ACM Ethics

Academic Circle in Uproar: ICLR Reviewers Reveal Identities, Low Scores Given by Friends True Open Review: Unveiling Transparent and Authentic Evaluations

What a mess! If peer reviewers can't trust the systems to be able to maintain anonymity, we're toast.

Call for ACM SIGAI Autonomous Agents Research Award 2026

The award is made for research excellence in autonomous agents, to recognise researchers in autonomous agents whose current work is an important influence

Deadline: 15th Dec 2026
Nominate: forms.gle/RNLZgbbaPQe6...
#SIGAIAward

⏰ Last call! Deadline for HRI 2026 Industry White Paper Track is almost here: Dec 8, 25 (AoE).

Seeking industry-focused, practice-driven papers (max 4 pages) on real-world robotics: deployment, safety, reliability, user adoption, integration, etc.

Industry Day 👉 March 16 26

#ACMBookClub IN PROGRESS 🕐

🛋️ We're reading Chapter 10 to 12 this week and we LOVE them! Here're some favorite quotes from the chapters of This Is for Everyone, a memoir by Turing Laureate Tim Berners-Lee.

🍕 Scan QR code to register to our celebratory party on Dec 28, 2025.

Shape the future of #AIResearch with ACM!

At #NeurIPS2025, explore how ACM provides a global platform for cutting-edge AI discoveries.

👋 Join Executive Editor Sean Pidgeon at 📍 Booth T6 to discuss your publishing options.

Help NIST understand how cybersecurity is viewed in organizations survey.nist.gov/jfe/form/SV_...

The People Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI Rise of the LLeMmings

McLuhan once said that every augmentation is also an amputation. What do we lose when we outsource thinking to AI? My latest for @theatlantic.com:

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Social Media Giants and Payment Services will be held liable for reimbursing victims of financial scams. This basicly means they will be come liable for fraudulent ads published through their services. www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...

The answer is simple. A company’s product also include it’s dependencies. If you are using public libraries it’s not the open source libraries’ fault they have vulnerabilities it’s the commercial company’s responsibility to patch. 11.12.2027 this will become law: www.tributech.io/blog/cra-8-v...

There is a lot of talk around AI and design automation lately. The consensus seems to be to be that both code and design, first and foremost are there to help us talk together. Not human to machine, but human to human. Nothing has really changed except that we have to babysit managers that disagree.

Congrats on your book, Sir Tim Berners-Lee! Our ACM community has picked "This is for Everyone" as our inaugural title for our virtual book club. Please join us! www.acm.org/education/ac...

🤔 What wisdom can Nietzsche offer for life in the age of AI? What promise does cyberpsychology hold for cybersecurity and the future of work? What's happening in the games industry?

All in our bi-weekly newsletter, "Advances in Computing." 📭 Scan the QR code to subscribe.

#tech #computing

This week, to celebrate #NAIHM, we are celebrating Indigitize, which works to address the lack of opportunities for Native American students to learn computer science.

Meet Indigitize and more resources by Indigenous-led organizations here: buff.ly/XmRQ4Dd

Thankful for legal scholars who explore and understand technology. Check out the Carlini papers he mentions, too nicholas.carlini.com/writing/2025...

If you missed our event last Friday--or even if you didn't--you can find more information in Steven Adler's "Clear-Eyed #AI" posts (on Substack).
#ethics #law #chatbots #research #business #gov #education #tech #health #design #contentmoderation #LLMs

‘GenAI and critical thinking can – and should – work together’  Find out how to encourage critical thinking in the university classroom by working with GenAI tools, rather than against them 

"The real challenge for faculty isn’t just catching misuse – it’s inspiring students to want to take the long path instead of shortcuts." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

@theaifix.show

The New Writing Process in the Age of AI Instead of policing whether AI was used, educators should focus on how it is used to help students learn and produce quality work.

"Using AI responsibly is not cheating. Using it secretly or deceptively is." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

QR Codes in Education: Use with Care, Not Just Because They're There QR codes look sleek and are everywhere, however, in education, they’re often misused.

"Educators and students usually engage using laptops, tablets, or desktops. So when a QR code is plastered on a slide, agenda, or online resource with no alternative, it’s not innovative; it’s misguided." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning

Excited to reveal our final #HRI2026 keynote: Benjamin Rosman, named among TIME 100 Most Influential in AI in 2025!

He is a Professor at the University of Witwatersrand, and founder of Lelapa AI, building AI for and by Africans.

We can't wait for his insights on #HRI Empowering Society!

We’re excited to announce our first #HRI2026 keynote speaker! 🎙️
Prof. Yukie Nagai (#IRCN, University of Tokyo) leads pioneering research in cognitive developmental robotics, neuroscience & assistive tech.

Honored among World’s 50 Most Renowned Women in Robotics & Forbes Japan Women in Tech 30.

Our 2nd #HRI2026 keynote speaker: 🎙️
Dr. Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas (Univ. of Glasgow), Director of the Animal-Computer Interaction Lab.

She designs tech that gives animals control — from dogs making video calls to monkeys using custom interfaces — redefining interaction & agency.

Thrilled to announce our 3rd #HRI2026 keynote! 🎙️
Prof. Benjamin R. Cowan (UCD, Ireland) explores the intersection of psychology, HCI & conversational AI, shaping how we design collaborative AI systems.

Co-director @ HCI@UCD | Co-PI @ ADAPT Centre (€90M AI hub) | Co-founder of ACM CUI series.

SIGCHI - 2026 Call for Nominations for SIGCHI Awards Thank you for your interest in nominating an individual for a SIGCHI award or special recognition. The deadline for all nominations is Saturday, December 13, 11:59pm, AoE. The SIGCHI awards identify a...

Nominations for the 2026 cycle of the SIGCHI awards and special recognitions are now open! Please nominate your colleagues and recent Ph.D. graduates! The deadline is Saturday, December 13, at 11:59pm AoE. The full call and nomination form are on Submittable: sigchi.submittable.com/submit/f6b12...

Check out the conversation in this thread as well!

Social media sucks, but what’s the alternative? It would be fair to say that we're going through a period of realisation that social media may not have been such a good thing after all. The list of serious complaints continues to grow. Social media is making our children depressed and anxious. It's killing democracy. It's guilty of fostering the rise of fascism across the world. It's making us isolated.

Social media sucks, but what’s the alternative?

It would be fair to say that we're going through a period of realisation that social media may not have been such a good thing after all. The list of serious complaints continues to grow. Social media is making our children depressed and anxious.…

AI and Education: 10 ways to support or erode future skills resilience AI and education intersect on a fine line between boosting critical thinking and risking cognitive decline, a challenge educators and talent leaders must address.

"AI can boost critical thinking or undermine it. Educators and talent leaders must learn to navigate this fine line." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

Some AI Detection Tools Work Well, Others Fail, Says New Research A study conducted at the University of Chicago found AI detection tools varied widely in quality, and proposes a framework for use both inside and outside of education.

"[T]he research is a warning sign for educators against relying on many AI detection tools when making decisions about student grades and disciplinary action." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu

On Chatbot Psychosis and What Might Be Done to Address It Do chatbots sometimes lead their users to "break with reality"? And what might be done about it?

New blog post: "On #Chatbot Psychosis and What Might Be Done to Address It": www.scu.edu/ethics/inter... #ethics #law #internet #data #AI #LLMs #health #tech #business #education #research

"An emerging field of science claims to be able to predict aesthetic traits, intelligence, and even moral character in embryos."

What does its potential success mean for our social contract and our very understanding of what it means to be human? buff.ly/WsuKRfs