Digital Ethics

The long read: Datacentres are part of Ireland’s vision of itself as a tech hub. There are now more than 80, using vast amounts of electricity. Have we entrusted our memories to a system that might destroy them?

The privacy mess is troubling because the chatbots actively encourage you to share details that are far more personal than in a typical app.

As a Global Forum on the Ethics of AI opens today in Slovenia, Gabriela Ramos sits down with ‘Fast Company’ to talk about the need to consider AI’s impacts beyond those discussed by first-world countries.

This startup wants to help millions of people whose languages are marginalized online gain better access to AI tools

With definitive approval of the #EU #AIAct within reach, we've both taken stock and looked ahead: what's next for AI governance, both in Europe and beyond?…

I never thought I'd experience so much dread looking at an image of two babies & a crab.

Human authors sue company for "theft on a mass scale.”

In its privacy policy, Google reveals that it stores convos with its AI-powered Gemini apps for three years by default.

Aware uses AI to analyze companies' employee messages across Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom and other communications services.

This is why I left. I saw an industry dominated by selfish and greedy people with absolutely no moral limits, and people who make excuses for selfish and…

Be wary of anyone who tells you, when you are giving substantive, authoritative, evidence-based criticism of what they're doing/profiting from, that you are…

Consortium includes more than 200 leading AI stakeholders and will support the U.S. AI Safety Institute at NIST.

How one writer's trip to the annual tech conference CES left him with a sinking feeling about the future.

Poonam Pandey's campaign to draw attention to cervical cancer has received mixed reactions.

Facebook and its parent company Meta have truly harmed the world, writes David Kirkpatrick.

Why you should be worried

From November 1-2, the UK government hosted its inaugural AI Safety Summit, a gathering of international government officials, AI business leaders, researchers, and civil society advocates to discu…

Activists are organizing to combat generative AI and other technologies—and reclaiming a misunderstood label in the process.

Pretty hilarious. I was testing out some code today, and #google #colabai shows my own code as a reference...but there is a catch, it is to a pirated copy of… | 22 comments on LinkedIn

The ambassadors of the 27 countries of the European Union unanimously adopted the world’s first comprehensive rulebook for Artificial Intelligence, rubber-stamping the political agreement that was reached in December.

Abstract. Audiovisual digital media and tools are critical elements in contemporary human rights documentation and advocacy. Generative AI, deepfakes and synthe

You have a platform and the power to convince lawmakers across the board that rules to combat these sorts of deepfakes are a necessity.

A Microsoft manager claims OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 has security vulnerabilities that could allow users to generate violent or explicit images. The company’s legal team reportedly blocked Microsoft engineering leader Shane Jones’ attempts to alert the public about the exploit.

“I wrote Unmasking AI as an invitation to anyone who is interested on the impact of AI on everyday people and how we can prevent algorithmic discrimination,” says Dr. Joy Buolamwini.

Italy had previously banned the AI-powered chatbot over privacy concerns.

I discuss my comic What the Dumbwaiter Hides, and its themes of slavery and hidden supply chains. This essay lists my 'dumbwaiter' inspirations and sources.

The Government is gearing up to develop regulations for artificial intelligence (AI) for New Zealand. It isn’t mentioned in the coalition’s 100-day plan,

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have become the first in the world to mathematically prove that, beyond simple problems, it is impossible to develop algorithms for AI that will always be stable. ChatGPT and similar machine learning-based technologies are on the rise. However, even the

A speculative survey about AI’s future may have been biased toward an alarmist perspective