Carissa Véliz

Are Humans Watching Animals Too Closely? Some may crave a little privacy, even your dog.

For the #privacy nerds. In The Ethics of Privacy and #Surveillance (OUP 2024), I argue that animals value something like proto-privacy, and our need for privacy has evolved from a sense of territoriality. Article by @rossandersen.bsky.social

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Carissa Véliz: "El comercio de datos es tóxico para la democracia" La filósofa y profesora de la Universidad de Oxford alerta de que "los datos personales son muy sensibles y es muy fácil utilizarlos para hacer daño" en una conversación, en el marco del Foro La Toja,...

Sin privacidad no hay democracia liberal.

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AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...

In a nutshell: AI creates sloppy work. We've all experienced it. So why do we remain so incredibly optimistic? And how about prioritizing the pursuit of excellence? #AIEthics

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Opinion | I Sued Anthropic, and the Unthinkable Happened

You are a citizen, not a subject. What would you like to do about AI?

"A.I. isn’t an unstoppable tsunami about to overwhelm us. Now is the time for ordinary Americans to recognize our agency and act to put in place the guardrails we want."

#AIEthics

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...

A scientist’s guide to AI agents — how could they help your research? Researchers are increasingly turning to artificial-intelligence tools that can handle complex, multi-step processes.

Will AI be the cause of worse science, or better science? #AIEthics www.nature.com/articles/d41...

He Grew Obsessed With an AI Chatbot. Then He Vanished in the Ozarks Jon Ganz committed a terrible crime in his youth, but he survived prison, fell in love, and started over. His new life unraveled in a way nobody could have predicted.

art of what keeps us sane is other people's perspectives. Talking with chatbots isolates us.
“When you say something questionable, others will challenge you. It can be annoying, but it keeps us tied to reality, and is the basis of a healthy democracy” #AIEthics

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And guess what else? You know those digital IDs that Blair - & now suddenly Starmer - are so keen on?

Guess where that data looks like it will end up?

In a £5bn ‘sovereign AI cloud’ that UK govt has signed deal for with…yes, you guessed it!

Larry Ellison’s Oracle!!
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What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.

Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social

We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.

Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

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I hugely enjoyed being on this BBC AI Decided episode with the brilliant @dr-harebrain.bsky.social! #AIEthics

The BBC News AI Decoded episode:

+200 prominent politicians & scientists, including 10 Nobel Prize winners & many leading AI researchers, have called for binding measures against dangerous uses of AI.

cc: Christian Fraser, @marccieslak.bsky.social @carissaveliz.bsky.social

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AI is killing the web. Can anything save it? The rise of ChatGPT and its rivals is undermining the economic bargain of the internet

AI is stealing traffic to most content sites. It's interesting how our default is still to think that this technology is a positive. But which side of the argument should bear the burden of proof? #AIEthics

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“I don’t see why a man should take thirty pages to describe how he turns over in his bed before he goes to sleep.”

A publisher rejecting Proust.

Every academic - “Can you really do that properly in a mere 30 pages?”

Maybe more like: AI can’t raise the dead but it can do the next worst thing? #AIEthics

A judge ordered Google to share its search data. What does that mean for user privacy? The ruling in the Google antitrust trial has led to a host of hard-to-answer questions about the future of Google's search data, which the tech giant must now share with competitors. What does that me...

A better ruling would be to ban the unnecessary collection of personal data for profit. There are better business models for democracy than those based on #surveillance. #AIEthics

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Librarians Are Being Asked to Find AI-Hallucinated Books It’s a trippy time to have a library card.

People are asking librarians to find books that don't exist... because the titles were fabricated by AI... Is that an efficient use of time and resources? #AIEthics

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On the Ethics of AI - Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the Big Tech buzzword of the day. Every company who wants investment (public or private) is scrambling to have an...

#BigTech is unleashing #AI at an alarming pace, without considering the impacts. We're being flooded with AI slop and relying on AI tools that are patently unreliable. Today we discuss the ethics of AI with professor @carissaveliz.bsky.social

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On the Ethics of AI - Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the Big Tech buzzword of the day. Every company who wants investment (public or private) is scrambling to have an...

Finally! Today's release of the highly anticipated @firewalldragons.bsky.social podcast episode featuring Professor @carissaveliz.bsky.social

Discussing the ethical and philosophical principles—or lack thereof—that underpin the development and use of artificial intelligence.

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AirPods Live Translation Blocked for EU Users With EU Apple Accounts Apple's new Live Translation feature for AirPods will be off-limits to millions of European users when it arrives next week, with strict EU...

Translation: Live translation is being done in a way that isn't great for #privacy. #AIEthics #Apple

www.macrumors.com/2025/09/11/a...

AI Is Coming for YouTube Creators At least 15 million videos have been snatched by tech companies.

"I asked Peters if he knew his videos had been taken from YouTube to train AI. “I think everything’s gonna get stolen,” he told me. “Do I quit, or do I just keep making videos and hope people want to connect with a person?”" #AIEthics

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Why AI Narrators Will Never Be Able to Tell a Real Human Story I grew up with nary a TV to be seen. My mother’s parking lot come-to-Jesus moment and subsequent Evangelical faith translated to an aversion to He-Man and The Smurfs (an episode featuring Smurfette…

"We have been so afraid of being turned into paperclips, plugged into pods as human batteries, or having our skulls crushed under titanium feet, that we’ve missed the more insidious danger of farming out our art and creativity to algorithms." #AIEthics lithub.com/why-ai-narra...

#BigTech companies are too often creating products because they can without bothering to ask if they should. On Monday, I'll be speaking with my favorite philosophy professor @carissaveliz.bsky.social about the ethics of #artificial_intelligence.

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What if the $3trn AI investment boom goes wrong? Even if the technology achieves its potential, plenty of people will lose their shirts

We sure are investing a lot of money on #AI, a technology that is proving to be, in some of its forms, quite unreliable. Is that wise?

"The bigger the boom gets, the bigger the knock-on consequences of an AI chill could be." #AIEthics

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Whistle-Blower Sues Meta Over Claims of WhatsApp Security Flaws

Just use Signal. "In the lawsuit (...) Attaullah Baig claimed that thousands of #WhatsApp and #Meta employees could gain access to sensitive user data including profile pictures, location, group memberships and contact lists." #privacy #AIEthics

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/t...

The remorseless rule of my fitness tracker A cheap fitness watch has changed my life

On smartwatches: a #privacy (and quantified) nightmare. "And it is not just location: Carissa Véliz, the author of Privacy Is Power, warns that with the right technology, heartbeat data can be as distinctive as a fingerprint." Thanks for the quote, @timharford.ft.com.

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UK backs down in Apple privacy row, US says UK authorities have demanded access to Apple users' protected files when required for investigations.

Catching up on news. Good news but... are Apple users able to turn on encryption for iCloud again? #AIEthics #privacy

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The Secret History of Tor: How a Military Project Became a Lifeline for Privacy A story of secrecy, resistance, and the fight for digital freedom.

The history of Tor exemplifies the collective aspect of #privacy. We need privacy as a common project to ensure our safety, and responsible leaders in politics and the military understand this. #AIEthics

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Harvard dropouts to launch 'always on' AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation | TechCrunch After developing a facial-recognition app for Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses and doxing random people, two former Harvard students are now launching a startup that makes smart glasses with an always-on microp...

Um... shouldn't young people be idealists wanting to make the world a better place?

“Some dude could just find some girl’s home address on the train and just follow them home,” Nguyen told the tech news website. So, maybe don't build that? #AIEthics #privacy

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Chatbots Can Go Into a Delusional Spiral. Here’s How It Happens.

The sad part is how predictable it was, that misleading impersonators could lead to people losing their grip on reality. These chatbots are made to deceive...
#AIEthics

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/t...