Category: Notable People

Taser Maker Halts Drone Project; Most of Its Ethics Panel Resigns

Artificial Intelligence, Axon, Drones, Ethics Board, Racial Injustice, School Shooting, Surveillance

Author: Jeffrey Dastin, Paresh Dave; Publisher: Reuters; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how the chairman and 9 other members of the 12 person artificial intelligence (AI) ethics board for the company Axon (the…
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Privacy Lost In The Age Of ADS-B

ADB-S, ADB-S Data, Flight Data, Freedom of Information Act, Tracking

Author: Jeff Simon; Publisher: Plane & Pilot; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how airplanes are being tracked every second of the day. If you decide to take a flight from RDU to ATL,…
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The Social Dilemma

Bigotry, Democracy, Discrimination, Mental Health, Racism, Social Media

Author: Jeff Orlowski; Publisher: Netflix; Publication Year: 2020. The following documentary provides an accessible and easily empathizable narrative for many of the consequences of social media. These “dilemmas” can be thought of as a mental…
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Bias in Speech Recognition

Racial Bias, Speech Recognition Algorithms, Underrepresented Datasets

Author: Jamie Brandon; Publisher: Springer Link; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how speech recognition algorithms are less effective when it comes to Black people. An algorithm was given a matched subset of identical…
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Getty Images Bans AI-Generated Content Over Fears of Legal Challenges

AI-Generated Images, Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy, Data Usage, Getty Images, Training Data

Author: James Vincent; Publisher: The Verge; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how Getty Images has banned artificial intelligence (AI)-generated images from its website, citing concerns over the legality of such images. The company…
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Artificial Intelligence Ethics and Bias

Artificial Intelligence, Data Collection, Data Usage, Socioeconomics

Author: James M. Connolly; Publisher: Information Week; Publication Year: 2022. The following article is a great, comprehensive description of artificial intelligence (AI) ethics and bias with a lot of supporting articles linked throughout. It begins…
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A.I. for Good

Artificial Intelligence, Sustainable Development Goals

Author: James Hodson, Jon Krohn; Publisher: Super Data Science; Publication Year: 2021. The following podcast episode is an interview with James Hodson who founded AI for Good. He started the organization to focus on using…
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Good Practice Principles for Data Ethics in the Public Sector

Data Sharing, Government, Open Data, Open Government, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Public Sector, Transparency

Author: Jacob Arturo Rivera Pérez; Publisher: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; Publication Year: N/A. The following document is written by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) within the Open and Innovative Government…
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Why You Should Have an AI & Ethics Board

Accountability, Algorithms, Clarity, Consumer Data, Data Governance, Data Interpretation, Ethical Use, Privacy by Design, Transparency

Author: Jack Berkowitz; Publisher: Information Week; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how before using consumer data, technology companies need to evaluate if they need to use the data. Companies and organizations need to…
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