Research in the field of machine learning and AI, now a key technology in practically every industry and company, is far too voluminous for anyone to read it all. This […]
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Back to news homeThe promise and pitfalls of artificial intelligence explored at TEDxMIT event
Scientists, students, and community members came together last month to discuss the promise and pitfalls of artificial intelligence at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) for the fourth […]
How to Be a Leader Who Stays True to Their Ethics
Honest conversations are a crucial tool in helping leaders and their organizations successfully act on their ethical ambitions. If you aspire to lead ethically and with high purpose, first turn […]
Research: How to Position a Luxury Brand as Sustainable
A 2018 global survey by Accenture Strategy of 30,000 consumers in 35 countries indicated that nearly two-thirds of them (62%) find brands with high ethical values attractive.  That’s potentially a […]
RPA Get Smarter – Ethics and Transparency Should be Top of Mind
The early incarnations of Robotic Process Automation (or RPA) technologies followed fundamental rules. These systems were akin to user interface testing tools in which, instead of a human operator clicking […]
When Entrepreneurs Distort the Truth
August 10, 2021 Kyle Jensen, associate dean at the Yale School of Management, has seen firsthand just how tempting it is for entrepreneurs to lie. As a startup founder himself, […]
Exact symbolic artificial intelligence for faster, better assessment of AI fairness
The justice system, banks, and private companies use algorithms to make decisions that have profound impacts on people’s lives. Unfortunately, those algorithms are sometimes biased — disproportionately impacting people of […]
3 Questions: David Kaiser and Julie Shah on social and ethical responsibilities of computing
David Kaiser and Julie Shah are on a mission to prepare students and facilitate research to address the broad challenges and opportunities associated with computing. As associate deans of Social […]
Everyone in Your Organization Needs to Understand AI Ethics
Many organizations have come around to seeing the business imperative of an AI ethical risk program. Countless news reports — from faulty and discriminatory facial recognition to privacy violations to […]
Facebook can save itself by becoming a B Corporation
Ann Florini Contributor Ann Florini is Clinical Professor at Thunderbird School of Global Management at the Arizona State University. Brett Hurt Contributor As Facebook confronts outrage among its employees and […]