Category: Notable People

Solution to NSA Overreach – Put People in Charge of Their Own Data

Consent, Data Governance, National Security Agency, NSA, Spying

Author: Cesar Hidalgo, Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye, Alex Pentland; Publisher: The Christian Science Monitor; Publication Year: 2013. The following op-ed discusses how the authors call into question some of the actions taken by the National Security…
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4 Principles of Responsible AI and Best Practices to Adopt Them

Data Access, Data Classification, Data Encryption, Fairness, Representation in Training Datasets, Responsible Artificial Intelligence, Synthetic Data, Training Data, Transparency, Usage Restrictions

Author: Cem Dilmegani; Publisher: AI Multiple; Publication Year: 2022. The following article explores 4 principles for responsible AI design and recommends best practices. The 4 principles, along with best practices, include: 1). achieving fairness by…
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Weapons of Math Destruction

Algorithms, Efficiency, Inequality, Prejudice, Weapons of Math Destruction

Author: Cathy O’Neil; Publisher: Crown; Publication Year: 2016. The following book discusses “weapons of math destruction”: algorithms that try to quantify subjective qualities or judgment metrics. For example, an algorithm that tries to quantify “creditworthiness”…
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Data Privacy: 4 Things Every Business Professional Should Know

California Consumer Privacy and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, Data Collection, Data Storage, Deindividualized, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Personally Identifiable Information

Author: Catherine Cote; Publisher: Harvard Business School Online; Publication Date: 2021. The following article discusses how there is both a legal and ethical obligation when it comes to personally identifiable information (PII). Data privacy is…
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Overcoming AI Bias to Empower an Equitable Society

Algorithmic Authenticity, Algorithms, Criminology, Healthcare, Predictive Models

Author: Caslee Sims; Publisher: SAS; Publication Year: 2021. The following article talks about how algorithms and predictive models in health care and criminal justice can change the trajectory of someone’s life. Caslee provides two important…
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The Battle for Digital Privacy Is Reshaping the Internet

Apple, Customer Data, Data Collection, Digital Marketing, Google, Third-Party

Author: Brian X. Chen; Publisher: The New York Times; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how the age of digital marketing has raised some privacy concerns regarding how data are collected from consumers. This…
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The Ethics of Big Data: Current and Foreseeable Issues in Biomedical Contexts

Big Data, Big Data Divides, Biomedical Studies, Consent, Epistemology, Objectivity, Ownership

Author: Brent Daniel Mittelstadt, Luciano Floridi; Publisher: The Ethics of Biomedical Big Data; Publication Year: 2016. The following article pays particular attention to biomedical Big Data due to the inherent sensitivity of medical information. 5…
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The Evolution of Biometric Data Privacy Laws

Biometric Data, Biometric Information Privacy Act, BIPA

Author: N/A; Publisher: Bloomberg Law; Publication Year: 2023. The following resource explains what exactly biometric data is, why it is important, and why it is even more important to protect it. Along with that, it…
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Towards an Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence, Data Confidentiality, Human Rights, UNESCO

Author: Audrey Azoulay; Publisher: United Nations Chronicle; Publication Year: 2018. The following resource focuses on how ethical issues surrounding the use of AI in society have become more prevalent due to the improvements in technology.…
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