The program offers non–computer science majors a pathway to gain essential AI knowledge while emphasizing responsible and ethical applications.| Department of Computer Science, Columbia University
Eleos deepens its AI governance and compliance expertise as it expands into the post-acute care market. Boston, MA — Nov. 12, 2025 — Eleos, the leader in AI for post-acute care, today announced that it has earned the ISO/IEC 42001:2023 (“ISO 42001”) certification — the first globally recognized standard for Artificial Intelligence Management Systems (AIMS) […] The post Eleos Earns ISO 42001 Certification, the First Global Standard for AI Systems Development and Security appeared f...| Eleos Health
What makes this updated guidance on AI ethics different is its shift in perspective. The PRSA document reframes PR pros as active governors of AI adoption rather than cautious users. The post PRSA Updates AI Ethics Guidelines for 2025: What PR Pros Need to Know appeared first on PRNEWS.| PRNEWS
Former President Barack Obama met the annual honor flight of veterans on Veterans Day. This is a flight full of veterans, all-expenses paid, to visit D.C. and tour memorials to their service. The veterans on the flight were stunned to see President Obama and hear him on the PA system. He thanked each veteran with […]| Diane Ravitch's blog
Oklahoma legislators are debating whether to follow the lead of Mississippi by adopting a phonics-based reading curriculum and requiring the retention of 3rd graders who can’t pass the reading test. Mississippi has been hailed for the dramatic rise in its 4th grade reading scores, which was initiated by the Barksdale Foundation in 1999 with a […]| Diane Ravitch's blog
A recent breakthrough in China, where a diabetic woman regained insulin production through a stem cell transplant, highlights India’s urgent need to reflect on its own human stem cell research. Despite global advances, India lags behind in innovation and infrastructure. A nationwide survey now seeks to uncover why—and how to fix it.| IndiaBioscience
Coordinated, anonymous attacks can come for any company or individual these days. What is behind the Rage Farms that attacked Cracker Barrel and other brands? Who is doing it, and why? rage farms| Schaefer Marketing Solutions: We Help Businesses {grow}
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) released exposure draft PCAOB Release 2023-003, “Amendments to PCAOB Auditing Standards Related to a Company’s Noncompliance with Laws and Regulations (NOCLAR),” in June 2023 (https://tinyurl.com/bdck3kcj). The proposal raised significant controversy. As reported by Bloomberg Tax on November 15, 2024, investors were generally in favor of the proposal, but […] The post NOCLAR Has Only Been Put on Hold appeared first on The CPA Journal.| The CPA Journal
Use this 4-step blueprint to define your personal values, improve well-being, and find a grounding force during difficult shifts. The post Let Core Values Help Guide Patient Care appeared first on ACEP Now.| ACEP Now
Some things in life can feel far too painful for us to acknowledge. But consider this: the intensity of an event doesn’t change the underlying truth we must face. Pain, in one form or another, is an inevitable part of our journey, but we hold the power to choose what it means for us. It’s […]| Coffee shots
When we hear the word vanity it comes to our mind something bad, like if someone is always looking at themselves in the mirror, or trying to praise themselves so they can feel and be better than th…| Coffee shots
The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) has launched a new pro-life emphasis of the Psalm 139 Project called “Across State Lines,” which focuses on providing ultrasound equipment and subsequent training to pregnancy resource centers in states where abortion is readily available. The post ERLC announces ‘Across State Lines’ pro-life initiative appeared first on Pathway.| Pathway
"Ecstatic experiences” are when we seem to joyfully “lose” or transcend or go beyond ourselves. This essay introduces some philosophical issues about ecstatic experiences.| "Ecstatic experiences” are when we seem to joyfully “lose” or transcend...
A biomedical researcher combining advanced mouse models with human-based and computational approaches explains why we can’t stop using lab animals.| STAT
“For the past 40 years … there's been really no room for the idea that slow codes could be ethically permissible under any conditions.” These bioethicists want to change that.| STAT
Colossal Biosciences hopes to go from cloning Tom Brady’s dead pit bull to reviving the woolly mammoth.| STAT
House prices are increasing in the Netherlands, as in most countries, due to population growth, in part driven by migration| The Overpopulation Project
All of the following quotes and links mention suicide, and at least some of them are more detailed than I would expect given guidance about reporting on this topic. Take care of yourself when reading these stories. I know I struggled to get through some of them. The 988 lifeline is available in Canada and […]⌥ Permalink| Pixel Envy
Alex Reisner, the Atlantic: The Common Crawl Foundation is little known outside of Silicon Valley. For more than a decade, the nonprofit has been scraping billions of webpages to build a massive archive of the internet. This database — large enough to be measured in petabytes — is made freely available for research. In recent […]⌥ Permalink| Pixel Envy
When I first heard the term “vibe coding”– a day that shall live in euphemy– I immediately disliked its cutesiness. I’ve found that in my own work I am doing “vibe coding” to create test tools that I need for various projects. But I have a problem: how do I tell other people what I’ve […] The post “Slop Coding” and Responsible Testers appeared first on Satisfice, Inc..| Satisfice, Inc.
Tolerance standards are a routine part of many jobs. A screw can be a nanometre too long. A cereal box can be an ounce too light. In these cases, small errors are no big deal. But a new study from Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Business suggests that this way of thinking may spill […]| The Horizons Tracker
‘‘It was recognised that government policies and measures were KNOWINGLY causing HUGE HARM to children and young people and that they were paying a HUGE price to protect the rest of society.’’ “There has been no proper explanation for such an EGREGIOUS FAILING...to have recognised that you are INTENTIONALLY doing something that is likely to cause harm…recognise that is IT IS causing harm and yet not having done the work to put in to mitigation or a reduction in those harms is si...| HART
This week’s Beauty for Ashes is a special in memory of my mother – including Kathren Maher on the truth; Ukraine war; John Lennon’s relationship with his mother; Child abuse in Australia; Matt Redman on suffering; Birth rates throughout the world; and Proverbs 31 with music from Duncan Chisholm; Deep Purple; John Lennon; Ray Davies; […]| TheWeeFlea.com
As part of the Quantum of the Wee Flea podcast morphing into ‘Beauty for Ashes’ – there are some weeks where you get two for the price of one….We are starting a new podcast entitled ‘Beauty for Ashes – Conversations’ – in which I interview the famous and the not so famous. Some aspects of […]| TheWeeFlea.com
In episode 2 of Beauty for Ashes we look at the question of bias; are Jews welcome in Birmingham? Birmingham Imam instructs congregation on how to stone women; Jewish children in Germany need arm…| TheWeeFlea.com
Civilizational frontier risks, the role of human nature and humanity's collective future.| The Globalist
The PR profession has a critical responsibility and opportunity to lead organizations and clients in bridging the divide in the country through relationship-building and dialogue that fosters greater understanding. The post Humanity Over Division: PR’s Call to Help Heal a Fractured World appeared first on PRNEWS.| PRNEWS
A three-level AI readiness guide will help courts safely implement AI through strategic planning, project execution & continuous improvement.| Thomson Reuters Institute
As we strive to maintain a synoptic view of the field of philosophy, so as to neither narrow the scope of our awareness nor limit the expression of our understanding, the Society of Friends of Epicurus pursues a commitment to inter-disciplinary study and cross-cultural analysis. Evaluating of our own beliefs against other wisdom traditions helps contextualize personal practice, and further illuminates a larger spectrum of spirituality. In particular, we have found it profitable to compare and...| Society of Friends of Epicurus
Time for another thought leader interview on eDiscovery Today! This time, I’m interviewing Igor Labutov, Head of Epiq AI Labs of Epiq!| eDiscovery Today by Doug Austin
Tonight, October 21, 2025 at 7 p.m. US Central Time, I'll be having a conversation on Zoom with Stephen Paff, author of the Ethnodata blog and host of the new podcast Democracy Demythologized. See the bottom of this post for information about how to join.| The Maurin Academy for Regenerative Studies
As AI tools become common workplace fixtures, legal teams need governance frameworks that balance innovation with responsibility & guidance.| Thomson Reuters Institute
Euphemisms and soft reporting let misinformation walk right in the front door.| ideatrash
“We have concluded a Faustian pact with our science and technology generally, and with the computer in particular. So it seems to me. And in such a pact with Mephistopheles both partners gain somet…| LibrarianShipwreck
Many organizations are merging their HR and IT functions under unified leadership to create a more integrated & data-driven organization.| Thomson Reuters Institute
How much would you have to be paid to risk a bout with a disease that most Americans associate with the Oregon Trail?| STAT
It seems like there’s a belief that virtue only shines through when faced with temptation. Some might even think that women should be sheltered from these challenges, assuming they might be too weak or inclined to vice. But let’s consider this: while it’s true that keeping someone in ignorance may protect them temporarily, it doesn’t […]| Coffee shots
The first pregnant woman with malaria was enrolled in a clinical trial in Mali to compare three different malaria treatment regimens earlier this month – a| Health Policy Watch
When watching street debates with the vegan activists Earthling Ed and Joey Carbstrong, it becomes apparent to me that one of the biggest barriers that they (and other activists) face is personality differences. This is because certain personality traits shape our receptivity to veganism. There are indeed general cognitive biases that can make some people… The post How Personality Shapes Our Receptivity to Veganism appeared first on Sam Woolfe.| Sam Woolfe
In today’s post, I am looking at a question that is rarely asked in management. What if the most responsible course of action is not to maximize benefit, but to minimize harm? In decision theory, this is expressed as the minimax principle. The idea is that one should minimize the worst possible outcome. In human […]| Harish's Notebook – My notes… Lean, Cybernetics, Quality & Data Science.
Part 3 of this series looks at the ethics around some of the efforts to overcome 'vaccine hesistancy'. When does encouragement become coercion? The post HPV Vaccines and Ethics appeared first on HART.| HART
Part 4 of The Psychedelic Syndicate reveals PSFC’s strategy to manufacture spiritual and moral authority through academic capture — even as some members align with far-right ideologies that deepen| Psymposia
Part 3 of The Psychedelic Syndicate exposes how Silicon Valley's "move fast and break things" mentality infected psychedelic therapy, creating a culture where leaders rationalized patient harm as unav| Psymposia
Part 2 of The Psychedelic Syndicate exposes the compromised foundation of PSFC's influence network — from the abuse scandals that undermined their preferred therapy model, to undisclosed ties with t| Psymposia
Part 1 of The Psychedelic Syndicate reveals how the Psychedelic Science Funders Collaborative (PSFC) — a wealthy network of Silicon Valley elites and Burning Man devotees — systematically captured| Psymposia
The assassination last month of Charlie Kirk brought many Americans face-to-face with a gruesome reality encountered all too often across the globe: namely, that a man might be killed simply for expressing what he believes to be true. In this age of growing incivility, may we reaffirm the foundations for liberty of conscience. The post Amid incivility, reaffirm liberty of conscience appeared first on Pathway.| Pathway
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved another generic abortion drug, to much protest from pro-life advocates. The post Pro-life leaders respond as another abortion drug enters the market appeared first on Pathway.| Pathway
On Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Chiles v. Salazar, a case that strikes at the heart of free speech, religious liberty, and the proper boundaries of government regulation in mental health. Counselor Kaley Chiles wants to help young people distressed about their gender achieve their chosen goal to grow comfortable with their bodies and avoid harmful drugs and procedures. But a Colorado law forbids her from doing so, and Attorney General Salazar wants to enforce the ...| Pathway
This is a big moment for the podcast. A few months ago Rhema Newcastle (rhemafm.com.au ) approached me to talk about the possibility of doing a show with them. Initially we were thinking of a separate show but then I suggested that we just develop Quantum of the Wee Flea into a new show […]| TheWeeFlea.com
In this weeks Quantum I look at 12 times I have changed my mind about something…..the EU; Israel and the Jews; Democracy; Scottish Independence; Immigration; Socialism; Education; Climate Change and Al Gore; Islam; Transgender Ideology; Equality before the Law; Netflix. And the final word from Acts 28. with music from Europe, Dave Alvin, Leonard Cohen; […]| TheWeeFlea.com
The Danger of the Middle Road A Review of Os Guinness and Krish Kandiah on Unbelievable In the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk assassination, Premier Unbelievable had a fascinating discussion hosted…| TheWeeFlea.com
Lawmakers and the governor killed ethics bills that would have made lobbyists’ pay public and banned nepotism in state offices.| Mountain State Spotlight
What is revolutionary about restorative justice is that it seeks a complete shift in the ideological foundation of how we think about crime, harm, community, safety, and the common good. The post Restorative Justice, Lived Religion, and the Theopolitics of Abortion appeared first on Contending Modernities.| Contending Modernities
A Waterbury HR probe says recruits used phones, split screens and Google during an unsupervised final test| EMS1
Demagogues use rhetorical tricks to manipulate people.| Insight
Just two months ago, Altman boasted that OpenAI hadn't "put a sexbot avatar in ChatGPT yet." Now, it announced that it will allow for that.| Futurism
Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would've required AI companies to prevent minors from engaging with dangerous AI content.| Futurism
Researchers have found that posting as few as 250 "poisoned" documents online can introduce "backdoor" vulnerabilities in an AI model.| Futurism
N.L. Commissioner for Legislative Commissioner Ann Chafe says Liberal MHAs Elvis Loveless and Lisa Dempster and PC MHA Lloyd Parrott are non-compliant with their public disclosure statements, which were due in April| News Archives – The Independent
Editor’s Note: In recent months, there has been a renewed national conversation around in vitro fertilization (IVF), as politicians debate insurance coverages for the procedure on a national level. Many have pushed back against this, advocating for other methods of infertility care that do not come with the moral questions of IVF. Amid all this conversation, Lutherans may well wonder what we ought to think about IVF.Recently, Dr. Donna Harrison wrote a piece unpacking the ethics of IVF from...| The Lutheran Witness
Editor’s Note: In recent months, there has been a renewed national conversation around in vitro fertilization (IVF), as politicians debate insurance coverages for the procedure on a national level. Many have pushed back against this, advocating for other methods of infertility care that do not come with the moral questions of IVF. Amid all this conversation, Lutherans may well wonder what we ought to think about IVF.In this article, Dr. Donna Harrison, a retired board-certified OB-GYN, dire...| The Lutheran Witness
I'm attempting to apply for a job with a major US company. The job application requires an assessment performed by a third party. In this assessment is a (in my opinion very long and legal) Data Privacy Notice, which I must confirm I have read and understood. I do not want to read it. Even if I read it, I will probably feel dishonest claiming I have read and understood it. Yet I have just "certif[ied] that all of the information I have provided on this application and in the hiring process is...| Recent Questions - The Workplace Stack Exchange
The world lost Jane Goodall last week, but her legacy of advocacy for non-human animals will have a lasting impact. Many people have lamented her death, posting tributes and professing to share her values. In 2017, Jane Goodall wrote: “There are three main reasons why we should eat less – or preferably no – meat. […]| Vegan Practically
I recently celebrated my birthday by spending the day at Thermea Spa Village in Whitby, Ontario. These Nordic-style spa villages are a thing now, where different temperature pools and saunas are interspersed among loungers and hammocks and wood-burning fire pits. You’re encouraged to do a “thermal cycle” of heat (sauna or hot pool), cold plunge, […]| Vegan Practically
Vegandale is a vegan festival with lots of vegan food options, some information about cruelty in animal agriculture, and a very small (disappointingly small) amount of non-food vegan merch. The Toronto event in Woodbine Park is also adjacent to a coffee rave, which means the entire time a DJ is spinning loud dance music with […]| Vegan Practically
McDonald’s Canada has been trying out a new veggie offering. According to the McD’s website, the McVeggie “features a breaded veggie patty made with a blend of vegetables (including carrots, green beans, zucchini, peas, soybeans, broccoli and corn) and seasoning, topped with shredded lettuce and mayo-style sauce served on a toasted sesame bun.” PETA says […]| Vegan Practically
Awhile back I foreshadowed some future topics for the blog, all of which took up the intersection of ethics and etiquette in a way I find interesting. I find it interesting because mostly I think it’s a matter of ethics and environmentalism; but since so many people don’t consider the ethical or environmental impact of […]| Vegan Practically
A preliminary report shows that researchers' confidence in AI software dropped off a cliff over the last year.| Futurism
The Chacruna Institute’s Foundations of Plant Medicine Facilitation, Integration, and Ethics course (October 20–December 22, 2025) offers 10 weeks of live, online training. Designed for facilitators, guides, chaplains, and clinicians,| Chacruna
Here, the Court denied without prejudice the parties’ joint motion for entry of an Order adopting the parties’ ESI Stipulation.| eDiscovery Today by Doug Austin
A viral video made on OpenAI's Sora 2 that looks like a 1990s toy ad makes fun of financier Jeffrey Epstein and President Donald Trump.| Futurism
If Nāgārjuna, the great Madhyamaka Buddhist philosopher, is known for anything, it’s his doctrine of the emptiness (śūnyatā) of all things. But in his most famous work, Nāgārjuna warns his audience about emptiness: “Misperceived emptiness ruins a person of dull intelligence, like a snake wrongly grasped.” (MMK XXIV.11) If you know how to pick up a poisonous snake properly, you can move it to a place where it will do less harm, or even milk it to help produce an antidote. But if y...| The Indian Philosophy Blog
Most adults say they care deeply about animals. Yet, many continue to consume meat regularly — a contradiction known as the meat paradox. Interestingly, this paradox doesn’t emerge overnight. It begins to take shape during adolescence, a critical developmental stage when moral values, social norms, and personal identity start to collide. Recent research from the UK sheds light on how adolescents, compared to adults, may … The post Why Adolescents May Be More Speciesist Than Adults appea...| Wise & Shine
How AI tools like GPT and Perplexity are supporting — not replacing — collaborative work in research, writing, and systems facilitation.| learningforsustainability.net
Jay Dyer explains the Orthodox position on the death penalty.| Patristic Faith
“Don’t take Tylenol,” President Trump told pregnant women last week. Despite his claims, there is no evidence that Tylenol taken during pregnancy increases the risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual... The post Better Safe than Sorry? Tylenol, Pregnancy, and Ethics appeared first on The Hastings Center for Bioethics.| The Hastings Center for Bioethics
When we think of someone spraying bullets through stained glass windows into a Catholic church where young children are observing morning mass, we should feel horrified. In an effort to make sense of our horror, however, we should not resort to psychological categories like “mental illness.” If we do, then, sadly, we’ve failed to reckon […]| Andrew Taggart, Ph.D.
Free Permaculture Permaculture is based on three social and environmental ethics| Free Permaculture
In Moral Ambition, Rutger Bregman argues that traditional activism and altruism don't create change. Learn his alternative in our overview.| Shortform Books
If you read only one article about what happened to the students, teachers and schools in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, this is the one. Ashana Bigard is a parent of students in New Orleans. …| Diane Ravitch's blog
This essay introduces some of the core philosophical issues about atheism: what it is, how and why people accept atheism, and the relationships between atheism and meaning in life and ethics.| This essay introduces some of the core philosophical issues about atheism: wh...
Screenshot from Tax Policy Associates. Secrecy in professional regulation is starting to become the focus of more attention. Two cases this week throw that into sharp relief. One is the story of Ro…| Lawyer Watch
The author states that over the past year, he has seen clients use AI tools to “check” his work, draft their own valuation commentary, and even generate critique his reports. While he welcomes their curiosity, some encounters have been alarming.| QuickRead | News for the Financial Consulting Professional
This was the central question that experts debated at a special CAN-SG webinar earlier this week (16th Sept) and their answer was a resounding ‘no’. They agreed that the government’s plan to r…| Clinical Advisory Network on Sex and Gender
Scott J. Lawson August 3, 2024 Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif is at the center of a controversy following a highly publicized match in the 2024 Olympics. The bout resulted in Khelif winning over Italian Angela Carini as Carini withdrew after just 46 seconds. Carini received several strong punches from Khelif, who dominated quickly in the […]| Brass Tacks Politics
Scott J. Lawson June 20, 2024 Louisiana is now the first state to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom from kindergarten to public state-funded universities. A bill recently signed by Governor Jeff Landry requires a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in “large, easily readable font” along with other […]| Brass Tacks Politics
14 ways to have your team’s back as a leader—building trust and inspiring loyalty along the way.| Triple Crown Leadership
Hear this, you who trample upon the needy, and bring the poor of the land to an end, saying, “When will the new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sa…| Mitchell Lewis
Unless you’ve been on a mission to Mars the last few years, you’ll be aware of the lively public debate over the relationship between religion and civil government, the proper roles of …| Analogical Thoughts
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Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, summoned hundreds of generals and admirals to an in-person meeting to lecture them. Hegseth spoke to them condescendingly to remind them that he is Secretary…| Diane Ravitch's blog
A large part of our civilisation rests on the shoulders of one medieval monk: Thomas Aquinas.| Ralph Ammer
We look for stable values mostly for economic reasons: deliberation takes time, attention and other similar limited resources. Thus, even though successful deliberation delivers the right kind of l…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Over the last few years, a horrifying idea scratched at the back of my mind. Could morality be a path …| qwerky science
AI can create beautiful wildlife images, but it doesn’t understand welfare. Learn how AI-generated fakes normalise animal suffering and what you can do to help.| Wild Welfare
We interview Dr Maddie Judge on the dynamics of moralised social change.| PHAIR Society
On 10th September 2025, in collaboration with the Imperial War Museums Institute, the HGN hosted a panel discussion event at the Royal Society of Edinburgh‘s Curious Festival 2025, in Edinburgh, UK. ‘Unreal Pasts, Playful Presents’ explored the relationship between fantasy and history in games and media, and featured guest speakers Dr. Chris Kempshall, Mimi Markham, […]| Historical Games Network
Ironically, this isn't intended to be a "filler" post, but more of a fill-you-in post, as I've actually decided to stop trying to do "100 Days to Offload" this year. I still technically have enough time left in the year to do it, but then I'd just be slamming the …| R.L. Dane
Where to now?| rldane.space
artificial and natural intelligence, including politics, policy, ethics and security| joanna-bryson.blogspot.com
