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The AI Ethics Brief

The AI Ethics Brief #190: The Data We Leave Behind

May 12, 2026

On therapy sessions, Slack archives, and citations that didn't exist. … [Read more...] about The AI Ethics Brief #190: The Data We Leave Behind

The AI Ethics Brief #189: The Futures We Make Room For

April 28, 2026

On participatory tech futures, contested language, and what comes next for AI ethics. … [Read more...] about The AI Ethics Brief #189: The Futures We Make Room For

The AI Ethics Brief #188: The Names We Give Things

April 14, 2026

Paper collage. A photograph of the Atomium in Brussels, cut into diagonal strips and reassembled over a grid of numbers.

On what we opt into, the language we use, and the distance between what things are called and what they actually do. … [Read more...] about The AI Ethics Brief #188: The Names We Give Things

The AI Ethics Brief #187: The Myth of Inevitability

March 30, 2026

On manufactured inevitability and the surveillance infrastructure being built in plain sight. … [Read more...] about The AI Ethics Brief #187: The Myth of Inevitability

The AI Ethics Brief #186: Sovereign by Design. Accountable by Whose Standard?

March 17, 2026

Canada's sovereignty moment, Anthropic's values test, and the accountability frameworks we still need to build. … [Read more...] about The AI Ethics Brief #186: Sovereign by Design. Accountable by Whose Standard?

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Tech Futures: Better Imagination for Better Tech Futures

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Tech Futures: Crafting Participatory Tech Futures

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Tech Futures: AI For and Against Knowledge

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Tech Futures: The Fossil Fuels Playbook for Big Tech: Part II

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Tech Futures: The Fossil Fuels Playbook for Big Tech: Part I

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