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A top White House climate official has been sanctioned by the nation's largest academic organization over some pretty serious ethical violations.

White House Climate Scientist Sanctioned Over Paper Retraction

By Noor Al-Sibai

Insider reports that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's brood of children is even larger than previously known, with two twins been born last year.

Elon Musk Reportedly Had Two More Secret Children This Year

By Jon Christian

Researchers and scientists recently expressed their horror at Musk's goal to connect human brains to computer chips just as Neuralink enters human trials.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists Express Concern at Elon Musk’s Neuralink Brain Chip

By Tony Ho Tran

Experts say that neural implants that can deliver pleasure directly to our brains are coming soon. The question is what it will mean for us when they do.

Prosthetics and Devices

What Are the Ethics of an Implant That Delivers Pleasure Directly Into Your Brain?

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers at the Allen Institute for AI created Ask Delphi to make ethical judgments — but it turned out to be awfully bigoted and racist instead.

Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Built an AI to Give Ethical Advice, But It Turned Out Super Racist

By Tony Ho Tran

Google and Alphabet are under fire from their own investors over weak whistleblower protection and poor human rights enforcement.

Google Investors Condemn Company for Punishing Whistleblowers

By Dan Robitzski

As Neuralink continues to develop its neural implant technology, experts have concerns about what that would mean for personal privacy.

Neuroscience and Brain

Expert: Neuralink Could Sell Your Private Thoughts to the “Highest Bidder”

By Dan Robitzski

Experts say that ethical concerns over growing brain-like neural organoids or implanting human brain cells into animals are unfounded, at least for now.

Neuroscience and Brain

Scientists: Don’t Worry, Adding Human Brain Cells to Animal Brains Is Fine

By Dan Robitzski

After an internal and public outcry over how it mishandled AI ethics, Google is trying to save face and restore trust in its work.

Google Promised Staff They’ll Be Less Evil With AI

By Dan Robitzski

An internal review process at Google reframes research on controversial AI technology in a "positive tone," censoring accurate discussions on its dangers.

Google Reportedly Forcing Its Researchers to Say Its Tech Is Good

By Dan Robitzski

A team of AI scientists want to launch a well-intentioned but ethically-complicated study that involves monitoring parolees to cut down on recidivism.

Artificial Intelligence

AI Developers Want to Perform a Bizarre Study on Released Prisoners

By Dan Robitzski

Rather than euthanize lab animals after testing, the Food and Drug Administration is now allowing sanctuaries and shelters to adopt the critters.

Science & Energy

You Can Now Adopt Lab Animals That the FDA Experimented On

By Kristin Houser

Right now, AI can't be considered conscious. But should it someday get to that point, some experts argue we should lay out algorithms' civil rights now.

Artificial Intelligence

These Professors Are Arguing That AI Should Get Animal Rights

By Dan Robitzski

Following a week of protests over the company's controversial nominations, Google decided to cancel its new ethics board.

Google Started an Ethics Board and Then Killed It After Protests

By Dan Robitzski

Right now, we can tip robots over and insult smart homes without fear of a robotic revolution. But ethicist Nicholas Agar warns that may someday change.

Artificial Intelligence

Ethicist Warns: Future AI Could Take Revenge for How We Treat It Now

By Dan Robitzski

When news broke of He Jiankui's infamous gene editing research, an academic journal published his ethical guidelines. Now the article has been retracted.

Journal Retracts Ethics Article by Doctor Who Gene Edited Babies

By Dan Robitzski