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From the Editor-in-Chief: Finding Hope in Local Action
February 12, 2025
AUTHOR: Ketra Schmitt
FILED UNDER: Articles, Editorial & Opinion, Environment, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
FILED UNDER: Articles, Editorial & Opinion, Environment, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
Cities’ abilities to lead on climate action and in democracy speak to the power of collective action and to the potential our individual action has when we can make common cause at the local scale.

What AI Owners Can Learn From Journalism
January 30, 2025
AUTHOR: Marybeth Sandell
FILED UNDER: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Case Studies, Commentary, Communication Technology, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
FILED UNDER: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Case Studies, Commentary, Communication Technology, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Privacy & Security, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
The process of advancing AI technology and making AI-generated content attractive to and available to the general public is comparable to that of the printing press and its pivotal influence on newspapers and journalism.

Ethical Defense Research?
January 20, 2025
AUTHOR: Ketra Schmitt
FILED UNDER: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Case Studies, Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
FILED UNDER: Articles, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Case Studies, Editorial & Opinion, Ethics, Human Impacts, Magazine Articles, Social Implications of Technology, Societal Impact
The question at the heart of whether or not engaging with defense research is ethical probably boils down to this: does defense promote peace, or does it promote war?
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