#ethics

#ethics

In one video, a forklift delivers Hawking's wheelchair into a WWE-style ring, where he's immediately knocked to the ground by burly wrestlers. "This shouldn't even be legal!" exclaims an announcer in the AI-generated clip. In another video, Hawking takes blow after blow to the face from a UFC fighter. "Hawking's in trouble," the announcer yells, as the physicist topples out of his wheelchair. In another, Hawking is trampled by a raging bull.

In David Osit's new documentary, "Predators," the director includes a short clip from a mid-two-thousands episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" in which the late-night host-his free-speech tussle with the Trump Administration, at this point, not even close to a glimmer in his eye-is introducing the news journalist Chris Hansen to viewers. "Our next guest is the host of the funniest comedy on television. It's called 'To Catch a Predator,' " Kimmel says with a grin, as the studio audience's laughter rings in the background.

If you've ever wished you could turn a single photo into a talking, expressive video-without hiring a camera crew or learning complex motion graphics-Toki AI makes that practical. It's an online tool that converts an image into a lifelike, lip-synced avatar with natural micro-expressions and light gestures. Crucially, you don't need any pre-training footage. One clear photo is enough to generate a convincing video in minutes, which lowers the barrier for teams and solo creators who want results without production overhead.

Hit pause on the clip and something strange happens: a prompt reading "Find Similar" pops up. When a viewer clicks the prompt, TikTok automatically pulls videos that look visually close to the footage of the woman - and more disturbingly, it suggests products on TikTok Shop that look like what she is wearing in the video. Among the products suggested are a "Dubai Middle East Turkish Elegant Lace-Up Dress" and "Women's Solid Color Knot Front Long Sleeve Dress."

In an industry where trust is paramount, healthcare providers walk a fine line between managing their online reputation and maintaining transparency. As patients increasingly rely on online reviews to make decisions about their health and well-being, the stakes for what's posted online-good or bad-are incredibly high. This has led to the rise of Healthcare Reputation Management services, like those offered by Dignified Online, that specialize in helping providers protect their image in an ethical, effective way.

"Ryan's subsequent termination by the Select Board was purposeful retaliation for refusing to simply go along with the dictates of Chief Minnich." A former West Boylston town administrator who was fired after a spat with the longtime police chief over a Trump flag filed a lawsuit against the town, alleging he was wrongfully terminated.

a major challenge in applying this approach is that it involves significant judgment calls, both in formulating the indicators and in evaluating their presence or absence in AI systems.

A sci-fi fable, The Motion, is a heated debate on animal testing that slips down a kaleidoscopic rabbit hole where the audience equipped with voting cards becomes an accomplice. Shotgun Players' Artistic Director Patrick Dooley directs the world premiere from the Bay Area playwright Christopher Chen, an Obie Award winner. Shotgun Players The Motion, starts Sept. 13, Ashby Stage, 1901 Ashby Ave. Tickets online or at (510) 841-6500 ext. 303. Pay-what-you-can tickets and special pricing available.

Legal technology, like dealing drugs, thrives on getting kids hooked on the free sample. At least that's what hundreds of hours worth of D.A.R.E. propaganda films taught me. It's why law students received Lexis and Westlaw passwords before their dorm rooms - it's never too early to develop brand loyalty. As 3Ls graduate into 1st-year associates and start pulling all nighters on legal research, they instinctively log into whichever system they learned in school.

They're giving interviews advocating for tougher gun laws, such as when the family of Joaquin Oliver, a victim of the 2018 Parkland school shooting in Florida, created a beanie-wearing AI avatar of him and had it speak with journalist Jim Acosta in July. "This is just another advocacy tool to create that urgency of making things change," Manuel Oliver, Joaquin's father, told NPR.

Generative AI is blurring the lines between life and death, raising concerns around the digital afterlife of the deceased and the security of their digital identities.

Palantir Technologies, cofounded by Peter Thiel, collaborates with agencies such as ICE and the US Department of Defense and has provoked worldwide protests due to its controversial partnerships.

Mark Clattenburg acknowledged receiving gifts like Montblanc pens from clubs such as Barcelona and Bayern Munich. He noted these were within allowed limits and could have influenced decisions.

A zoo in Denmark has offered to accept small unwanted pets for its carnivorous animals. Donated pets will be humanely euthanized before being served to predators, promoting natural behaviors and nutrition.

Killing healthy animals and feeding pets to zoo residents raises serious scientific and ethical questions, demonstrating that zoos often view animals as disposable or surplus objects.

Miskevich referenced Dershowitz's representation of Epstein, indicating a moral stance against selling to someone aligned with individuals accused of sexual abuse. They stated, "In our minds and hearts, selling to Alan Dershowitz was the equivalent to supporting his decisions and statements." This highlights the conflict between personal ethics and customer service in retail settings.

The 2018 revelation of the world's first gene-edited babies by He Jiankui raised ethical alarms, leading to his imprisonment for violating medical regulations. Mainstream scientific organizations now encourage careful basic research into gene editing and human reproduction, stressing that creating genetically modified children should remain off limits. However, interest from venture capitalists and entrepreneurs eager to address falling birth rates is reigniting discussions around gene editing, despite the ethical concerns and the unknown risks of the technology.

Uncontrolled deployment of artificial intelligence in medicine could lead to contamination of electronic health records, resulting in data distortions and long-term deterioration in data interpretation models.

A man tried to lift a woman out of a sandpit, "but her skin slipped off in huge, glove-like pieces." The detonation buried a woman and her infant alive.

A few years ago, I expressed a similar argument to a letter writer whose boyfriend was stealing some of his groceries from big box retailers.

The anger argument against student loan forgiveness posits that because federal student loan forgiveness would incite anger among some individuals, it becomes incorrect to proceed with it. This represents an appeal to anger fallacy, where emotion substitutes for actual evidence in forming an argument. Simply put, it erroneously assumes that anger is a valid measure of correctness.