ACM Ethics

Cautionary Tales – “Captain Kirk forgot to put the machine on stun” Lying on the cold metal table, Voyne Ray Cox knew the drill. This was his ninth round of cancer treatment – which is why he was certain that what happened next couldn’t be right. He hea…

Compelling account of the Therac-25 story by @timharford.ft.com timharford.com/2025/07/caut...

Google France hosted a hackathon to tackle healthcare's biggest challenges Doctors, developers and researchers gathered in Paris to prototype new medical solutions using Google’s AI models.

Google France hosted a hackathon to tackle healthcare's biggest challenges

Doctors, developers and researchers gathered in Paris to prototype new medical solutions using Google’s AI models.

#ai #news

Hear more about what @grahamcluley.com and @ai-fix-mark.bsky.social think of this popular beat combo on episode 59 of "The AI Fix" podcast.

We also ponder whether AIs need a “disagreement dial”, how could an AI-powered “drug design engine” be used, watch a robot graduating from high school...

Delta moves toward eliminating set prices in favor of AI that determines how much you personally will pay for a ticket The airline touted a partnership with an AI-enabled revenue system as a step on the road to fully personalized ticket pricing, part of its goal to raise profit margins long-term.

Surprise! AI pricing based on customer surveillance means “the best deals” are “offered to the wealthiest customers — with the worst deals given to the poorest people, who are least likely to have other options,” according to Consumer Watchdog. fortune.com/2025/07/16/d...

Who Cares About the Ethics of AI? Women Do By prioritizing empathy, mutual respect, and ethical behavior, we can build virtual communities that reflect the best of humanity and honor everyone's dignity.

Who Cares About the Ethics of AI? Women Do - by Ann Skeet at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University
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The metaverse is still a "wild west" — but the future belongs to those who build it responsibly. 💫

We’re spotlighting the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and their Code of Ethics — a powerful call for respect, care, tolerance, and privacy in immersive spaces.

www.scu.edu/ethics/metav...

YouTube video by Markkula Center for Applied Ethics Digital Dignity Day: De-Coding our Humanity

First was an incredible talk by @shannonvallor.bsky.social (👋) on human dignity in the age of generative AI at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. This is a rousing evisceration of the AI hype machine's denigration of human ability and more. Highly recommend www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBUc... (2/5)

Do we need a business case for ethical AI? Why AI ethics is like DEI and sustainability - or, how to encourage more business people to do the right thing, even if it's not for what we may think are the 'right' reasons

Curious to hear thoughts on "the business case for AI ethics" from my colleagues in AI, business, and ethics, or anyone who's currently using AI-based tools (essentially everyone):

aaab.karensmiley.com/p/do-we-need...

#EthicalAI #ResponsibleAI #BusinessCase #Sustainability #DEI #SheWritesAI

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Companies That Tried to Save Money With AI Are Now Spending a Fortune Hiring People to Fix Its Mistakes Companies that rushed to replace human labor with AI are now shelling out to have IRL workers to fix the technology's screwups.

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How AI is breaking traditional remuneration models It's been a busy few weeks in the AI and copyright beat, and while I've been following all of the developments closely, I haven't had the time to react to everything in the blog. However, with two first decisions handed down in the US, and one in the UK expected soon, it is a perfect time to start looking at the subject from a long-term perspective.

How AI is breaking traditional remuneration models

It's been a busy few weeks in the AI and copyright beat, and while I've been following all of the developments closely, I haven't had the time to react to everything in the blog. However, with two first decisions handed down in the US, and one in…

Whose job is safe from AI? [FREE TO READ] Technology can make a boring job even more boring and an interesting job even more interesting

The promise of AI: making the interesting jobs more interesting and the boring jobs more boring...
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Why is modern commerce corrosive?
timharford.com/2025/07/why-...

Timeline cleanse

Issue 13: The Science of Defiance An Interview with Sunita Sah, Author of "Defy: The Power of No in a World that Demands Yes"

"But the truth is, clarity comes from writing, not before it." - Dr. Sunita Sah colinmfisher.substack.com/cp/162412388

7 Steps for Staying sharp (short version) An infographic with 7 boxes. Headline: Seven Steps for Staying Sharp Online Each box has a box with a tip. The tips are: 1. Pause 2. Memes aren't news 3. Likes and shares ≠ credibility 4. Take time to assess sources 5. Get to the experts 6. Don't feed the trolls 7. Steer clear of conspiratorial thinking

🫣 If you're feeling overwhelmed scrolling social media, you're not alone. Bad actors also take advantage of heavy news cycles with #misinformation that plays on emotions.

👇🏾 Here are some basic #NewsLiteracy tips to stay sharp online.

🔗 Download the poster: bit.ly/7tipsNLP

People are using AI to ‘sit’ with them while they trip on psychedelics Some people believe chatbots like ChatGPT can provide an affordable alternative to in-person psychedelic-assisted therapy. Many experts say it’s a bad idea.

“A growing number of people are using AI chatbots as ‘trip sitters’—a phrase that traditionally refers to a sober person tasked with monitoring someone who’s under the influence of a psychedelic—and sharing their experiences online.”

The unbearable obviousness of AI fitness summaries Rewriting data that’s already in your charts isn’t really an insight.

“Current AI features are repackaged data, much like book reports written by a fourth-grader relying on a Wikipedia summary instead of reading the book. It’s a feature tacked on with duct tape and a dream because AI is the zeitgeist.”

Yes, Your TV Is Probably Spying on You. Your Fridge, Too. Here’s What They Know. Devices in your home are quietly collecting information about you. Some of that data may be shared, analyzed, and sold by organizations you’ve never heard of. Maybe it’s fine. Maybe not.

This is a good rundown of the invasiveness of all things “smart” in the home, often made worse by adding ai to the mix. The list of what you can do should do more to highlight the best thing: avoid these products whenever possible.

This is basically doing the OKcupid questions from 2008 (for a fee) and letting an "ai" Ouija board choose your marked up dinner partner guests.

My conversation with @joelgoodman.co yesterday on the podcast feels timely when we veer into the monetization of loneliness

German data protection official wants Apple, Google to remove DeepSeek from the country’s app stores

Germany has told Apple and Google to remove Chinese AI app DeepSeek from their app stores, saying the company transfers users' data to China illegally.

#ai #apple #deepseek

Timeline cleanse

Worth a watch:

Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

Deadline extended!

Submission deadline: July 3rd (11:59PM AoE), 2025
Notifications: August 1st, 2025
Camera-ready deadline: August 8th, 2025

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I am back on insta after a 6 month break and I am literally being marketed a new way of organizing your life distraction free which is . . . a piece of paper

Throw me down a well.

Users should be able to opt out of these nudges - better still ask people to opt in to begin with.

The AI Backlash Keeps Growing Stronger As generative artificial intelligence tools continue to proliferate, pushback against the technology and its negative impacts grows stronger.

Happy to see this piece from Reece Rogers, quoting conversations with me and @alexhanna.bsky.social. Glad to see the contrast noted between the start of the Internet era and what counts for world-changing innovation now. www.wired.com/story/genera...

The EU Commission is setting up a scientific panel of independent experts to support the implementation and enforcement of the AI Act. The panel will focus on general-purpose AI (GPAI) models and systems, advising the EU AI Office. Apply here. digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/comm...

First case on AI and copyright referred to the CJEU Most people who have been paying attention to the copyright and AI debate in Europe has been expecting that at some point the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) would be tasked with interpreting some of the existing exceptions regarding text and data mining. Most people assumed, myself included, that the first referral may very well be the…

First case on AI and copyright referred to the CJEU

Most people who have been paying attention to the copyright and AI debate in Europe has been expecting that at some point the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) would be tasked with interpreting some of the existing exceptions…

Please be patient with me. I'm from the 1900s.