Future of Work Roundtable Highlights
On March 29th, Creating Future Us hosted an investor roundtable with top global experts on the topic of the Future of Work. During this two-hour roundtable, we explored many of the key drivers of impacts from automation on the flow of work and workers. It was a landscape overview of key changes that are […]
Scientists at DeepMind and Meta Press Fusion of AI, Biology
By Steven Rosenbush Published on March 22, 2023 Meta Platforms Inc.’s new tool predicting the structure of hundreds of millions of proteins is the latest example of a breakthrough in computational biology that began several years ago at an Alphabet Inc. subsidiary. Some scientists expect the new class of artificial-intelligence systems to accelerate […]
An A.I. Start-Up Boomed, but Now It Faces a Slowing Economy and New Rules
Using A.I. tools in hiring is one of the most promising and contentious uses of the technology. The experience of a company called Eightfold AI shows the challenges. Read More
Will UK’s online safety bill protect children from adult material?
By Dan Milmo Published on 10 Mar 2023 The online safety bill is due to become law this year and it imposes a duty of care on tech companies to protect children from harmful content. However, there are calls from campaigners and peers to toughen the legislation’s provisions regarding pornography. Here is what the […]
For man behind gene-edited babies, a rocky return to science
BY LAURA UNGAR Published February 28, 2023 Five years ago, scientist He Jiankui shocked his peers and the world with claims that he created the first genetically edited babies. Now, after serving three years in a Chinese prison for practicing medicine without a license, he faces obstacles and critics as he tries to re-enter science. For […]
Lawmakers Call for Oversight of Telehealth Ads Promoting Drugs
By: Wall Street Journal January 19, 2023 Congressional leaders involved in healthcare policy making are calling for more oversight of telehealth advertising. Federal regulators must work to address regulatory gaps that were made apparent after The Wall Street Journal published an analysis showing companies flouting advertising rules, according to several members of Congress. Read More
OECD Countries Limit Government Access to Personal Data
By: Wall Street Journal December 14, 2022 More than 30 countries on Wednesday finalized a framework for how governments access citizens’ personal data, marking the first effort on such a large scale to tackle tricky surveillance issues across borders. Officials from the U.S. and the 37 other member states of the Organization for […]
Musk’s Neuralink Faces Federal Inquiry After Killing 1,500 Animals in Testing
By: The Guardian December 6, 2022 Elon Musk’s Neuralink, a medical device company, is under federal investigation for potential animal-welfare violations amid internal staff complaints that its animal testing is being rushed, causing needless suffering and deaths, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and sources familiar with the investigation and company operations. Neuralink […]
UKSIF Autumn Conference
November 8, 2022 We were delighted to contribute to the overall sustainability conversation, looking through the prism of tech ethics at the UKSIF conference in London, with ISDE (Investors for a Sustainable Digital Economy) members: Church Commissioners for England and Sands Capital. Read More