General News & Updates
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...
ORBIT supports Centres for Doctoral Training with Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI)
ORBIT (the Observatory for Responsible Research and Innovation in ICT) has responded to the latest call for funding proposals from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Unive...
Data governance in international neuro-ICT collaborations
From its inception, the Human Brain Project (HBP) has pursued questions of data governance. It has now developed a set of data policy principles and practices that foster research collaboration. The H...
ORBIT welcomes FHI recommendations on artificial intelligence
The Future of Humanity Institute (FHI) has released its report and recommendations on machine learning and artificial intelligence. The report analyses the landscape of current developments in these f...
ORBIT launches at House of Lords
ORBIT, an important joint venture between Oxford and De Montfort Universities promulgating responsible research and innovation in ICT, launched at the House of Lords on Tuesday 30 January. Led by Prof...
ORBIT welcomes UK Prime Minister’s renewed commitment to ethics in technology
The British Prime Minister Theresa May used her speech at the World Economic Forum on 25 January 2018 to set out her view on the part that information and communication technology (ICT) plays in moder...