AI ethics and bioethics
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AI AnthropoCosmic: the project for an AI at the service of Humanity, the Environment and the Cosmos (and a Call for Paper closing on 15 September)
An artificial intelligence that does not merely compete, but serves. That, in the shortest possible terms, is the proposition behind AI AnthropoCosmic, the international project promoted by the Faculty of Social Communication Sciences of the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome, led by its Dean, Prof. Fabio Pasqualetti, and presented in the press release of 10…
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AI Research Scientist: before the applications comes the research, and Europe must decide whether to keep it
Every Artificial Intelligence application we use today was born, years ago, in a scientific paper. The AI Research Scientist is the profile that generates that knowledge: it formulates theories, conducts reproducible experiments, publishes and submits to peer review. The US repertoires record it precisely; for Europe, which has set itself the target of twenty million…
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AI Natural Language Processing Engineer: language has become the interface of AI, and someone is needed who can handle it
Ever since we have been talking to machines, language has become the universal interface of Artificial Intelligence, and those who can build systems that understand and generate language have joined the European list of the most needed profiles. But language carries culture, variety and inequality with it: the craft of the AI Natural Language Processing…
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AI Data Scientist: the Washington figures, the European demand and the method that makes the difference
It is the only Artificial Intelligence craft that US federal statistics record as a standalone occupation: a median pay of 112,590 dollars and a projected growth of thirty-four per cent over the decade. And in Europe? The needs analysis puts it at the top of the most sought-after roles. But behind the most overused title…
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AI Algorithm Engineer: the engineering that decides how much Artificial Intelligence costs, consumes and can withstand
Every Artificial Intelligence system has a bill to pay in computation, energy and latency: those who cut it without sacrificing accuracy and robustness practise one of the most technical and least visible crafts in the whole sector. The AI Algorithm Engineer, between mathematical modelling, performance optimisation and a European market that for ten years has…
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Chief AI Officer: the role that answers for Artificial Intelligence, from Washington to European business
In the United States, every federal agency is required to designate one, by executive directive; in Europe, it is the organisational answer to the most uncomfortable question of the moment: who is ultimately accountable for the Artificial Intelligence an organisation uses? A portrait of the Chief AI Officer – between the American mandate, Europe’s demand…
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The AI ethicist becomes a profession: the EN 18274 standard and the competences required
For years the “AI ethicist” was a self-attributed title, without verifiable contours. Now the picture changes: within CEN-CLC/JTC 21, EN 18274 — the European standard on competence requirements for professional AI ethicists — is on the home straight, while professional associations such as the Association of AI Ethicists work towards recognition of the profession. Who…
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Mapping the risks of Artificial Intelligence: NIST, MIT, CSA and ENISA compared
Before managing AI risks you have to be able to name them. Four tools, all public and free, offer as many perspectives: NIST’s management framework, MIT’s taxonomic repository with over 1,700 catalogued risks, the Cloud Security Alliance’s controls matrix and ENISA’s cybersecurity framework. A reasoned map for those building AI governance. Anyone setting out to…
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Facial recognition in Italian cities: the moratorium extended to 2027 and the AI Act’s limits
After Trento, the Garante scrutinised Rome’s metro and Turin’s “intelligent” cameras. Meanwhile, the Italian moratorium on the use of facial recognition in public places has been extended to 31 December 2027, and the AI Act has set directly applicable prohibitions, from the scraping of facial images to real-time remote biometric identification. The updated map of…
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Health digital twins: GDPR, the AI Act and the EHDS put to the test by the patient’s digital twin
Digital twins in healthcare promise to simulate disease progression and personalise care. But a patient’s digital twin is, first of all, a large-scale processing of health data: when do synthetic data remain personal data? Who is the controller in a federated architecture? And what happens to the data of the deceased? The reflections that follow…