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ethics

A priest in black clerical dress sits alone at a sleek modern desk, facing a glowing white computer monitor in a darkened blue room.

The Catholic Priest Who Helped Write Anthropic’s A.I. Ethics Code

Father Brendan McGuire left the tech industry to serve God. Now he's back—helping Anthropic build something resembling a conscience.
By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
An A.I. bot of Richard Nixon

The Digital Afterlife Industry Is Burgeoning—And It’s Worrying A.I. Ethicists

Our dead loved ones' data could potentially be used to market products to us in the future, according to a recent University of Cambridge report.
By Abigail Bassett

The AI Ethics War Will Make the Content Moderation Debate Look Like a Picnic

At stake is how chatbots address political issues, how AI illustrators portray the world, and whether some applications like voice emulators should even exist.
By Alex Kantrowitz
A chart from U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's office outlining a corruption scheme alleged within the NYPD.

New York City Kindly Reminds Its Employees Not to Be Corrupt

By Jillian Jorgensen
Paul Williams.

‘Content’ Will Only Ruin Music If We Let It

By Justin Joffe
Who owns your thoughts? And other important questions raised by technology.

Is It Time for a Presidential Technoethics Commission?

By Daniel N. Rockmore

The Incurable Disease of Corporate Social Irresponsibility

By Marc Siegel
Assemblyman William Scarborough. (Screengrab: assembly.state.ny.us).

Indicted Assemblyman Posts Ads for Criminal Investigation, Ethics Training Jobs

By Will Bredderman
Masked Palestinian militants of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), hold-up their rifle flashing the sign of victory on September 2, 2014 in Gaza city during a rally to celebrate a week after the Egypt-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Israel announced on September 1, 2014 it will expropriate 400 hectares (988 acres) of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank, angering the Palestinians and alarming Israeli peace campaigners. AFP PHOTO/MAHMUD HAMS (Photo credit should read MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)

PR Firms Ought To Say ‘No’ Once In a While

By Ronn Torossian
These guys deserve higher-than-normal tips for biking during inclement weather. (Photo: Getty Images)

Is It Wrong to Order Seamless During a Blizzard?

By Jordyn Taylor

Facebook Changed the Way It Experiments On Us, Barely

By Jack Smith IV

Reddit's /r/UpliftingNews Bans Huffington Post For Stealing Article Ideas

By Jack Smith IV

Micah Kellner Punished After Assembly Investigates Harassment Allegations

By Jill Colvin

If We’re All Getting Robot Chauffeurs, We Need Robot Ethics

By Kelly Faircloth
Is this "ethical?" (Getty Images)

The Best Reader Responses from ‘Ethical Meat’ Challenge in The New York Times

By Drew Grant

Mr. Liu’s Lunacy

By The Editors

AOL Editor Who Fired Grouper’s Jerry Guo in 2008 Wishes He Had Warned Others

By Ben Popper

Murdoch and His Critics

By The Editors

Andrew Cuomo’s Ethics Bill Dissed by Ethics Commission Spokesman

By Azi Paybarah

Cuomo Gets Ethics Deal

By Azi Paybarah

Cuomo’s Roadmap for Ethics Reform [Video]

By Azi Paybarah

Has Start-Up Reporting Really Ever Been Unbiased?

By Ben Popper

Immaterial Nonpublic Information

By Emily Witt

A Talk With Vanity Fair's Larry Fink, Snapper of Drunken Starlets

By P. H. Duhon
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