Category: Privacy

How Community Members in Ramsey County Stopped a Big-Data Plan from Flagging Students as At-Risk

Big Data, Child Welfare, Early Risk Factors, Juvenile Justice System, National Council on Crime and Deliquency

Author: Carrie Pomeroy; Publisher: Twin Cities Daily Planet; Publication Year: 2019. The following article describes how in Minnesota, community members disapproved of an initiative to share data relating to child welfare, education, the juvenile justice…
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Artificial Intelligence and Ethics: Sixteen Challenges and Opportunities

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

Author: Brian Patrick Green; Publisher: Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, Santa Clara University; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how AI and machine learning is transforming society. As these are emerging technologies, we are…
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What Does Information Science Offer for Data Science Research?: A Review of Data and Information Ethics Literature

Availability Bias, Contextual Bias, Interpretation Bias, Methodological Bias, Sampling Bias

Author: Brady Lund, Ting Wang; Publisher: Sciendo; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses the issues of bias in the data science world, however, it goes more in-depth and explains 5 different kinds of bias…
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Blake Lemoine on the Ethical Implications of Google’s ‘Sentient’ AI

Artificial Intelligence, Google, LaMDA Chatbot Generator

Author: Blake Lemoine; Publisher: Dazed; Publication Year: 2022. The following article features the author, an engineer on Google’s LaMDA chatbot generator tool, who claimed the tool had come to life. During his experiments, the AI…
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Estée Lauder Settles Out of Court with Staff Who Were ‘Sacked by Algorithm’

AI Interview, Artificial Intelligence, Estée Lauder

Author: Becky Bargh; Publisher: Cosmetics Business; Publication Year: 2022. The following article reminds readers of the importance of not blindly relying on AI, especially when the results can seriously impact people. In the article, 3…
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Hi-Phi Nation: The Precrime Unit

Artificial Intelligence, Discrimination, Law Enforcement, Machine Learning, Police Activity, Predictive Policing

Author: Barry Lam; Publisher: Hi-Phi Nation; Publication Year: 2019. The following podcast episode explores how the promise of machine learning and artificial intelligence to increase efficiency in all walks of life has found its way…
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Data Ethics for the Digital Age

Academic Integrity, Canvas, Cheating, Consent, Data Collection, Selling Data, Third-Party

Author: Autumn Caines; Publisher: University of Michigan-Dearborn News; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses common ethical issues regarding data as the digital age has become more and more prevalent in society. She goes into…
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Heart Studies Allegedly Manipulated Data, Saying a Blood Thinner had Healing Effects

Data Manipulation, Misconduct, Temple University, Xarelto

Author: Associated Press; Publisher: New York Post; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses a recent instance of possible data manipulation in a medical study. Temple University researchers authored a paper in which they concluded…
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Data Ethics & Privacy: Doing the Right Thing with Data

COVID-19, GPS, GPS Tracking, Healthcare, Infection Trails, Personal Data, Personal Health

Author: Ashley Brown; Publisher: RGP; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses how COVID-19 has expedited the use of technology, particularly in healthcare and in dealing with containing the disease. Many countries are using GPS…
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