How do cutting-edge science and technology respond to ethical and legal issues when incorporated into society? These issues are known as ethical, legal and social issues, or “ELSI” for short, and ...

Engineering ethics, like medical ethics, has become a branch of the larger field of practical and professional ethics. Engineers first formulated ethical norms specifically for engineering practice in ...

In recent years, the quickly growing "femtech" industry has transformed how many women monitor and manage their health. This field of technology creates products including everything from period ...

It's becoming increasingly commonplace for people to develop intimate, long-term relationships with artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. At their extreme, people have "married" their AI ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of our daily lives, steadily increasing in importance. However, its rapid development presents numerous challenges—not only technical but also ...

BEIJING, July 23 (Reuters) - China's science and technology ministry on Wednesday issued ethical guidelines for autonomous driving technology, requiring developers to prioritise user safety and ...

GenAI is rapidly changing the way litigators practice. In addition to complying with court and judges’ rules, litigators must also ensure compliance with a jurisdiction’s ethical rules when using ...

Meta patented AI that can mimic a user’s social activity after death; it can post, like, and comment, raising consent questions.

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...