Notre Dame-IBM Technology Ethics Lab Supports Pulitzer Center’s AI Spotlight Series
In partnership with the MacArthur Foundation and the Ford Foundation, the Notre Dame-IBM Technology Ethics Lab is pleased to announce its support for the AI Spotlight Series, a program presented by the Pulitzer Center and “designed to equip reporters and editors—whether on the tech beat or any other—with the knowledge and skills to cover and shape coverage of AI worldwide.”
Designed to train 1,000 reporters and editors with an emphasis on journalists from the Global South and from communities underrepresented in media, the program consists of three tracks: an introductory class for reporters on any desk, an in-depth course for reporters focused on covering AI or deepening their knowledge of AI reporting; and a module for editors commissioning stories and thinking strategically about their team’s overall coverage. Noted technology journalists, including Karen Hao, Gabriel Sean Geiger, and Gideon Lichfield, will lead a series of online courses designed to provide journalists with the knowledge and tools they need to report on artificial intelligence and its potential societal, economic, and political impacts.
"As AI becomes increasingly pervasive, society must better understand its promise, challenges, and potential societal impacts,” says Nuno Moniz, managing director of the Notre Dame–IBM Technology Ethics Lab. "It's critical to provide training and tools to the journalists who will influence how the world understands artificial intelligence, and the AI Spotlight Series is a significant step in that urgent direction."
“The rapid expansion of AI is unprecedented and magnifies the need for responsible reporting on its profound influence on society and business,” said Catherine Quinlan, Vice President, AI Ethics at IBM.
The Pulitzer Center, founded in 2006 and based in Washington, D.C., supports journalists operating in more than 80 countries who cover international and systemic crises and under-reported stories across the world.
Formed in 2020 and funded by a 10-year, $20 million commitment from IBM, the Notre Dame-IBM Technology Ethics Lab’s mission is to promote human values in technology through applied projects that address core ethical challenges of the digital age. The Tech Ethics Lab is a part of the Notre Dame Ethics Initiative, a cross-campus effort to establish Notre Dame as a premier university for research in ethics that guides and strengthens public understanding of the most significant ethical issues of our time, including ethical challenges related to emerging technologies.
Originally published by techethicslab.nd.edu on April 11, 2024.
atLatest Research
- University awards honor Notre Dame faculty excellenceOn Wednesday (May 15), John T. McGreevy, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost at the University of Notre Dame, announced the winners of the 2024 faculty…
- Opioid epidemic reaches beyond health impacts to influence politicsVicky Barone, assistant professor of economics at Notre Dame, researched the origins and development of the opioid epidemic and found that the unregulated marketing of potent painkillers led to increased access to prescription opioids and subsequent overdose mortalities. Tracing the long-term consequences of opioid overdose deaths on the political landscape in America, she found an increased support for conservative beliefs and Republican candidates.
- Notre Dame Faculty and IBM Research Partner on Ethics and Large Language ModelsThe Notre Dame–IBM Technology Ethics Lab announced today that it has launched ten projects that will receive almost $300,000 in funding for 2024. The projects pair 10 Notre Dame faculty members and 15 IBM researchers who will work together to study the ethical challenges emerging at the research frontier…
- Society of Science Fellow Gerasimov lands IAU prize for research in stellar physicsRoman Gerasimov, a University of Notre Dame Society of Science Fellow, has won an International Astronomical Union's (IAU) 2023 PhD Prize for his research in stellar physics. Gerasimov, who holds a doctoral degree from the University of…
- Conexus Indiana names Industry Labs’ Jody Suryatna to Rising 30 Class of 2024South Bend, IN(May 10, 2024) Industry Labs’ enfocus Project Manager, Jody Suryatna, has been named to the Rising 30 Class of 2024 for his work in advanced manufacturing and logistics (AML). Conexus Indiana today announced the…
- Students research and create a digital exhibition of art that speaks for democracy and human rightsThe Nanovic Institute for European Studies releases today its latest student-created digital exhibition called “Fighting for Democracy and Human Rights Through the Arts,” the culmination of the…