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/

Thursday, August 28, 2025

Anthropic’s surprise settlement adds new wrinkle in AI copyright war; Reuters, August 27, 2025

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Blake Brittain , Reuters;  Anthropic’s surprise settlement adds new wrinkle in AI copyright war " Anthropic's class action settleme...

Think you actually own all those movies you’ve been buying digitally? Think again; The Guardian, August 27, 2025

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    J Oliver Conroy , The Guardian;  Think you actually own all those movies you’ve been buying digitally? Think again [Kip Currier: This ar...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Is Trump right about the Smithsonian? I went to find out.; The Washington Post, August 26, 2025

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Matt Bai , The Washington Post;  Is Trump right about the Smithsonian? I went to find out. " I chose this moment to visit the museum be...

Trump is targeting several Smithsonian artworks. Here they are.; The Washington Post, August 26, 2025

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Kelsey Ables ,  Samantha Chery  and  Sophia Nguyen ,  The Washington Post;  Trump is targeting several Smithsonian artworks. Here they are. ...

Jokey Names for Detention Centers Face Criticism for Insensitivity; The New York Times, August 26, 2025

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Richard Fausset , The New York Times ;  Jokey Names for Detention Centers Face Criticism for Insensitivity " Still, ginning up indignat...

License plate camera company halts cooperation with federal agencies; Associated Press via ABC News, August 25, 2025

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JOHN O'CONNOR Associated Press;  License plate camera company halts cooperation with federal agencies " One of the nation's lea...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Can you copyright artwork made using AI?; NPR, August 25, 2025

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  Emma Jacobs ,  Wailin Wong ,  Julia Ritchey ,  Kate Concannon  , NPR;  Can you copyright artwork made using AI? " Copyright is the le...
Monday, August 25, 2025

New Ruling Makes Old Postings a New Copyright Problem; Lexology, August 21, 2025

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  Gordon Feinblatt LLC , Lexology;  New Ruling Makes Old Postings a New Copyright Problem  " Go through your website and delete any old...

Medical triage as an AI ethics benchmark; Nature, August 22, 2025

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Nathalie Maria Kirch ,  Konstantin Hebenstreit  &  Matthias Samwald , Nature;  Medical triage as an AI ethics benchmark "We present...

How ChatGPT Surprised Me; The New York Times, August 24, 2025

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Ezra Klein , The New York Times ;  How ChatGPT Surprised Me " In some corners of the internet — I’m looking at you, Bluesky — it’s beco...

Who owns the copyright for AI work?; Financial Times, August 24, 2025

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   BARRY SCANNELL , Financial Times;  Who owns the copyright for AI work? "Generative artificial intelligence poses two copyright puzzl...
Sunday, August 24, 2025

Suetopia: Generative AI is a lawsuit waiting to happen to your business; The Register, August 12, 2025

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Adam Pitch, The Register ;  Suetopia: Generative AI is a lawsuit waiting to happen to your business "More and more US companies are usi...

Using AI for Work Could Land You on the Receiving End of a Nasty Lawsuit; Futurism, August 23, 2025

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JOE WILKINS  , Futurism;  Using AI for Work Could Land You on the Receiving End of a Nasty Lawsuit "For all its hype, artificial intell...

Thirteen Journalists on How They Are Rethinking Ethics; Columbia Journalism Review, August 21, 2025

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JULIE GERSTEIN AND MARGARET SULLIVAN , Columbia Journalism Review;  Thirteen Journalists on How They Are Rethinking Ethics " Seek truth...
Saturday, August 23, 2025

PittGPT debuts today as private AI source for University; University Times, August 21, 2025

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MARTY LEVINE , University Times;  PittGPT debuts today as private AI source for University " Today marks the rollout of   PittGPT , Pit...

Library director says Hillman ‘even better than what I envisioned’; University Times, August 21, 2025

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  SUSAN JONES ,  University Times;  Library director says Hillman ‘even better than what I envisioned’ " “The library that we’ve built ...

Watering down Australia’s AI copyright laws would sacrifice writers’ livelihoods to ‘brogrammers’; The Guardian, August 11, 2025

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  Tracey Spicer , The Guardian;  Watering down Australia’s AI copyright laws would sacrifice writers’ livelihoods to ‘brogrammers’ " My...

The Rise of Right-Wing Nihilism; The New York Times, August 21, 2025

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David Brooks  , The New York Times;  The Rise of Right-Wing Nihilism " A few months ago, I had lunch with a young lady who said, “The d...

Pentagon Fires the Defense Intelligence Agency Chief; The New York Times, August 22, 2025

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Julian E. Barnes  and  Eric Schmitt , The New York Times ;  Pentagon Fires the Defense Intelligence Agency Chief " The Pentagon has fir...

Trump Tries to Grab Solid Gold World Cup for Blinged-Up Oval Office; The Daily Beast, August 22, 2025

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Josh Fiallo    , The Daily Beast;  Trump Tries to Grab Solid Gold World Cup for Blinged-Up Oval Office [Kip Currier: How many people think t...
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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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