AI Transparency and “Black Box Paradox”
Can we truly trust AI if we don't understand it? The "black box paradox" in AI poses a significant challenge to transparency, making it impossible to fully grasp decision-making processes. Samy Yacoubi delves into the problem of demanding AI transparency while acknowledging the inherent opacity of complex algorithms and explores whether there are alternative approaches.
AI In Education Excerpt 4: Safe AI Usage
You can’t put the genie back in the bottle. As students embrace AI, teachers must help them understand things to watch for, including algorithmic bias, data hallucination, and gaps in the AI’s source material. And educators must ensure students' privacy rights are respected and address possible abuses as policies evolve. In this final excerpt from his paper, Andrew Rosston addresses safe AI usage for underage students.
AI In Education Excerpt 3: AI in Tutoring: The Benefits of Personalization
Personalization is a major benefit of AI and can be used to students’ benefit with the development of tutoring programs that are tailored to each learner’s gaps and needs. Recent studies show that a combination approach of human tutors and personalized AI learning tracks are preferred by students, but more study is needed. Andrew Rosston digs into the challenges of AI in tutoring.
AI In Education Excerpt 2: What Constitutes Proper AI Usage and Plagiarism?
For students, AI is both an aid for and guard against plagiarism. As these tools become more ubiquitous, schools and individual educators must come up with nuanced policies for AI usage. In this second article in his series, Andrew Rosston examines the future of AI as an aid to student writing.
AI In Education Excerpt 1: AI As a Learning Aid
What are the limitations of AI in education? In this first article in a series, Andrew Rosston explores the use of AI as a personalized learning aid for students. He offers guidance around the benefits and boundaries for teachers as they implement AI in student learning.
The Humans Aren’t Dead Just Yet
While we might joke about the impending robot takeover, the humans are still responsible for how AI is deployed and regulated. Alex and Ted Alben explore the promise, pitfalls, and policy challenges of AI in society today and share a few conclusions they’ve come to about where humans should be paying most attention. Spoiler: the humans aren’t dead, but we do need to stay alert.
Merrill Brown on the Responsible AI Podcast
How does 2025 remind Merrill Brown of 1995? And how can journalists use AI responsibly and efficiently? In this episode of the Responsible AI podcast, we speak with the trailblazing journalist and advisor about the future of content automation and local journalism and how the two can work together.
Ted Alben on the Responsible AI Podcast
How is artificial intelligence reshaping modern workplaces? In this episode of the Responsible AI podcast, cybersecurity expert Ted Alben discusses AI's impact on business and the need for human oversight. We discuss the arrival of ChatGPT and the evolving landscape of workplace technology and security challenges.
AI in Litigation: How Can It Be Used Responsibly?
How can AI be used responsibly in litigation? On The Legal Department podcast, Stacy Bratcher speaks with Alex Alben about ensuring ethical AI use, identifying AI-generated content, and mining legal data for better outcomes. Don’t miss this episode exploring the future of AI-driven lawyering and its impact on litigation.
Opinion: Five Key Questions on President Trump's Decision to Rescind the Biden Administration's AI Executive Order
President Trump has rescinded Biden's AI Executive Order, leaving a policy vacuum. What will replace it? Alex Alben analyzes the implications of this decision and poses five key questions that will shape the future of AI regulation in the United States.
Alex Alben on the Responsible AI Podcast
What happens when cutting-edge AI meets centuries-old legal principles? In this episode of Responsible AI, Rebecca Staffel interviews AI Forum founder Alex Alben about large language models’ ability to analyze legal patterns, tackle bias, and predict case outcomes. Explore how AI is reshaping copyright law and courtroom decisions in this thought-provoking discussion.
Hear Alex Alben Discuss the AI Legal Revolution
Hear more about how AI Forum founder Alex Alben’s legal career focusing on media and intellectual property has led him to found, together with Patrick Ip, the new company Theo.AI. Alex joined Matt Cohen on the podcast Tank Talks to discuss Theo.AI’s mission to predict legal case outcomes, the impact of AI on law, and the ethical challenges AI poses.
Colby Hawker on the Responsible AI Podcast
How does the privacy conversation change as we move from Web 2.0 to the AI era? What are large language models doing with our PII? And how do we move from using AI as a toy to finding use cases with significant economic value? Colby Hawker, AI Product Manager at Google, joins Alex Alben and Patrick Ip on the Responsible AI podcast to share his thoughts and predictions.
Professor William Covington on the Responsible AI Podcast
Gain valuable insights into the complex interplay between technology, regulation, and societal impact in the realm of artificial intelligence in our conversation with Professor William Covington of the University of Washington. It’s another episode of the Responsible AI podcast from The AI Forum.
Jennifer Schwab on the Responsible AI Podcast
How is education changing with the advent of AI? Listen as Jennifer Schwab, founder and CEO of ENTITY Academy, talks with Alex Alben and Patrick Ip in the Responsible AI podcast from The AI Forum.
Our Podcast: Responsible AI from The AI Forum
We’re launching a podcast! Join AI Forum directors Alex Alben and Patrick IP for Responsible AI from The AI Forum, an episodic exploration of the societal and legal implications of artificial intelligence.
Interview with Tiffany Georgievski: AI's Role in the Legal Landscape
Tiffany Georgievski, a leading AI Attorney at Sony Research, sat down with us to discuss the transformative power of AI in the legal domain and the challenges it presents.
Interview with Nicole Alonso, Co-Founder of Syro
We are grappling with the question of how to ethically leverage AI, both for customers and our employees.
Interview with William Kehoe, Washington State Chief Information Security
I do see our security analytics enhancing our ability to analyze threats, which could be a huge improvement. I also see the ability of the threat actors to use AI to get more sophisticated in their attacks, to code attacks very quickly. This will increase our need to anticipate those threats and to protect ourselves from them.
Opinion: Alex Alben on AI and the Copyright Challenge
The current Writers Guild strike and a recent lawsuit filed by thousands of authors against the OpenAI corporation highlights the turbulent landscape created by generative AI and raises intriguing copyright questions.