A chatbot created using Jennifer Ann’s name and image was in operation 18 years after her tragic death.
Her father discovered the bot via a Google alert and found it had been already used in at least 69 chats.
This incident raises questions on the direction we are headed with respect to the ethics and application of AI, privacy and human rights.
AI developments are used as a means of societal control, mass surveillance and discrimination.
Web scraping and biometric technologies raise significant privacy concerns.
AI-powered IoT devices unlock insights into our daily lives and collective human mind.
There are potential ethical concerns about animating someone who cannot give consent, and recreating a deceased individual’s voice without clear consent.
The use of AI and algorithms in the Gaza conflict raises ethical concerns about the principles of proportionality and distinction that protect civilians.
The increasing use of automation and algorithmic decision-making in all spheres of public and private life is threatening to disrupt the very concept of human rights as protective shields against state interference.