The AI Ethics Brief
The AI Ethics Brief #163: Navigating Uncertainty: AI’s Expanding Influence on Society, Governance, and Power
How AI is reshaping critical systems, from global development and labour markets to surveillance and professional governance.
The AI Ethics Brief #162: Beyond the Prompt
Exploring the limits of delegation, from deepfakes and distrust to tariffs and the risks of Vibe Governing with AI
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Special Edition: Honouring the Legacy of Abhishek Gupta (1992–2024)
A memorial gathering in Montreal to celebrate Abhishek’s life and work (April 10, 2025)
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The AI Ethics Brief #161: Creator Content & Data Sovereignty
Exploring how AI systems, creator platforms, and data governance quietly reshape power and accountability.
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The AI Ethics Brief #160: Canadian Perspectives on AI Governance, Risks vs. Harms, and the Slippery Slope Ahead
AI-driven decision-making in high-impact areas has long carried risks—but now we’re seeing harms unfold, as these risks collide with free speech, due process, and accountability.
The Brief #159: Misuse of AI in War, the Commoditization of Intelligence, and more
What Happens When Intelligence is Commoditized? Why Human Judgment, Ethics, and Oversight Still Matter.
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Insights & Perspectives
AI Policy Corner: Frontier AI Safety Commitments, AI Seoul Summit 2024
✍️ By Alexander Wilhelm. Alexander is a PhD Student in Political Science and a Graduate Affiliate at the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL), Purdue University. 📌 Editor’s…
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AI Policy Corner: The Colorado State Deepfakes Act
✍️ By Ogadinma Enwereazu. Ogadinma is a PhD Student in Political Science and a Graduate Affiliate at the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL), Purdue University. 📌 Editor’s…
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AI Policy Corner: The Turkish Artificial Intelligence Law Proposal
✍️ By Selen Dogan Kosterit. Selen is a PhD Student in Political Science and a Graduate Lab Affiliate at the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL), Purdue University.…
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Risks vs. Harms: Unraveling the AI Terminology Confusion
✍️ Op-Ed by Charlie Pownall and Maki Kanayama Charlie Pownall is the founder and managing editor of AIAAIC. Maki Kanayama is a contributor to AIAAIC and a privacy…
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ISED Launches AI Risk Management Guide Based on Voluntary Code
✍️ By Sun Gyoo Kang1 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are solely my own and do not reflect my employer’s opinions, beliefs, or positions. Any opinions…
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From Funding Crisis to AI Misuse: Critical Digital Rights Challenges from RightsCon 2025
✍️ Op-Ed by Seher Shafiq. Seher is the Global Engagement Manager at Mozilla Foundation, based in Toronto, Canada. After a break of almost two years, last week, the…
Research Summaries
Mapping the Responsible AI Profession, A Field in Formation (techUK)
🔬 Report Summary by ✍️ Tess Buckley Tess is Programme Manager, Digital Ethics and AI Safety at techUK and holds a Masters in Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence from…
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Towards a Feminist Metaethics of AI
🔬 Research Summary by ✍️ Anastasia Siapka. Dr Anastasia Siapka is an attorney-at-law as well as an AI law and ethics researcher affiliated with the KU Leuven Centre…
Evaluating the Social Impact of Generative AI Systems in Systems and Society
🔬 Research Summary by ✍️ Usman Gohar and Zeerak Talat. Usman Gohar is a Computer Science Ph.D. candidate at Iowa State University studying AI safety and Algorithmic Fairness.…
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Ten Simple Rules for Good Model-sharing Practices
🔬 Research Summary by Ismael Kherroubi Garcia. Ismael is trained in business management and philosophy of the social sciences. He is the founder and CEO of Kairoi, the…
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Incentivized Symbiosis: A Paradigm for Human-Agent Coevolution
🔬 Research Summary by ✍️ Tomer Jordi Chaffer, founder of DeGov Labs. He holds an MSc in Experimental Medicine from McGill University and will begin his Juris Doctor…
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The Bias of Harmful Label Associations in Vision-Language Models
🔬 Research Summary by Caner Hazirbas, Research Scientist at Meta and Ph.D. graduate in Computer Vision from the Technical University of Munich. [Original paper by Caner Hazirbas, Alicia…
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