Voice AI in health care, summer program success, latest ideas in Hastings Bioethics Forum
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August 1, 2024
What Would Make Voice AI in Health Care Ethical and Trustworthy? First stakeholder survey yields some answers.
Using human voice as a biomarker of disease is an area of research that is gaining momentum with the help of artificial intelligence. But it is a challenge to develop diverse AI-ready voice datasets that are representative and free from bias. A first-of-its kind study, published in Digital Health and co-authored by Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky, aims to better understand the perspectives of voice AI experts, clinicians, patients, and other stakeholders regarding ethical and trustworthy voice AI. The results will support technological innovation informed by ethical inquiry. Read more.
Learning and Career Development Were "A-game" Summer program inspires undergraduates from groups underrepresented in bioethics.
Race and genetics research, the ethics of AI, disability bioethics, and rural health care access were among the broad range of topics covered during The Hastings Center’s third annual Summer Bioethics Program in June. The weeklong online program is for undergraduate students from groups that are underrepresented in bioethics, including communities of color, Indigenous communities, residents of rural areas, and people with disabilities. Read more.
Was This Job Market Study Ethical? Catch up on debates and ideas in Hastings Bioethics Forum.
Was This Job Market Study Ethical? A recent social science experiment conducted on Twitter (now X) sparked criticism for lack of informed consent, use of deception, and potential harm to job candidates. Douglas MacKay and Katherine W. Saylor take a close look, writing, “we think that the ethical norms of clinical research are useful in considering and addressing the criticism of it.” Read more.
National Research Act at 50: Ethics Landmark in Need of an Update. The act ushered in the modern era of American biomedical research ethics, but there were gaps from the beginning, and they’ve only widened as biomedical research has evolved, write Hastings Center fellow Mark A. Rothstein and Leslie E. Wolf. “It’s time for the research ethics community, researchers, and policymakers to take the next steps to update the actions begun on July 12, 1974.” Read more.
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