The AI Ethics Brief
The AI Ethics Brief #171: The Contradictions Defining AI’s Future
OpenAI’s strategic reversals, why some philosophers say “ChatGPT is bullshit,” and the battle between protection and privacy.
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The AI Ethics Brief #170: How the US and China Are Reshaping AI Geopolitics
When deregulation meets multilateralism, privacy fails, and ‘AI for Good’ censors dissent.
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The AI Ethics Brief #169: From Helpful to Harmful – The Hidden Costs of Agentic AI
Exploring agentic AI’s privacy risks alongside web governance shifts, healthcare automation challenges, and the global AI literacy crisis.
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The AI Ethics Brief #168: The Surveillance State’s New Playbook
How AI-powered enforcement is reshaping civil liberties, democratic oversight, and the future of human agency.
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The AI Ethics Brief #167: Beyond Declarations
From closed-door G7 sessions to local data centres, Kenya’s roadmap, and what job warnings reveal about governing AI responsibly.
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The AI Ethics Brief #166: AI Systems in Human Spaces – Accountability and Unintended Consequences
From MCP vulnerabilities and Reddit impersonation to hiring audits, university deployments, and collapsing AI-first strategies, we track how automation interacts with environments built for people.
Insights & Perspectives
Can Chatbots Replace Human Mental Health Support?
✍️ Op-Ed by Sabia Irfan. Sabia is an undergraduate computer science student at McGill University and is interested in AI, biotechnology, and journalism. With more than 987 million…
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AI Policy Corner: U.S. Copyright Guidance on Works Created with AI
✍️ By Tejasvi Nallagundla. Tejasvi is an Undergraduate Student in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence and Global Studies and an Undergraduate Affiliate at the Governance and Responsible AI Lab…
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AI Policy Corner: AI for Good Summit 2025
✍️ By Alexander Wilhelm. Alexander is a PhD Student in Political Science and a Graduate Affiliate at the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL), Purdue University. 📌 Editor’s…
AI Policy Corner: Japan’s AI Promotion Act
✍️ By Selen Dogan Kosterit. Selen is a PhD Student in Political Science and a Graduate Affiliate at the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL), Purdue University. 📌…
What is Sovereign Artificial Intelligence?
✍️ By Sun Gyoo Kang1 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are solely my own and do not reflect my employer’s opinions, beliefs, or positions. Any opinions…
AI Policy Corner: Texas and New York: Comparing U.S. State-Level AI Laws
✍️ By Ogadinma Enwereazu. Ogadinma is a PhD Student in Political Science and a Graduate Affiliate at the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL), Purdue University. 📌 Editor’s…
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Research Summaries
SHADES: Towards a Multilingual Assessment of Stereotypes in Large Language Models
🔬 Research Summary by ✍️ Timm Dill Timm is a Student Research Assistant at the Chair for Data Science, University of Hamburg. [Original Paper by Margaret Mitchell, Giuseppe…
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Mapping the Responsible AI Profession, A Field in Formation (techUK)
🔬 Report Summary by ✍️ Tess Buckley Tess is Programme Manager, Digital Ethics and AI Safety at techUK and holds a Masters in Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence from…
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Towards a Feminist Metaethics of AI
🔬 Research Summary by ✍️ Anastasia Siapka. Dr Anastasia Siapka is an attorney-at-law as well as an AI law and ethics researcher affiliated with the KU Leuven Centre…
Evaluating the Social Impact of Generative AI Systems in Systems and Society
🔬 Research Summary by ✍️ Usman Gohar and Zeerak Talat. Usman Gohar is a Computer Science Ph.D. candidate at Iowa State University studying AI safety and Algorithmic Fairness.…
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Ten Simple Rules for Good Model-sharing Practices
🔬 Research Summary by Ismael Kherroubi Garcia. Ismael is trained in business management and philosophy of the social sciences. He is the founder and CEO of Kairoi, the…
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Incentivized Symbiosis: A Paradigm for Human-Agent Coevolution
🔬 Research Summary by ✍️ Tomer Jordi Chaffer, founder of DeGov Labs. He holds an MSc in Experimental Medicine from McGill University and will begin his Juris Doctor…
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