Ethical Issues In Technology

Most people use smartphones without worrying about the security of essential apps we use in our daily lives. Google routinely removes apps that are found to contain malware or adware, as well as apps that are crafted specifically to dupe…

Don't fear the robots, according to a report from MIT and IBM. Worry about algorithms replacing any task that can be automated.

Speakers at event in Oxford say ‘junk news’ tools pioneered by Russians now originate in UK

Until direct-to-consumer genetic testing is more strongly regulated, then dipping into your DNA will continue to have unintended consequences

Machine-learning packages deployed despite evidence they are unreliable

The company has funded a facial recognition project that’s targeting people of color with dubious tactics, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the project told the Daily News.

For many older people, face-to-face consultations are a lifeline, says the author Eleanor Morgan

AI-based enhancements could be used to supplement neural activity, but if theyreplace normal functioning neural tissue, this may end a person’s life.

The powerful lesson of a 5-year-old harassment campaign: How to wage a post-truth information war.

We’ve conflated data with truth. And this has dangerous implications for our ability to understand, explain, and improve the things we care about.

Who are the world's "microworkers" who make everybody's digital lives possible?

It was only on the fourth orbit, when the spacecraft’s orientation had changed, that they had the vision for which their mission will always be remembered. Shortly after they had swept from night to day, a bright, colorful complexity came past the limb of the Moon and into view.  —Oh my God! Look at that …

Information Commissioner’s Office says people should check how apps use their data

Inventor of web calls on governments and firms to safeguard web from abuse and ensure it benefits humanity

When I learned that Google was acquiring the intimate medical records of 50 million patients, I couldn’t stay silent

Whistleblower tells Guardian of growing alarm over secret transfer of medical history data, which can be accessed by Google staff

Editorial: The use of AI and ‘welfare robots’ by governments around the world presents moral as well as technical challenges

In an exclusive global series, the Guardian lays bare the tech revolution transforming the welfare system worldwide – while penalising the most vulnerable

Exclusive: voice assistant’s responses were rewritten so it never says word ‘feminism’

Facebook doesn’t need any more bad press, but here we go again. According to a report by Bloomberg, the company paid hundreds of contractors to transcribe audio snippets from your conversations within its services – without making it sufficiently clear these clips were being recorded. Other tech giants have done similar, but that doesn’t make …

Exclusive: Hannah Fry says ethical pledge needed in tech fields that will shape future

Which? claimed to have uncovered several active groups that recruited people to write fake testimonies.

Some interesting breakthroughs have begun to emerge that could make AI accessible to many more businesses and organizations.

The rise of Deepfakes has contributed to the ‘post-truth’ culture of fake news and fraudulently constructed messages on behalf of the supposed speaker. The dissemination of disinformation has polluted our political narrative and risks disrupting the business community.

AI chatbots have arrived on UK university campuses. But is the hype justified?