ethics Archives

The fight at OpenAI is a reminder that we need to take a closer look at whether AI developers can regulate themselves

Yali Du - December 5, 2023 3 MIN READ

OpenAI, developer of ChatGPT and a leading innovator in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), was recently thrown into turmoil when its chief-executive and figurehead, Sam Altman, was fired. As it was revealed that he would be joining Microsoft’s advanced AI research team, more than 730 OpenAI employees threatened to quit. Finally, it was announced… Read more »

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Former NSW minister Victor Dominello has a new university gig running tackling ethics and trust in digital life

Simon Thomsen - May 1, 2023 3 MIN READ

Former NSW digital government minister Victor Dominello has a new job after leaving politics at the March state election, signing on as the director of the university-based UNSW-UTS Trustworthy Digital Society Hub. The announcement comes on the same day Jihad Dib, the new Labor minister in charge of digital government marked Privacy Week, announcing the… Read more »

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An artificial intelligence ethics expert says Generative AI needs more rules on risk in health and medtech to prevent disasters

Startup Daily - March 16, 2023 4 MIN READ

A new study published in The Lancet by artificial intelligence ethicist Dr Stefan Harrer has argued for a strong and comprehensive ethical framework around the use, design, and governance of generative AI applications in healthcare and medicine, because it has the potential to go catastrophically wrong. The peer-reviewed study details how Large Language Models (LLMs) have… Read more »

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Flamingo founder Catriona Wallace’s latest venture is looking into the ethics of artificial intelligence

Simon Thomsen - April 23, 2020 2 MIN READ

Entrepreneur and futurist Dr Catriona Wallace has launched a new venture helping companies investigate the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI) as it plays an increasingly important role in company automation. Wallace is CEO of consulting firm Ethical AI Advisory, which she says will support private and public companies as they grapple with how to design… Read more »

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Train AI to prevent bias – or risk creating it

Dhruv Singh - January 9, 2019 3 MIN READ

AI has the potential to act as an equaliser to bias, relying on sophisticated algorithms to make complex decisions. But it’s only as good as its dataset.

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Data61, IAG, and University of Sydney launch Gradient Institute to research ethics of AI

Gina Baldassarre - December 17, 2018 2 MIN READ

Data61 has partnered with IAG and the University of Sydney to launch the Gradient Institute, which has been tasked with researching the ethics of AI.