Digital Ethics

Data brokers know everything about us because they buy and sell the personal information of millions of Americans with whom they have no direct relationship. New laws in Vermont and California aim to help users learn more about them.

Amazon and Google have made a hard push into the home security market, but civilian surveillance could have real impacts on privacy and racial profiling.

Machine learning could look at your brain to see how well you understand a given concept.

Computational surveillance empowers governments and corporations and diminishes accountability.

In response to mass shootings, some schools and hospitals are installing microphones equipped with algorithms. The devices purport to identify stress and anger before violence erupts. Our testing found them less than reliable.

Delta Air Lines announced it will give passengers who are flying out of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport the option to use facial recognition to board their flight instead of a normal boarding pass.

Homeless woman seeking a custodial job can’t apply because of lack of email and cell phone - how our push to full digitization is classist and exclusionary (see also - cashless economy): https://t.co/wSP3xI7GOb— Rumman Chowdhury (@ruchowdh) June 25, 2019

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Research released this week finds that many online retailers use so-called dark patterns to influence what shoppers decide to purchase. Cracking down on the practice could be difficult.

2018 was the year of the major upheavals in technological developments and saw significant developments in machine learning, Natural Language Processing, cognitive technologies, AI-enabled marketing, augmented intelligence, predictive analytics, internet of things (IoT) and others.

An interview with French philosopher Pierre Lévy on why Elon Musk is wrong about AI.

It has become very popular to associate a product with AI. Every day, you can stumble upon a new startup using “.ai” in their URL or in…

These startups have seen investment from NEA, Andreessen Horowitz, and DARPA, among many others.

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Our study of 25 years of artificial-intelligence research suggests the era of deep learning may come to an end.

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Disclaimer: this is an opinion piece that represents the views of its authors, and not all of SAIL. We would like to thank SAIL professors Fei-Fei Li, Christopher Manning, and Dorsa Sadigh for providing invaluable comments and feedback on this post.

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AI will bring prosperity, but also big problems if proper measures are not taken: MIT expert

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a very powerful and growing reservoir of capabilities that can be used to tackle a boundless number of problems, from biotechnologies to cybersecurity and smart cities to health care. As such, AI is having a major impact on our lives. How can we ensure that its effects will be beneficial and […]

"The purpose that we put into the machine has to be the purpose that we desire, otherwise we're toast." Computer scientist Stuart Russell discusses the future and possible risks of artificial intelligence, focusing specifically on the problem of filter bubbles on social media. From John Brockman's Long Now Seminar “Possible Minds”: http://longnow.org/seminars/02019/feb/25/possible-minds/ Subscribe to our podcasts: http://longnow.org/seminars/podcast/ Explore the full series: http://longnow.org/seminars More ideas on long-term thinking: http://blog.longnow.org/ The Long Now Foundation is a n...

Sophisticated surveillance, once the domain of world powers, is increasingly available on the private market. Smaller countries are seizing on the tools — sometimes for darker purposes.

Idealism can eventually bow to financial pressure and artificial intelligence companies, big and small, can change course.

"I do genuinely worry about the erasure of all the women and women of color who have built this industry."

Facebook has heralded artificial intelligence as a solution to its toxic content problems. Mike Schroepfer, its chief technology officer, says it won’t solve everything.

A look at historical case studies shows us how we handle the liability of automated systems.