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/

Thursday, August 29, 2019

New Research Alliance Cements Split on AI Ethics; Inside Higher Ed, August 23, 2019

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David Matthews, Inside Higher Ed;  New Research Alliance Cements Split on AI Ethics " Germany, France and Japan have joined force...

A Youth Camp Where No Issue Is Off Limits: Arts and crafts, water sports and roaring bonfires have been replaced by exercises in decision-making.; The New York Times, August 29, 2019

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Audra D. S. Burch , The New York Times;  A Youth Camp Where No Issue Is Off Limits Arts and crafts, water sports and roaring bonfires ...
Wednesday, August 28, 2019

What Sci-Fi Can Teach Computer Science About Ethics; Wired, 8/28/19

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Gregory Barber, Wired;  What Sci-Fi Can Teach Computer Science About Ethics Schools are adding ethics classes to their computer-science cur...
Thursday, July 25, 2019

Solving The Tech Industry's Ethics Problem Could Start In The Classroom; NPR, May 31, 2019

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Zeninjor Enwemeka, NPR; Solving The Tech Industry's Ethics Problem Could Start In The Classroom "Ethics is something the world...

What Students Gain From Learning Ethics in School; KQED, May 24, 2019

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Linda Flanagan, KQED; What Students Gain From Learning Ethics in School "Children at Kent Place are introduced to ethics in fifth gr...

Daniel Callahan, 88, Dies; Bioethics Pioneer Weighed ‘Human Finitude’; The New York Times, July 23, 2019

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Katharine Q. Seelye, The New York Times; Daniel Callahan, 88, Dies; Bioethics Pioneer Weighed ‘Human Finitude’ “The scope of his ...
Monday, May 6, 2019

A Facebook request: Write a code of tech ethics; Los Angeles Times, April 30, 2019

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Mike Godwin, The Los Angeles Times; A Facebook request: Write a code of tech ethics "The question isn’t just what rules should a refo...
Thursday, April 25, 2019

Made in China, Exported to the World: The Surveillance State; The New York Times, April 24, 2019

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Paul Mozur ,  Jonah M. Kessel  and  Melissa Chan , The New York Times;  Made in China, Exported to the World: The Surveillance State ...

The Legal and Ethical Implications of Using AI in Hiring; Harvard Business Review, April 25, 2019

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Ben Dattner ,  Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic ,  Richard Buchband ,  Lucinda Schettler , Harvard Business Review;  The Legal and Ethical Impl...

Enron, Ethics And The Slow Death Of American Democracy; Forbes, April 24, 2019

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Ken Silverstein, Forbes;  Enron, Ethics And The Slow Death Of American Democracy " “Ask not whether it is lawful but whether it is et...
Tuesday, April 23, 2019

What the EU’s copyright overhaul means — and what might change for big tech; NiemanLab, Nieman Foundation at Harvard, April 22, 2019

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Marcello Rossi, NiemanLab, Nieman Foundation at Harvard; What the EU’s copyright overhaul means — and what might change for big tech ...

Once upon a time in Silicon Valley: How Facebook's open-data nirvana fell apart; NBC News, April 19, 2019

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David Ingram and Jason Abbruzzese, NBC News; Once upon a time in Silicon Valley: How Facebook's open-data nirvana fell apart "Fa...

OPINION: The Ethics in Journalism Act is designed to censor journalists; The Sentinel, Kennesaw State University, April 22, 2019

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Sean Eikhoff, The Sentinel, Kennesaw State University; OPINION: The Ethics in Journalism Act is designed to censor journalists "The E...
Monday, April 22, 2019

Wary of Chinese Espionage, Houston Cancer Center Chose to Fire 3 Scientists; The New York Times, April 22, 2019

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Mihir Zaveri , The New York Times;  Wary of Chinese Espionage, Houston Cancer Center Chose to Fire 3 Scientists " “A small but signif...

Iancu v. Brunetti Oral Argument; C-SPAN, April 15, 2019

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April 15, 2019, C-SPAN;  " Iancu v. Brunetti   Oral Argument The Supreme Court  heard oral argument for Iancu v. Brunetti, a cas...

Tech giants are seeking help on AI ethics. Where they seek it matters; Quartz, March 30, 2019

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Dave Gershgorn, Quartz;  Tech giants are seeking help on AI ethics. Where they seek it matters " Meanwhile, as Quartz  reported last ...

A New Model For AI Ethics In R&D; Forbes, March 27, 2019

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Cansu Canca, Forbes;  A New Model For AI Ethics In R&D "The ethical framework that evolved for biomedical research—namely, the ...
Thursday, April 18, 2019

'Disastrous' lack of diversity in AI industry perpetuates bias, study finds; The Guardian, April 16, 2019

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Kari Paul, The Guardian; 'Disastrous' lack of diversity in AI industry perpetuates bias, study finds "Lack of diversity in ...

Privacy Is Too Big to Understand; The New York Times, April 16, 2019

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Charlie Warzel, The New York Times; Privacy Is Too Big to Understand At its heart, privacy is about how data is used to take away our con...

Ethics Alone Can’t Fix Big Tech Ethics can provide blueprints for good tech, but it can’t implement them.; Slate, April 17, 2019

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Daniel Susser, Slate; Ethics Alone Can’t Fix Big Tech Ethics can provide blueprints for good tech, but it can’t implement them. ...
Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Course organized by students tackles ethics in CS; Janet Chang, April 15, 2019

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Janet Chang, The Brown Daily Herald;  Course organized by students tackles ethics in CS " Last spring, students in a new computer s...
Monday, April 15, 2019

EU approves tougher EU copyright rules in blow to Google, Facebook; Reuters, April 15, 2019

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Foo Yun Chee, Reuters;  EU approves tougher EU copyright rules in blow to Google, Facebook " Under the new rules, Google and other on...
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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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