Digital Ethics

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Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda Williams says recreations of her late father made with artificial intelligence are “disturbing.”

A software company sold a New Jersey police department an algorithm that was right less than 1% of the time

On Thursday 9/28, I had the opportunity to speak at a virtual roundtable convened by Congressman Bobby Scott on “AI in the Workplace: New…

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On Twitter, my colleague Jack Stilgoe mused that the term "democratize" was losing all meaning. In my opinion the term has always been a libertarian-anarchist… | 10 comments on LinkedIn

In this final video in the series on GPT-4, Jason Gorman summarises his experiences with GPT-4 in a range of software development tasks, discusses where he s...

Book spamming, sometimes with multiple bogus titles going online in one day, has hit writers like Rory Cellan-Jones

By now, many organizations using, building, or incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are realizing that they need to invest in AI ethics. The…

By Jai Vipra & Sarah Myers WestSeptember 27, 2023 In this article What is compute and why does it matter? How is the demand for compute shaping AI development? What kind of hardware is involved? What are the components of compute hardware? What does the supply chain for AI hardware look like? What does the […]

Incorrect AI-generated answers are forming a feedback loop of misinformation online.

The new Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses look like regular shades, but can record and livestream video with little warning to those around it.

Investigators increasingly use warrants to obtain location and search data from Google, even for nonviolent cases—and even for people who had nothing to do with the crime.

He insists the artificial intelligence he is creating could destroy civilization even as he hastens its advancement. Do we know enough about him?

Hindu vigilantes have long tried to stop the cow trade, often carried out by Muslims, but have become more extreme and flamboyant thanks to American social media platforms that reward them with large online followings.

Google is indexing conversations with its AI chatbot in search results. Users should be cautious as private chats may become public.

Facebook has retreated from its professed ideals in India under pressure from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.

Why is it that so many companies that rely on monetizing the data of their users seem to be extremely hot on AI? If you ask Signal president Meredith

A specter is haunting the landscape—the specter of generative AI. First came fears that student cheating would explode, plus that artists and actors would be unemployed. Then the ante was upped: So…

Employees describe the psychological trauma of reading and viewing graphic content, low pay and abrupt dismissals

More than 20 Spanish girls in the small town of Almendralejo have so far come forward as victims.

A viral account is using off-the-shelf facial recognition tech to dox random people on the internet for the amusement of millions of viewers. One victim said they “felt a bit violated really.”

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

I once characterized the “race science” movement as a human centipede of willful ignorance. It turns out it is an ouroboros, a network of…

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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

Join us this September as we convene global leaders from across all sectors for an urgent conversation focused on male action and allyship to advance gender equality.Against the context of increased global conflict, growing capabilities of artificial intelligence, and the threat of rising misogyny, the HeForShe Summit will bring together global leaders for current and urgent conversations on how to address these challenges whilst centering women and girls, who are often the most marginalized. In demonstrating their positive impact through critical actions for gender equality, together we aim to inspire other male leaders to follow suit.The HeForShe Summit is one of the key platforms of the United Nations for policy, corporate and academic leaders who are working for a more diverse, inclusive and gender equal world.

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…