Ethics, Info, Tech: Contested Voices, Values, Spaces

The Ebook version of my Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" will be published on December 11, 2025 and the Hardback, Cloth, and Paperback versions will be available on January 8, 2026. Preorders are available via Amazon and this Bloomsbury webpage: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ethics-information-and-technology-9781440856662/

Sunday, October 12, 2025

Tilly Norwood & AI Confusion Will Shape Looming Guild Negotiations, Copyright Experts Agree; Deadline, October 12, 2025

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Dade Hayes , Deadline;  Tilly Norwood & AI Confusion Will Shape Looming Guild Negotiations, Copyright Experts Agree "Handel and Mis...

Notre Dame hosts Vatican AI adviser, Carnegie Mellon professor during AI ethics conference; South Bend Tribune, October 9, 2025

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Rayleigh Deaton , South Bend Tribune;  Notre Dame hosts Vatican AI adviser, Carnegie Mellon professor during AI ethics conference " The...

OpenAI Risks Billions as Court Weighs Privilege in Copyright Row; Bloomberg Law, October 10, 2025

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Annelise Levy , Bloomberg Law;  OpenAI Risks Billions as Court Weighs Privilege in Copyright Row " Authors and publishers suing the art...

Republican Praises School for Turning Down Trump ‘Bribe’; The Daily Beast, October 12, 2025

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  Will Neal   , The Daily Beast;  Republican Praises School for Turning Down Trump ‘Bribe’ " “The surest way to screw up the world’s be...
Saturday, October 11, 2025

AI videos of dead celebrities are horrifying many of their families; The Washington Post, October 11, 2025

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Tatum Hunter  and  Drew Harwell , The Washington Post;  AI videos of dead celebrities are horrifying many of their families [Kip Currier: Op...

MIT is first school to reject Trump administration's agenda in exchange for funding benefits; NBC News, October 10, 2025

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Kimmy Yam , NBC News ;  MIT is first school to reject Trump administration's agenda in exchange for funding benefits " The Massachu...

US universities must reject Trump’s ‘compact’. It is full of traps; The Guardian, October 7, 2025

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Jan-Werner Müller  , The Guardian;  US universities must reject Trump’s ‘compact’. It is full of traps " As with other aspects of Donal...

The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World; The New York Times, October 10, 2025

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Stephen Witt ,The New York Times ;  The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World " When nuclear fission was discovered in the late 1930s, p...

OpenAI’s Sora Is in Serious Trouble; Futurism, October 10, 2025

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  Victor Tangermann , Futurism ;  OpenAI’s Sora Is in Serious Trouble "The cat was already out of the bag, though, sparking what’s like...

Two sides of book bans: PEN America and Moms for Liberty debate; USA TODAY, October 9, 2025

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Anna Kaufman  , USA TODAY;  Two sides of book bans: PEN America and Moms for Liberty debate " To hear   PEN America   and   Moms For Li...
Friday, October 10, 2025

You Can’t Use Copyrighted Characters in OpenAI’s Sora Anymore and People Are Freaking Out; Gizmodo, October 8, 2025

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  AJ DELLINGER , Gizmodo;  Y ou Can’t Use Copyrighted Characters in OpenAI’s Sora Anymore and People Are Freaking Out  " OpenAI may be ...

Here's who owns what when it comes to AI, creativity and intellectual property; World Economic Forum, October 10, 2025

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Seemantani Sharma ,  Co-Founder, Mabill Technologies | Intellectual Property & Innovation Expert,  Mabill Technologies , World Economic ...

It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards?; The Guardian, October 10, 2025

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Marina Hyde  , The Guardian;  It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards? " ...

Post to X from Bloomsbury Editor re 10/9/25 library-themed Letter to the Editor

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Kip Currier:  Post to X from my Bloomsbury editor regarding my 10/9/25 library-themed Letter to the Editor: Thank you, @BloomsburyLU   auth...

Judge orders feds to dial back aggressive response to journalists, protesters in Chicago area; ABC 7, October 10, 2025

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Mark Rivera  and  Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Tom Jones , ABC 7 ;  Judge orders feds to dial back aggressive response to journalists...

Hawaii library system bans displays that refer to ‘Banned Books Week,’ rebrands to ‘Freedom to Read’; AP, October 8, 2025

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BRITTANY LYTE  AND  CHAD BLAIR/HONOLULU CIVIL BEAT , AP;  Hawaii library system bans displays that refer to ‘Banned Books Week,’ rebrands to...

Published Letter to the Editor: "Libraries support all of us; we should support them". October 9, 2025

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I am sharing a copy of my  library-themed 10/9/25 Letter to the Editor  that was published in the print versions and the digital versions of...

Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues Trump administration over First Amendment threats in Chicago; Independent, October 8, 2025

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  Alex Woodward , Independent;  Pastor shot in the head by ICE agents sues Trump administration over First Amendment threats in Chicago A Pr...

Video shows federal agent shoot Chicago pastor in head with pepper ball during Broadview ICE protest; Fox 32 Chicago, October 8, 2025

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Nic Flosi, Fox 32 Chicago;  Video shows federal agent shoot Chicago pastor in head with pepper ball during Broadview ICE protest " A vi...
Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Recruiters Use A.I. to Scan Résumés. Applicants Are Trying to Trick It.; The New York Times, October 7, 2025

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Evan Gorelick  , The New York Times;  Recruiters Use A.I. to Scan Résumés. Applicants Are Trying to Trick It. " “Some managers think it...

What AI-generated Tilly Norwood reveals about digital culture, ethics and the responsibilities of creators; The Conversation, October 8, 2025

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Ramona Pringle ,  Director, Creative Innovation Studio; Associate Professor, RTA School of Media, Toronto Metropolitan University  , The Con...

Star Columnist Fired by Bezos Says Billionaire Is Helping Trump Destroy Democracy; The Daily Beast, October 7, 2025

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Tom Latchem   , The Daily Beast ;  Star Columnist Fired by Bezos Says Billionaire Is Helping Trump Destroy Democracy " Karen Attiah, 39...

Bari Weiss is a weird and worrisome choice as top editor for CBS News; The Guardian, October 8, 2025

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Margaret Sullivan  , The Guardian;  Bari Weiss is a weird and worrisome choice as top editor for CBS News " “Like Musk’s acquisition of...
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Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. Education: PhD, University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences (2007); Juris Doctor (JD), University of Pittsburgh School of Law; Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences. Member of American Bar Association (ABA), ABA IP Law Section, ABA Science & Technology Section
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