In case you're about to start teaching a #tech/#internet #ethics-related course and you would like some concise case studies to present to students--here are a few: scu.edu/ethics/focus-a… #education #highered #data #privacy #cybersec #AI #VR #socialmedia

ok here's my full review of this paper. It's easy and short, you should just read it if you want to. arxiv.org/abs/2409.04109

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"Here at Ars, we take the time to hunt down and block offensive or inappropriate... ads when we see them or... readers report them—but this takes time and can be difficult. Many sites don't bother. The result can be really low-rent stuff appearing on a publisher's pages."

"Online #ads have long been subject to a debate about just how well they actually work and whether turning all of this over to machines is actually good for effectiveness, brand safety, and reader engagement." #ethics #internet #privacy #business #tech #media

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On #AI "re-creating" loved ones' handwriting: arstechnica.com/information-te… #ethics #tech #writing

But no, the "'authenticity' of the medium of transmission" is not "secondary": it's part of what establishes "the context, the motives of the messenger, and the veracity of the idea communicated," when the recipient is not the one who set up the medium... #ethics #tech #AI

Researchers still don’t know how 1.3 million Android streaming boxes were backdoored arstechnica.com/?p=2049773

"[O]fficials from the local utility... signed nondisclosure agreements... The news dropped on Memphis in a press conference in June that... caught members of the City Council, environmental agencies and the community off guard": npr.org/2024/09/11/nx-… #ethics #AI #business #gov

"Alongside the factory are at least 18 portable methane gas generators, which visibly emit a steady stream of hazy smoke into the air. These turbines help fuel the company’s #AI. They started to appear in June and have multiplied over the last couple of months." #ethics #tech #X

"When the supercomputer gets to full capacity, the local utility says it’s going to need a million gallons of water per day and 150 megawatts of electricity--enough to power 100,000 homes per year": npr.org/2024/09/11/nx-… #ethics #AI #environment #gov #tech #business

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"[A]mong those querying [the researchers'] WHOIS... domain were mail servers for numerous government organizations in the US, Israel, Pakistan, India, the Philippines, a military entity in Sweden, and countless universities worldwide": darkreading.com/cyber-risk/res… #internet #cybersec

"The Affordable Connectivity Program, part of a broader effort... by the administration to bring affordable #internet to every home and business in the country, was not renewed by Congress and ran out of funding earlier this year": apnews.com/article/wifi-b… #ethics #access #gov