Digital Ethics

We are potentially encroaching on a water supply crisis if data center operators, utilities, and the government don't implement preventative measures now.

Nine of the top ten US electric utilities attribute growth in demand to data centers

As deepfake nude scandals hit schools around the U.S., tools that can be used to manipulate girls’ images are being advertised across major social media platforms.

The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviour

Microsoft Copilot is a powerful asset for companies, but with it comes an increased risk of data exposure. In this article, Varonis demonstrates prompt-hacking examples that can expose sensitive data.

Once praised for its generous social safety net, the country now collects troves of data on welfare claimants.

A new study shows systemic issues in some of the most popular models.

A new result casts serious doubt on the viability of scaling

Mining for clean energy minerals could put one-third of Africa’s ape population at risk.

Some amount of chatbot hallucination is inevitable. But there are ways to minimize it

The urgent issue of digital waste as outlined in a UN report

Stanford study found AI detectors are biased against non-native English speakers

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OpenAI’s chatbot offers paraphrases, whereas Google offers quotes. Which do we prefer?

Addressing ethical and security concerns in AI usage, emphasizing transparency, accountability, and responsible governance frameworks.

A Brooklyn couple got a call from relatives who were being held ransom. Their voices—like many others these days—had been cloned.

Search giant back in talks about building in Bissen

Rio Tinto, an Anglo-Australian mining company, is facing legal claims that it contaminated lakes with harmful levels of uranium and lead.

E-waste is soaring five times faster than recycling capabilities worldwide. Despite 2022's record 62m tonnes of e-waste, only 22.3% was officially recycled. For a sustainable future, recycling and reuse rates have to be improved.

Now that data is mostly out there, in the cloud, it seems easy to imagine that it’s “clean.” Time to think again.

Legal scholars, lawmakers and at least one Supreme Court justice agree that companies will be liable for the things their AIs say and do—and that the lawsuits are just beginning.

The Microsoft-powered bot says bosses can take workers’ tips and that landlords can discriminate based on source of income

In 2019, the Public Policy Programme, in collaboration with the UK’s Office for Artificial Intelligence and the Government Digital Service, published the UK Government’s official Public Sector Guidance on AI Ethics and Safety. This document provides public sector organisations with the Process-Based-Governance (PBG) Framework, a framework for applying principles of AI ethics and safety to the design, development, and deployment of algorithmic systems.

On July 24, 2020, Tesla’s Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that a second U.S. “government stimulus package is not in the best interests of the people.” Someone responded to Musk soon after, “You know what wasn’t in the best interest of people? The U.S. government organizing a coup against Evo Morales in Bolivia so you could obtain the lithium there.” Musk then wrote: “We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it.”

‘We won’t have electric cars,’ say local communities in South America ravaged by lithium mining for car batteries.