March 29, 2024
SEEDing Hope: An Interview with WCWH Showcase Keynote Speaker Adam Grabell
An interview with Whole Communities–Whole Health showcase keynote speaker Adam Grabell, whose SEED Lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst studies how young children learn to understand and control their feelings
March 28, 2024
UT Austin, Cornell Researchers Developing AI Interventions to Address Suicide Rates Among Black Youth
A multi-university team that includes University of Texas at Austin researchers has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health to create AI-based interventions to help address the risk for suicide among Black youth.
March 19, 2024
‘People conflate privacy with secrecy’ — An Interview with Good Systems Symposium Keynote Speaker Helen Nissenbaum
A Q&A with Good Systems symposium keynote speaker Helen Nissenbaum, a leading authority on privacy who devised the theory of contextual integrity (CI), a philosophical maxim that redefined privacy as the appropriate flow of information
March 18, 2024
Dr. Ciaran B. Trace, 1971-2024
Dr. Trace’s teaching and research explored the history of the information professions and the intersection of archival work with emerging and cutting-edge technologies. Her recent work with Good Systems, a UT Grand Challenge, investigated information governance practices on algorithmic accountability and her current research project investigated information governance issues around smart camera use. Dr. Trace’s particular interest in the written record as a tool for accountability and transparency informed the development of a teaching curriculum that reimagined and prepared the informational professional for the digital age.
March 6, 2024
Waymo Starts Testing Fully Autonomous Vehicles in Austin
Waymo, an autonomous driving technology company, has begun testing its fully autonomous cars in Austin with no driver behind the wheel.
Feb. 29, 2024
Importance of ethical AI
Computer science professor Swarat Chaudhuri, explains how bias seeps into artificial intelligence systems.
Feb. 27, 2024
Austin City Council taking deep look into AI’s future with new resolution
For Steven Apodaca, vice chairman of the City of Austin’s Community Technology and Telecommunications Commission, now is the time to get ahead of the emerging technology of artificial intelligence.
Feb. 21, 2024
‘Don’t Believe the Hype’: Good Systems Hosts Roundtable Discussion on Perceptions of AI Perpetuated by Media
Industry professionals discussed the ways artificial intelligence is falsely portrayed in the media and the ethics of becoming an AI-dependent society in a Feb. 21 roundtable.
Feb. 14, 2024
Austin City Council to look at city’s use of artificial intelligence
Writing copy. Organizing data. Building models to predict trends. All things artificial intelligence can help us do. And it’s a topic Austin City Council members are turning their attention to Thursday.
Feb. 12, 2024
Texas Career Engagement Panel Examines Ethical Considerations of AI in the Workplace
A Texas Career Engagement panel, cohosted with Good Systems, discussed the implications and integration of artificial intelligence in the workplace on Feb. 8.