General News & Updates
A reflection on regulation and trust in the digital age
At the beginning of October 2018 the Digital Agenda hosted its ‘Power & Responsibility’ summit. The event consisted of very enlightening and stimulating talks over the topics of regulation, trust ...
Five Things I Learned From The ORBIT Conference
ORBIT’s conference in September 2018 brought together voices from academia, technology, data analytics, policymaking, education and industry to discuss how to benefit from tech and ICT while minimisin...
Wimbledon, AI And Emotional Inflation
This article was originally pubished on The Human Argument and was written by Neil McBride, a researcher in Computer Ethics in the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort Universit...
Building a better IT future
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have raised ethical concerns for almost as long as they exist. Professional bodies like the BCS, ACM or IEEE have therefore developed and implemented ...
EPSRC publishes results of public dialogue on quantum technologies
The results of a public dialogue on Quantum Technologies, commissioned by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), have been published. The exercise was carried out in late 2017...
Report from International Conference on Challenges in Quantum Information
Report after report shows global under-representation of women in science. This is especially prevalent in physical sciences, where women make up only 28% of the combined fields worldwide. Observers o...
House of Lords Select Committee Report calls for ethical AI
The House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence spent much of 2017 receiving evidence on the landscape of artificial intelligence research in the UK and the problems or advantages assoc...
ORBIT highlights Cambridge Analytica scandal to stress need for RRI
Christopher Wylie’s evidence to the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 27 March was unflinching in its reporting of the ways in which ICT can and has been misused. The revelations foll...
APPG on Artificial Intelligence calls for ethics training as part of research & innovation
At its meeting on Monday 12 March to gather evidence for its roadmap on the future of AI, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Artificial Intelligence made a strong demand for ethical considerations t...