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/

Pope, once a victim of AI-generated imagery, calls for treaty to regulate artificial intelligence; AP, December 14, 2023

There's a big catch in the EU's landmark new AI law; Axios, December 11, 2023

Teaching kids to spot fake news: media literacy to be required in California schools; The Guardian, December 5, 2023

Beijing Internet Court Recognizes Copyright in AI-Generated Images; The National Law Review, November 29, 2023

Unmasking AI's Racism And Sexism; NPR, Fresh Air, November 28, 2023

Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers; Futurism, November 2023

Copyright law will shape how we use generative AI; Axios, December 1, 2023

FAU, NAI OFFER STUDENTS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CERTIFICATE; Florida Atlantic University (FAU), November 8, 2023

The Supreme Court’s Self-Excusing Ethics Code; The New Yorker, November 21, 2023

Her Music Fell Into Obscurity. Now It’s Back at the Philharmonic.; The New York Times, November 20, 2023

Roundtable discussion: Tribes, intellectual property, and consumer protection; United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), November 30, 2023 9 AM EST - 5 PM EST

Patent Poetry: Judge Throws Out Most of Artists’ AI Copyright Infringement Claims; JD Supra, November 20, 2023

‘Please regulate AI:' Artists push for U.S. copyright reforms but tech industry says not so fast; AP, November 18, 2023

AI chatbot can pass national lawyer ethics exam; Reuters, November 16, 2023

More Americans are getting news on TikTok, bucking the trend seen on most other social media sites; Pew Research Center, November 15, 2023

Two arrested after US storage facility emptied of $1bn in ‘massive amounts of knock-off designer goods’; The Guardian, November 16, 2023

Ocean City Man Wills Nearly $150,000 to Library; OCNJDaily, November 13, 2023

U.S. Copyright Office Extends Deadline for Reply Comments on Artificial Intelligence Notice of Inquiry; U.S. Copyright Office, November 15, 2023

Roland Pattillo helped keep Henrietta Lacks' story alive. It's key to his legacy; NPR, November 14, 2023

YouTube to offer option to flag AI-generated songs that mimic artists’ voices; The Guardian, November 14, 2023

STATEMENT OF THE COURT: REGARDING THE CODE OF CONDUCT; SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, November 13, 2023

How robots can learn to follow a moral code; Nature, October 26, 2023

LWV to explore censorship in libraries and schools; The Mountain Mail, November 7, 2023

Guidelines for the governance of digital platforms: safeguarding freedom of expression and access to information through a multi-stakeholder approach; UNESCO, November 2023

85% of people worry about online disinformation, global survey finds; The Guardian, November 7, 2023

OpenAI offers to pay for ChatGPT customers’ copyright lawsuits; The Guardian, November 6, 2023

In the Middle East, as in Greek tragedy, justice must prevail over moral absolutism; The Observer via The Guardian, November 5, 2023

Olympian Johnny Weir funds Quarryville library after Fulton Twp. cuts gift over LGBTQ+ content; Lancaster Online, November 6, 2023

High-level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence; United Nations, October 29, 2023

Locked up in an Egyptian prison, I found solace in the library; The Washington Post, November 2, 2023

Suburban Chicago man has painted 100 mini-libraries and counting for his community; CBS News Chicago, November 3, 2023

Ethics Week set for Nov. 6-12; University of North Georgia, November 3, 2023