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/

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
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