The AI Ethics Brief
The AI Ethics Brief #168: The Surveillance State’s New Playbook
How AI-powered enforcement is reshaping civil liberties, democratic oversight, and the future of human agency.
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The AI Ethics Brief #167: Beyond Declarations
From closed-door G7 sessions to local data centres, Kenya’s roadmap, and what job warnings reveal about governing AI responsibly.
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The AI Ethics Brief #166: AI Systems in Human Spaces – Accountability and Unintended Consequences
From MCP vulnerabilities and Reddit impersonation to hiring audits, university deployments, and collapsing AI-first strategies, we track how automation interacts with environments built for people.
The AI Ethics Brief #165: AI, Trust, and the Public Interest
This edition explores Canada’s AI leadership shift, contested U.S. state laws, and why literacy, justice, and safety must evolve together in the age of mis- and disinformation.
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The AI Ethics Brief #164: Balancing Faith and Governance
From the Vatican and Zurich to Singapore and New Zealand, this issue explores how AI governance is being tested across infrastructure, aging and elderly care, and growing market pressure.
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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.
Insights & Perspectives
What is Sovereign Artificial Intelligence?
✍️ 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…
AI Policy Corner: Texas and New York: Comparing U.S. State-Level AI Laws
✍️ 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 Kenya National AI Strategy
✍️ By Tasneem Ahmed. Tasneem is an Undergraduate Student in Political Science and a Research Assistant at the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL), Purdue University. 📌 Editor’s…
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AI Policy Corner: New York City Local Law 144
✍️ By Vedant Thakur. Vedant is an Undergraduate Student in Artificial Intelligence & Philosophy and a Research Assistant at the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL), Purdue University.…
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Canada’s Minister of AI and Digital Innovation is a Historic First. Here’s What We Recommend.
✍️ By Renjie Butalid. Renjie is Co-founder and Director of the Montreal AI Ethics Institute (MAIEI) and Vice President, Business Development at Metrika. Previously, he served as Associate…
Am I Literate? Redefining Literacy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
🔬 Book Review by Michelle Baldwin. Michelle is a Senior Associate at Equity Cubed, an advisor to the Montreal AI Ethics Institute, and a faculty member in the…
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Research Summaries
SHADES: Towards a Multilingual Assessment of Stereotypes in Large Language Models
🔬 Research Summary by ✍️ Timm Dill Timm is a Student Research Assistant at the Chair for Data Science, University of Hamburg. [Original Paper by Margaret Mitchell, Giuseppe…
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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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