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

My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology" was published on Nov. 13, 2025. Purchases can be made via Amazon and this Bloomsbury webpage: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/ethics-information-and-technology-9781440856662/

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Even Disinformation Experts Don’t Know How to Stop It; The New York Times, July 11, 2024

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Tiffany Hsu  and  Stuart A. Thompson , The New York Times;  Even Disinformation Experts Don’t Know How to Stop It " Holding the line ag...

Ghosts in the Machine: How Past and Present Biases Haunt Algorithmic Tenant Screening Systems; American Bar Association (ABA), June 3, 2024

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Gary Rhoades , American Bar Association (ABA);  Ghosts in the Machine: How Past and Present Biases Haunt Algorithmic Tenant Screening System...

Corporate directors weigh AI ethics at first-of-its-kind forum; Harvard Gazette, July 11, 2024

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Harvard Gazette;  Corporate directors weigh AI ethics at first-of-its-kind forum "As artificial intelligence surges, corporate director...

Peter Buxtun, whistleblower who exposed Tuskegee syphilis study, dies aged 86; Associated Press via The Guardian, July 15, 2024

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  Associated Press  via The Guardian;  Peter Buxtun, whistleblower who exposed Tuskegee syphilis study, dies aged 86 " Peter Buxtun, th...
Monday, July 15, 2024

National Research Act at 50: An Ethics Landmark in Need of an Update; The Hastings Center, July 12, 2024

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Mark A. Rothstein  and  Leslie E. Wolf , The Hastings Center;  National Research Act at 50: An Ethics Landmark in Need of an Update " O...

Holy See welcomes ‘significant’ new treaty on intellectual property; Vatican News, July 10, 2024

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Joseph Tulloch , Vatican News ;  Holy See welcomes ‘significant’ new treaty on intellectual property " Archbishop Ettore Balestrero, th...

One-third of US military could be robotic by 2039: Milley; Military Times, July 14, 2024

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Riley Ceder , Military Times; One-third of US military could be robotic by 2039: Milley "The 20th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...

AI Ethics for Peace; L'Osservatore Romano, July 12, 2024

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 L'Osservatore Romano;  AI Ethics for Peace " Eleven World Religions, sixteen new signatories, thirteen nations in attendance, more...

Pope asks world's religions to push for ethical AI development; United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, July 10, 2024

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Justin McLellan , United States Conference of Catholic Bishops;  Pope asks world's religions to push for ethical AI development " P...
Friday, July 12, 2024

AI Briefing: Senators propose new regulations for privacy, transparency and copyright protections; Digiday, July 12, 2024

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Marty Swant  , Digiday;  AI Briefing: Senators propose new regulations for privacy, transparency and copyright protections " The U.S. S...

After abuse revelations, professors grapple with how to teach Munro; The Washington Post, July 12, 2024

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  Amanda Coletta , The Washington Post;  After abuse revelations, professors grapple with how to teach Munro " Professors are wrestling...

Class explores how media impacts perceptions of health issues; University of Pittsburgh, University Times, July 11, 2024

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MARTY LEVINE , University of Pittsburgh, University Times;  Class explores how media impacts perceptions of health issues " Communicati...
Thursday, July 11, 2024

The assignment: Build AI tools for journalists – and make ethics job one; Poynter, July 8, 2024

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Barbara Allen  , Poynter;  The assignment: Build AI tools for journalists – and make ethics job one " Imagine you had virtually unlimit...

Religious education group sues Fort Wayne man over copyright claims; The Journal Gazette, July 8, 2024

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  Ashley Sloboda   , The Journal Gazette;  Religious education group sues Fort Wayne man over copyright claims " LifeWise claims in its...
Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Considering the Ethics of AI Assistants; Tech Policy Press, July 7, 2024

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JUSTIN HENDRIX   , Tech Policy Press ;  Considering the Ethics of AI Assistants "Just a couple of weeks before Pichai took the stage, i...
Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Record labels sue AI music startups for copyright infringement; WBUR Here & Now, July 8, 2024

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   WBUR Here & Now;  Record labels sue AI music startups for copyright infringement " Major record labels including Sony, Universal...

Bridging the Digital Divide: Advancing Access to Broadband for All; American Bar Association (ABA), June 3, 2024

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Emily Bergeron, American Bar Association (ABA);  Bridging the Digital Divide: Advancing Access to Broadband for All "The “digital divid...
Monday, July 8, 2024

10 Things Every Board Member Needs to Know; American Libraries, July 1, 2024

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  Sanhita SinhaRoy , American Libraries ;  10 Things Every Board Member Needs to Know Kip Currier: Preparing Board members for effective, et...

Five Questions to Ask Before Implementing Generative AI; Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, July 3, 2024

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 Ann Skeet, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University ;  Five Questions to Ask Before Implementing Generative AI " W...
Sunday, July 7, 2024

Jim Clyburn Is Right About What Democrats Should Do Next; The New York Times, July 7, 2024

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Ezra Klein , The New York Times;  Jim Clyburn Is Right About What Democrats Should Do Next Kip Currier : The most important sentence in this...

Supreme Court ethics remain at center stage after hard-right rulings; The Washington Post; July 6, 2024

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Justin Jouvenal , The Washington Post;   Supreme Court ethics remain at center stage after hard-right rulings " Several experts said   ...
Saturday, July 6, 2024

New York’s First Black Librarians Changed the Way We Read; The New York Times, June 19, 2024

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  Jennifer Schuessler , The New York Times;  New York’s First Black Librarians Changed the Way We Read " Today, figures like Schomburg ...

THE GREAT SCRAPE: THE CLASH BETWEEN SCRAPING AND PRIVACY; SSRN, July 3, 2024

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Daniel J. Solove ,  George Washington University Law School;  Woodrow Hartzog ,  Boston University School of Law; Stanford Law School Center...
Friday, July 5, 2024

A.I. ‘Friend’ for Public School Students Falls Flat; The New York Times, July 1, 2024

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  Dana Goldstein , The New York Times;  A.I. ‘Friend’ for Public School Students Falls Flat " A.I. companies are heavily marketing them...
Thursday, July 4, 2024

The AI Ethicist: Fact or Fiction?; SSRN, Wharton University of Pennsylvania, November 20, 2023

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  Christian Terwiesch ,  University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department ,  Lennart Meincke ,  University of...

AI Chatbots Seem as Ethical as a New York Times Advice Columnist; Scientific American, July 1, 2024

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DAN FALK , Scientific American ;  AI Chatbots Seem as Ethical as a  New York Times  Advice Columnist "In 1691 the London newspaper the ...
Wednesday, July 3, 2024

AI Ethics Council Founded by Open AI and Operation HOPE Holds Inaugural Meeting; PR Newswire, July 1, 2024

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Operation HOPE, Inc. , PR Newswire  ;  AI Ethics Council Founded by Open AI and Operation HOPE Holds Inaugural Meeting " The AI Ethics ...

How ABC News Could Fix CNN’s Mockery Of The First Presidential Debate; Forbes, July 3, 2024

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Subramaniam Vincent  , Forbes;  How ABC News Could Fix CNN’s Mockery Of The First Presidential Debate " If we are bringing  prolific li...

We asked people about using AI to make the news. They’re anxious and annoyed; Poynter, June 27, 2024

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  Jennifer Orsi , Poynter;  We asked people about using AI to make the news. They’re anxious and annoyed " Sometimes, when it comes to ...
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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; Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T); Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
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