Category: Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Before December 31, make a tax-deductible year-end gift to the SSIT Technology for Humanity campaign at the IEEE Foundation

For over five decades, the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) has been the professional home for people concerned with how technology impacts the world, and how the application of technology can improve the world.

If we outsource decision-making to AI and spend all our time chatting with chatbots rather than with fellow humans, we are unlikely to develop the civic skills that we need for coordinated collective action.

Donate to the 2025 SSIT Technology for Humanity Campaign

SASIGD 2026 brings together global innovators to advance Responsible and Sustainable AI across seven tracks

Gisele Waters, SSIT Standards Committee Working Group Chair for IEEE P3119-2025, has been recognized with a 2025 Standards Award, the IEEE SA – Emerging Technology Award.

Digital enterprises have become increasingly monopolistic, individualistic beyond narcissistic to the point of lamentably solipsistic, devastatingly careless of human potential, and environmentally wasteful.

One of the biggest challenges of teaching such a course is the remarkable pace of change in technology and the societal response. The curriculum is in near constant evolution and must explicitly address how students should develop their continuous learning skills.

The 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS25) themed “AI Evolution and Revolution” was held September 10-12 at Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, U.S.A..

The 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS25) themed “AI Evolution and Revolution” concludes today September 12 in…  Read More

The ISTAS25 conference AI EVOLUTION & REVOLUTION at Santa Clara University, September 10-12 will explore the far-reaching implications of technological advancements on our society.

Access IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society (TTS) Volume 6, Issue 3, 2025 – Special Issue on on AI, Empathy…  Read More

Dr. Francesca Rossi presented “AI Ethics: from Principles to Practice” as a SSIT Webinar on 10 July 2025. Click here…  Read More

Check out this AI Resources Hub expanding on topics from ISTAS 2025.

IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society
“Al Evolution and Revolution”
September 10-12, 2025
Hosted by Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California

While the Middle Ages is an important point of reference for virtually all aspects of modern “civilization,” the culture of computing stands out for how enthusiastically it has embraced its memories of medieval European culture.

We examine social media’s profound influence, delving into its effects on self-esteem, media consumption habits, and exposure to targeted marketing.

Over 150 scholars and practitioners from industry, academia, government, and civil society gathered at IEEE ETHICS 2025 to examine questions of ethics and social justice in artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.

SSIT is participating in the IEEE Digital Privacy Initiative, a program under IEEE Future Directions that “focuses on a user-centric perspective—looking at the digital privacy needs of the individuals rather than the security of data, products, and organizations—such as providing individuals with user-enabled privacy controls and promoting privacy at the outset of product and service lifecycles.”

In the future, maps may be a continual feed of location-based video preserved in 3-D—and overlaid with semantic layers that indicate place, tell stories, and connect to social networks—to create an augmented reality.