Why did an open letter urging that tech companies pump the breaks on potentially harmful AI systems cause an uproar among the very experts who have long been advocating for such a move? Another week, another artificial intelligence (AI) controversy. This time, the issue revolves around a call to halt…

When Blake Lemoine emailed me in late May 2022 to inquire about obtaining legal representation for LaMDA, one of Google’s latest artificial intelligence (AI) systems, I knew this story had explosive potential. …

The field of artificial intelligence (AI) ethics has rightly been concerned with how automated systems negatively affect people, especially those from vulnerable and minoritized communities. Shocking examples of biased algorithms, invasions of digital privacy, and technological surveillance serve as cases in point. These kinds of abuses have led to high-level…

I know how you’re feeling. You’re tired. Angry. Defeated. You’ve staked your hopes for the future of the United States on the fortunes of a political leader who represented everything you knew to be right and true. You felt proud to be American once again. …

Back in 2004, I found myself perplexed by the results of the latest presidential election. I was sure that getting the United States into yet another war in Iraq and having an approval rating below 50% would spell certain doom for the incumbent candidate, President George W. Bush. If nothing…