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Thinking Through the Ethics of New Tech…Before There’s a Problem
Source: Harvard Business Raview Historically, it’s been a matter of trial and error. There’s a better way.
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Higher education must stop covering up misconduct
Source: Times Higher Education If universities will not give up NDAs, how can we expect private corporations to do any better, asks Julie Macfarlane.
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Everyday objects can run artificial intelligence programs
Source: Science Nontraditional hardware could help neural networks operate faster and more efficiently than computer chips.
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U.S. prosecutors said an MIT scientist hid his China ties. Here’s why their case collapsed
Source: Science Government misinterpreted disclosure rules and alleged nonexistent links.
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What Charles Lieber’s conviction means for science
Source: Nature After Harvard chemist’s trial, scientists report ripple effects for federal funding and research itself.
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Elon Musk’s Brain Implant Company Is Inching Toward Human Trials
Source: Bloomberg Neuralink has posted job listings for a clinical trial director and coordinator.
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Massive open index of scholarly papers launches
Source: Nature OpenAlex catalogues hundreds of millions of scientific documents and charts connections between them.
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Toward Ethical and Equitable AI in Higher Education
Source: Inside Higer Ed While AI-assisted education technologies offer great promise, they also pose a significant risk of simply replicating the biases of the past.
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4 Lessons For Open-Source Collaborations In Clinical Research
Source: Clinical Leader The answer to this call for greater collaboration and interoperability lies in open source, a software development model in which copyrighted source code is made available via a free license for possible modification and redistribution to any interested user or developer.
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