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Pope Francis and Microsoft's Brad Smith met recently to discuss how AI could be developed in an ethical way and announced a new ethical AI contest.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft’s President Met With the Pope to Talk About Ethical AI

By Dan Robitzski

They Asked if People Would Rather Kill a Human or a Sentient Robot
Robotics

They Asked if People Would Rather Kill a Human or a Sentient Robot

By Jon Christian

He Jiankui, the researcher behind the controversial gene-editing of a pair of twin babies in China, is currently nowhere to be found.
Prosthetics and Devices

The Scientist Who Gene-Edited Babies Is Missing

By Kristin Houser

Upon hearing the news that a child with a CRISPR-altered genome was born a few weeks ago, genetics researchers around the world condemned the experiment.
Health & Medicine

Scientists Around the World Condemn That CRISPR Baby Experiment

By Dan Robitzski

A new gene-editing clinical trial, still shrouded in secrecy and surrounded by questions, allegedly resulted in living people with boosted HIV resistance.
Prosthetics and Devices

Chinese Scientists Claim to Have Gene-Edited Human Babies For the First Time

By Dan Robitzski

A New Contest Is Looking For AI That Can Fix How We Get Our News
Artificial Intelligence

A New Contest Is Looking For AI That Can Fix How We Get Our News

By Dan Robitzski

Op-Ed: We Gave Corporations Our Data. Now They’re Deciding How AI Will Affect Our Future.
Artificial Intelligence

Op-Ed: We Gave Corporations Our Data. Now They’re Deciding How AI Will Affect Our Future.

By Daniel Wagner

Google employees have once again sounded the ethics alarm over the company's actions, this time in reference to its planned Chinese search app.
Future Society

Google Employees Have Become the Company’s Moral Compass

By Kristin Houser

Genetic Analysis Helped The AP Catch Sketchy Fisheries
Future Society

Genetic Analysis Helped The AP Catch Sketchy Fisheries

By Dan Robitzski

It’s Now Scary to Be A White Hat Hacker Thanks to the US Government
Hacking

It’s Now Scary to Be A White Hat Hacker Thanks to the US Government

By Dan Robitzski

Three Signs Google Is Turning to the Dark Side
Future Society

Three Signs Google Is Turning to the Dark Side

By Kristin Houser

There Are Better Ways To Serve Journalism Than To Rank Outlets By “Trustworthiness”
Future Society

There Are Better Ways To Serve Journalism Than To Rank Outlets By “Trustworthiness”

By Dan Robitzski

The Digital Afterlife is Open for Business. But It Needs Rules.
Future Society

The Digital Afterlife is Open for Business. But It Needs Rules.

By Dan Robitzski

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Issues Guide on AI Ethics
Ethics

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Issues Guide on AI Ethics

By Brad Jones

Experts: Artificial Intelligence Could Hijack Brain-Computer Interfaces
Brain

Experts: Artificial Intelligence Could Hijack Brain-Computer Interfaces

By Dom Galeon

No, There Has Not Been a Successful Human Head Transplant — and There May Never Be
Health & Medicine

No, There Has Not Been a Successful Human Head Transplant — and There May Never Be

By Brad Jones

We’ll Soon Have the Power to Decode and Manipulate the Human Brain
Artificial Intelligence

We’ll Soon Have the Power to Decode and Manipulate the Human Brain

By Brad Jones

Growing Human Mini Brains in Rats Isn’t an Ethical Concern…Yet
Science & Energy

Growing Human Mini Brains in Rats Isn’t an Ethical Concern…Yet

By Brad Jones

An Artificial Intelligence Has Officially Been Granted Residency
Artificial Intelligence

An Artificial Intelligence Has Officially Been Granted Residency

By Patrick Caughill

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Artificial Intelligence

The Rights of Synthetic Lifeforms is the Next Great Civil Rights Controversy

By Brad Jones

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Self-Driving Vehicles

Germany Drafts World’s First Ethical Guidelines for Self-Driving Cars

By Patrick Caughill

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Artificial Intelligence

IBM is Challenging Congress’s Apocalyptic Perceptions of AI

By Tom Ward

Berkeley Biologist: “CRISPR Gene Editing Will Cure Genetic Disease”
Science & Energy

Berkeley Biologist: “CRISPR Gene Editing Will Cure Genetic Disease”

By Abby Norman

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Artificial Intelligence

Should We Give AIs the Same Rights as Humans?

By Tom Ward

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Artificial Intelligence

We Still Know Very Little About How AI Thinks

By Tom Ward

Scientists Have Grown the First Synthetic Self-Developing Embryo
Science & Energy

Scientists Have Grown the First Synthetic Self-Developing Embryo

By Neil C. Bhavsar

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Science & Energy

U.S. Scientists Have Backed the Genetic Modification of Human Embryos

By June Javelosa

Apple joins Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM and Microsoft in AI initiative
Google

Apple joins Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM and Microsoft in AI initiative

By Chelsea Gohd

Banning “Killer Robots” Won’t Stop Robots From Killing
From Quarks to Quasars

Banning “Killer Robots” Won’t Stop Robots From Killing

By Eleazer Corpuz

$10 Million Is Being Invested to Examine the Ethics of AI
Ethics

$10 Million Is Being Invested to Examine the Ethics of AI

By Eleazer Corpuz

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Science & Energy

The War on Parkinson’s: Stem Cells Successfully Injected into Patient’s Brain

By Dom Galeon

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Ethics

Tech Giants Are Uniting to Develop A Set of Ethics for AI

By Jelor Gallego

Scientists Created a Robot that Randomly, and Intentionally, Hurts People. Here’s Why
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Created a Robot that Randomly, and Intentionally, Hurts People. Here’s Why

By Jelor Gallego

Scientists Confirm: Reprogrammed Adult Stem Cells Perfectly Mimic Embryonic Stem Cells
Science & Energy

Scientists Confirm: Reprogrammed Adult Stem Cells Perfectly Mimic Embryonic Stem Cells

By Patrick Caughill

Scientists Are Using Stories To Teach Human Values To Computers
Artificial Intelligence

Scientists Are Using Stories To Teach Human Values To Computers

By Jelor Gallego

Researchers From China Genetically Engineer Monkeys to Exhibit Autistic-Like Behavior
Science & Energy

Researchers From China Genetically Engineer Monkeys to Exhibit Autistic-Like Behavior

By June Javelosa

Send In the Clones: Chief Scientist Says Human Cloning is Coming Soon
Science & Energy

Send In the Clones: Chief Scientist Says Human Cloning is Coming Soon

By Jappy Lim