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Adolescents treat ‘for you’ algorithms as a social mirror and are willing to give up privacy to use it.
A new book argues that the first generation to go through puberty connected to their smartphones have had their brains rewired for depression and anxiety.
Modern web browsers are increasingly becoming like virtual computers, able to send email and play music and videos. The downside is it’s a new way for hackers to get into your computer.
TikTok is hardly a model social media platform, but it’s also far from an outlier when it comes to threats to Americans.
The concept of deep medicine would use AI to free up staff, benefiting patient care.
If the US wants to protect young people from misinformation and foreign influence, focusing on TikTok is barking up the wrong tree.
AI chatbot makers’ restrictive use policies hinder people’s access to information.
The development of wearables raises concerns about data privacy, but there are groups working on solutions to this.
New research reveals the hidden costs of ‘gamification’.
There is no shortage of horror stories about online shaming, but it’s not always a bad thing. It comes down to who is doing the shaming and how cohesive the online community is.
The education technology sector constantly offers new products to solve old problems. Will anything be different this time?
AI has the potential to diminish the human experience in several ways. One particularly concerning threat is to the ability to make thoughtful decisions.
The Shinkansen bullet train is symbolic of Japan’s position as a railway superpower.
Technology is transnational. It is therefore disrupting traditional notions of legal jurisdiction and regulation.
The age of AI warfare has arrived – and it’s not looking good.
The concept goes back to a 17th century polymath who worked in Germany.
There is a lack of women guiding the booming fintech industry.
From an economic development perspective, the highly skewed nature of AI activity in the US is likely to create large pools of high-skilled workers in some regions while leaving other regions behind.
Brain-computer interfaces may present threats to cognitive liberty. But with or without them, we often overestimate how independent our own minds are, an ethicist writes.
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Visiting Professor of Law, University of Richmond
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Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
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Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Director, Center for National Security Initiatives, and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
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Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies, Boston University
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Associate Professor, Informatics and Operations, Kingston University
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
