Turmoil at OpenAI shows we must address whether AI developers can regulate themselves: The OpenAI sacking affair highlights ongoing debates over the safety and misuse of AI. theconversation.com/turmoil-at-ope…

The AI industry is on the verge of becoming another boys' club. We’re all going to lose out if it does: For decades, woman ‘computers’ worked behind the scenes while their male counterparts received recognition. The AI industry must not be an example of… theconversation.com/the-ai-industr…

Generation X hardest hit as drug deaths rise yet again in England and Wales: Women are catching up with men’s drug use. theconversation.com/generation-x-h…

Backlash to transgender health care isn’t new − but the faulty science used to justify it has changed to meet the times: For as long as trans medicine has been around, so has its opposition. The tactics of prior waves of anti-trans policies are still in… theconversation.com/backlash-to-tr…

Fear of ageing is really a fear of the unknown – and modern society is making things worse: Anxiety about ageing is also often a fear of the future. theconversation.com/fear-of-ageing…

What do your blood test results mean? A toxicologist explains the basics of how to interpret them: Your blood contains a wealth of information about the state of your health. Analyzing the levels of each component is an important part of diagnosis. theconversation.com/what-do-your-b…

Our robot harvests cotton by reaching out and plucking it, like a lizard’s tongue snatching flies: Cotton is one of the world’s largest crops and is harvested with large, heavy machines. Robotic harvesting could yield higher-quality cotton with less… theconversation.com/our-robot-harv…

Early COVID-19 research is riddled with poor methods and low-quality results − a problem for science the pandemic worsened but didn’t create: Pressure to ‘publish or perish’ and get results out as quickly as possible has led to weak study designs and… theconversation.com/early-covid-19…

Investigating insomnia: our research shows how chronic sleep problems can lead to a spiralling decline in mental health: We envisage a future in which sleep is a routine target for reducing or preventing symptoms of mental illness, both in psychiatric… theconversation.com/investigating-…

The ‘average’ revolutionized scientific research, but overreliance on it has led to discrimination and injury: The average might come in handy for certain data analyses, but is any one person really ‘average’? theconversation.com/the-average-re…

Hispanic health disparities in the US trace back to the Spanish Inquisition: Early modern societies in Latin America and Spain saw a convergence of traditional medical knowledge and the professionalization of medicine. The resulting differences in access… theconversation.com/hispanic-healt…

Emotion-tracking AI on the job: Workers fear being watched – and misunderstood: Loss of privacy is just the beginning. Workers are worried about biased AI and the need to perform the ‘right’ expressions and body language for the algorithms. theconversation.com/emotion-tracki…

Vaccine-skeptical mothers say bad health care experiences made them distrust the medical system: Vaccine skepticism, and the broader medical mistrust and far-reaching anxieties it reflects, is not just a fringe position in the 21st century. theconversation.com/vaccine-skepti…

Is it ethical to watch AI pornography?: People in their 20s and 30s are more likely than any other age group to experiment with AI pornography. theconversation.com/is-it-ethical-…

Building fairness into AI is crucial – and hard to get right: Bias in AI has been getting a lot of attention lately, but it’s just one aspect of the larger – and thornier – problem of fairness in AI. theconversation.com/building-fairn…

Deepfakes are still new, but 2024 could be the year they have an impact on elections: As technology has advanced, AI-generated deepfakes have become more convincing. theconversation.com/deepfakes-are-…

My search for the mysterious missing secretary who shaped chatbot history: I’m hunting for the woman whose use of an early chatbot turned the inventor against his creation. theconversation.com/my-search-for-…

Deepfake porn: why we need to make it a crime to create it, not just share it: The invisible threat of deepfake porn now pervades the lives of women and girls theconversation.com/deepfake-porn-…

AI chatbots refuse to produce ‘controversial’ output − why that’s a free speech problem: AI chatbot makers’ restrictive use policies hinder people’s access to information. theconversation.com/ai-chatbots-re…

Are tomorrow’s engineers ready to face AI’s ethical challenges?: Ethics is often neglected in engineering education, two researchers write, despite mounting questions about how to responsibly design artificial intelligence programs. theconversation.com/are-tomorrows-…