Ethics

Monday Morning Moan - madness, Molotovs, and Mordor. Is one AI ‘Ring to rule them all’ really worth all this?

As the AI world continues to build its own Middle Earth, are we going to leave it to ‘Samwise Altman’ to suggest what we really ought to do with the ‘Ring to rule them all’ everyone’s after?

How employers can enable neuro-inclusion without alienating neuro-typical staff

The second of this two-part series on neurodiversity in the workplace explores the changes organizations can make to ensure their workplaces actually support neurodivergent workers effectively.

Employers are convinced they provide effective support to neurodivergent employees. Lived experiences suggest otherwise

The first part of a two-part article on neurodiversity evaluates a recent report, indicating that tech sector organizations - which employ high numbers of neurodiverse workers - often feel smug about how well they are doing in inclusion terms. But unfortunately, the lived reality is failing to match the promise.

Something for the weekend - where AI accountability goes to die when you stick a ‘human in the loop’ and call it ‘governance’

"Computer says no!" was only the start of our problems...

The long and the short of IT - the week in digibytes

News items from this week that didn't make the cut for full analysis, but deserve an airing. This week, Altman under fire in a searing profile piece, AI's role as 'job killer' gets another boost, and how one retailer is tapping into TikTok Shop.

A slice of Raspberry Pi in 2026 - the little computer that's saying a big no to unethical use of its technology

Raspberry Pi's educational roots have expanded far and wide, but let's keep it out of the real-life battlefields...

The long and the short of IT - the week in digibytes

News items from this week that didn't make the cut for full analysis, but deserve an airing. This week, how OpenAI spurned investor wooing, someone's probably looking over your shoulder as you read this, and some welcome 'peace and love' from Haight Ashbury via Salesforce's Marc Benioff.

Every GPU has to work with PyTorch to reach the market - so who's making sure it stays open?

Every time a new chip ships and a CEO takes the stage to announce it, there is a question that does not get asked from the podium: can it actually run AI workloads? The answer, almost without exception, runs through PyTorch.

Mark Collier of PyTorch at KubeCon Europe © CNCF Events

How annoying! The $165 billion industry that means that everything sucks! Get used to it!

The Annoyance Economy is a real thing - and it's here to stay. Welcome to Larry David's world!

Here's a thing - what if shadow AI is actually telling us something useful?

AvePoint’s Dana Louise Simberkoff argues that shadow AI could be viewed as a cultural stress test rather than a technology failure.

Monday Morning Moan - Educating Melania. Hey robo-teacher, leave those kids alone!

US First Lady Melania Trump envisages generations of kids being taught by robot teachers. Empowering worldview or a dystopian nightmare waiting to happen? Educate yourselves and find out.

AI needs to be inclusive by design – here’s how the NHS, Microsoft and GoFibre think it can be done

Audits, augmentation and appeals processes on the cards.

The long and the short of IT - the week in digibytes

News from this week that didn't make the cut for full analysis, but deserve an airing. This week, some big names on Trump 2.0's latest list, Sam Altman's no longer indulging in Mickey Mouse thinking, and Meta couldn't have had a worse work in the courts if it had tried!