Duke University Initiative for Science & Society
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Embracing and encouraging responsible progress in science and tech for the benefit of humanity. With a distinctive Master's in Applied Ethics & Policy :: scienceandsociety.duke.edu/ma
Accountability and Governance Are the Foundations of Trust in AI, from Duke Deep Tech. deeptech.duke.edu/blog-post/ac... #TechPolicy #AIgovernance #AIpolicy
Accountability and Governance Are the Foundations of Trust in AI | Deep Tech
On June 9, the Paladin Global Institute released “The Governance Layer: A Primer for Tech and Cyber Policy,” the second installment in its work on the AI Tech Stack.
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Music streaming service TIDAL will automatically tag AI-generated music and block it from earning royalties. www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/tidal-to-tag... #CreativeEconomy #AI #TechPolicy #DeepTech
TIDAL to automatically tag AI-generated music… and block it from earning royalties - Music Business Worldwide
TIDAL is introducing an AI policy that will automatically tag wholly AI-generated music in its app…
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Protecting One’s Own Mind - @nitafarahany.bsky.social explains why safeguarding your cognitive liberty has never been more urgent. today.duke.edu/2026/06/prot... #cognitiveliberty #neuroethics
Protecting One’s Own Mind | Duke Today
Nita Farahany explains why safeguarding your cognitive liberty has never been been more urgent
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Can we make tech safer and healthier for kids and teens? Do social media/phone bans work? Who should be responsible for setting the boundaries? Watch: "The Big Fix: getting kids off screens" w/ Casey Mock, lecturer in our Applied Ethics & Policy MA program. whyy.org/episodes/the...
The Big Fix: getting kids off screens - WHYY
Can we make technology safer and healthier for kids and teens? Do social media and phone bans actually work? And who should be responsible for setting the boundaries?
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Moral Leadership in a Time of Great Need - David Hoffman writes about what the encyclical says, why it matters for #AI governance, and what an adequate policy response might look like deeptech.duke.edu/blog-post/mo... #TechPolicy #TechEthics
Moral Leadership in a Time of Great Need | Deep Tech
Artificial intelligence (AI) holds the potential to address the world’s most difficult problems. From accelerating drug discovery and extending access to quality educatio
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A very insightful article from a #DukeU undergrad on using #AI as a student and how the work of being a student is changing. ai.colab.duke.edu/colab-ai-blo...
Nobody has handed us the rule book, so we’re writing ourselves.
*Banner image was created using Gemini NanoBanana 2 (Flash Image 3).
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When the Studio Lets the Algorithm In: Is Generative AI an Opportunity or a Trojan Horse for Musicians? techpolicy.sanford.duke.edu/blog/when-th... #GenAI #AI #TechPolicy #CreativeEconomy
When the Studio Lets the Algorithm In: Is Generative AI an Opportunity or a Trojan Horse for Musicians? - Tech Policy @ Sanford
Before Impressionism, there was panic In 1839, celebrated French painter Paul Delaroche dramatically announced: “From today, painting is dead.” Delaroche had just encountered a daguerreotype,…
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Can ChatGPT Be Charged In A Murder? Florida Wants To Find Out. www.barrons.com/news/can-cha... #AIsafety #TechPolicy #AI #ChatGPT
Can ChatGPT Be Charged In A Murder? Florida Wants To Find Out.
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Congratulations, Class of 2026! We can't wait to see what you do next! #Graduation #GradSchool #Bioethics #TechEthics #SciencePolicy #TechPolicy #AppliedEthics #DukeU #ClassOf2026
Pennsylvania sues Character AI, says chatbot poses as doctors www.reuters.com/legal/litiga... One character allegedly told an investigator posing as a patient that she was licensed to practice psychiatry and provided a bogus license number. #techethics #techpolicy
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We’re proud to share that Renee Muthakana, MA'26 has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship! Renee’s work reflects a deep commitment to women's health and policy engagement. 👏 READ MORE: scienceandsociety.duke.edu/renee-muthak... #Bioethics #SciencePolicy #HealthPolicy #GradSchool #DukeU
AI Slop Is Flooding Academic Journals. A Top Journal Measured It www.forbes.com/sites/johndr... #TechEthics #SciencePolicy #AI
AI & the Film Industry: Pre-Production (Part 1 of 3) explores the impacts of #AI on the film industry. In p1 learn how studios forge ahead with #AI while other stakeholders grapple with the tech's impact on their roles. techpolicy.sanford.duke.edu/blog/ai-the-... @dukesanford.bsky.social #DeepTech
AI & the Film Industry: Pre-Production - Tech Policy @ Sanford
Decades before artificial intelligence (AI) became a reality, Hollywood depicted a future living among the technology defining our current age. Movies like 2001: A Space…
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Examine risks, inform research and technology. Address social and ethical concerns in innovation. Apply to the Duke Master's in Applied Ethics & Policy. 👉 Online Info session TODAY! scienceandsociety.duke.edu/events/ma-in... #techethics #techpolicy #bioethics #gradschool
Scientists see Trump's firing of the National Science Board as an attack on research. www.npr.org/2026/04/28/n... #bioethics #sciencepolicy
Scientists see Trump's firing of the National Science Board as an attack on research
The move follows an administration push for cuts to the NSF and raises concerns in the scientific community that it could jeopardize a tradition of independent decisions about federal science grants.
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Beyond the Cut: A New Era for CRISPR Medicine Charles Gersbach, Prof. of Biomedical Engineering at #DukeU, and his colleagues are pursuing promising #CRISPR technologies focused on controlling gene activity rather than permanently altering the genome. pratt.duke.edu/news/a-new-e... #bioethics
Beyond the Cut: A New Era for CRISPR Medicine |
Charles Gersbach and his colleagues are pursuing promising CRISPR technologies focused on controlling gene activity rather than permanently altering the genome.
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Why Spotify Has No Button to Filter Out AI Music www.bbc.com/news/article... "Listeners deserve awareness," says singer-songwriter Tift Merritt, practitioner-in-residence at #DukeU and researching how #AI is affecting the creative economy. #techethics #responsibletech
Why Spotify has no button to filter out AI music
Music streamer Deezer allows users to filter out AI music, so why does Spotify not offer the same?
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"People might wonder if different LLMs will take them in different directions with the same prompts for creative projects. This paper basically says no. LLMs are less creative as a population than humans." Emily Wenger, Prof. Duke ECE pratt.duke.edu/news/ai-vs-h...
LLMs Are Different. LLMs Are the Same. |
Commercial LLMs challenged with tests of originality and creativity generate results that are more similar to one another than people’s responses.
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Thinking of using a chatbot for medical advice? Read this first. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/... Two studies put ChatGPT, Gemini and others to the test on questions of health. In one, they got almost half the answers wrong. #techethics #AIsafety
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WHO at a Crossroads. @dukeghi.bsky.social experts call for significant reforms to ensure the World Health Organization maintains its leadership on global health issues. globalhealth.duke.edu/news/who-cro... #healthpolicy #bioethics
WHO at a Crossroads
DGHI experts call for significant reforms to ensure the World Health Organization maintains its leadership on global health issues.
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Missed the Blue Devils in Space series? Catch up on all five sessions exploring how Duke is advancing research, innovation, and leadership in space. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
FLI-Blue Devils in Space
The Forever Learning Institute (FLI), in partnership with the Duke Space Initiative, invites the Duke alumni community to explore humanity’s next frontier th...
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Interested in a career at the intersection of science, technology, ethics, and policy? Want to address social and ethical concerns in innovation? Apply to the Duke MA in Applied Ethics & Policy. 👉 Info session on 4/17! scienceandsociety.duke.edu/events/ma-in... #techethics #techpolicy #bioethics
MA in Applied Ethics & Policy Online Information Session
We invite potential students and advisors to learn more about the Duke Master of Arts in Applied Ethics & Policy.
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The AI ethics illusion. www.ibm.com/think/news/a... “A system that sounds ethical is not the same as a system that reasons ethically. Conflating the two is how organizations end up deploying a very expensive autocomplete function in life-altering decisions.” Phaedra Boinodiris, IBM #TrustworthyAI
The AI ethics illusion | IBM
Two studies from Google DeepMind and Anthropic suggest that AI systems routinely produce convincing moral language without anything resembling genuine ethical reasoning. Researchers explore why.
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Scientists invented a fake disease. #AI told people it was real. Humans didn’t spot the hoax and the fake research has been cited in peer-reviewed literature. www.nature.com/articles/d41... #techethics #healthtech #medtech #AIinResearch
Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real
Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?
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On campus and looking for something to do with your lunch hour today? Join the Duke Center on Risk at 12:30: "Solar Radiation Modification to Help Address #ClimateChange? Prospects, Risks, and Governance" scienceandsociety.duke.edu/events/solar... #climatepolicy #energypolicy #risk
Solar Radiation Modification to Help Address Climate Change? Prospects, Risks, and Governance
Solar radiation modification (SRM), including technologies such as stratospheric aerosol injection, has moved from theoretical discussion toward serious scientific and
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Behind the Artemis II mission: Duke specialists talk challenges in traveling to moon. www.wral.com/video/behind...
Behind the Artemis II mission: Duke specialists talk challenges in traveling to moon
Three Duke University experts talk about the human health, engineering and economic challenges and opportunities involved in the ongoing Artemis II mission.
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The Duke Grad Academy offers free online courses that help #DukeU grad and professional students prepare for high-level research, innovative teaching, leadership, and public engagement. Check out our new course on #ScienceCommunication w/ Emily Edwards! interdisciplinary.duke.edu/opportunitie...
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Duke Graduate Academy - Office of Interdisciplinary Programs
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Calstate shares key findings from 94,060 CSU Student, Faculty and Staff Voices in the Most Comprehensive #AI Survey in Higher Education. Are you a student or faculty? Where do you stand on the use of #AI in higher education? www.calstate.edu/impact-of-th...
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