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ethics

Technology

Reddit users were subjected to AI-powered experiment without consent

Users of the r/ChangeMyView subreddit have expressed outrage at the revelation that researchers at the University of Zurich were secretly using the site for an AI-powered experiment in persuasion

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Humans

A gripping account of morality shows how we work out right from wrong

Culture

Technology

Resurrecting loved ones as AI 'ghosts' could harm your mental health

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Health

What's next for the gene-edited children from CRISPR trial in China?

Insight

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Technology

How can we prevent AI from being racist, sexist and offensive?

Analysis

Samir Shaheen-Hussain interview: Doctors left children to suffer

Humans

Samir Shaheen-Hussain interview: Doctors left children to suffer

Features

Why you probably aren't as moral as you think you are

Humans

Why you probably aren't as moral as you think you are

Comment

Eugenics

Definition

Eugenics

Stem cell research for cloning

Definition

Cloning

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Health

Which covid-19 patients will get a ventilator if there's a shortage?

If there's a ventilator shortage, doctors and ethicists say priority should be given to people with the best chance of recovery and most years likely left to live

Analysis

Humans

Should animals with human genes or organs be given human rights?

Insight

Physics

Open collaboration makes CERN great – let’s do it for climate change

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Health

Approval of golden rice could finally end vitamin A deficiency deaths

Comment

Technology

Jeffrey Epstein scandal raises questions over who should fund science

Insight

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