (AI) systems.

What are people talking about when they talk about AI? There have been many technologies that have been promoted under the name "artificial intelligence" and…