‘Stay human’: Pope Francis’ AI advisor on the opportunities and challenges posed by latest tech Tech organizations and religious institutions are uncommon collaborators — and perhaps even more so in Seattle, which according to the… Read More
Tech ethicist on why healthcare isn’t ready for ambitious AI overhaul Within the frothy, exuberant hype around AI’s ability to solve wide-ranging, formerly intractable problems, Alex John London is taking on… Read More
Tech gets religion on AI: Inside the Vatican summit with Islamic and Jewish leaders, Microsoft and IBM It’s unusual for tech executives and religious leaders to get together to discuss their shared interests and goals for the… Read More
Retired UW computer science professor embroiled in Twitter spat over AI ethics and ‘cancel culture’ The University of Washington computer science department denounced comments made online by a retired professor over a debate about AI… Read More
Sexbot or not? Ethicist stimulates debate on the senior set’s need for companionship Are sex robots just what the doctor ordered for the over-65 set? In a newly published research paper, a bioethicist… Read More
AI vs. humans? Microsoft’s Eric Horvitz sees the future as AI-human partnership Artificial intelligence is often portrayed as a rising competitor for human intelligence, in settings ranging from human-vs.-machine card games to… Read More
Super concerned with Superhuman: Seattle tech vet takes issue with new email app ‘spying’ on users Update, Monday, 3 p.m.: Mike Davidson has returned with another personal blog post about Superhuman, calling the startup’s privacy fixes… Read More
AI researchers say San Francisco’s facial recognition ban just scratches the surface San Francisco’s board of supervisors took a significant step this week when it voted to ban the use of facial… Read More
Pentagon ethics probe clears acting defense chief after claims of Boeing bias The Department of Defense’s Office of Inspector General says acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan is in full compliance with his… Read More
How Microsoft is opening AI’s algorithmic ‘black box’ for greater transparency Artificial intelligence can work wonders, but often it works in mysterious ways. Machine learning is based on the principle that… Read More
Microsoft will be adding AI ethics to its standard checklist for product release Microsoft will “one day very soon” add an ethics review focusing on artificial-intelligence issues to its standard checklist of audits… Read More
Microsoft is turning down some sales over AI ethics, top researcher Eric Horvitz says Concerns over the potential abuse of artificial intelligence technology have led Microsoft to cut off significant sales, says Eric Horvitz,… Read More
A techie on TV, ‘Silicon Valley’ star says he’s scared of what he sees as tech’s ethical failings Looks like the guys at the Pied Piper offices have been watching the congressional hearings involving Facebook, Twitter and Google.… Read More
Experts lay out their concerns about the ethics of brain implants and ‘brainjacking’ Losing the ability to control your own mind seems like something out of a dystopian science-fiction novel, but some researchers… Read More
GeekWire Calendar Picks: UW holds robotics law conference on the heels of Google’s robot personality patent On Wednesday Google was awarded a patent for downloadable robot personalities. The tech giant outlines a cloud-based system that would… Read More
