Expert opinions on Ethics In Research

The confidentiality agreements often contain gagging language that violates an SEC [Securities and Exchange Commission] law that says you can’t interfere with a whistleblower’s ability to report to external regulators.

Connecticut already has strong whistleblower laws that protect employees from retaliation. [...] creating a separate, AI-specific whistleblower regime could lead to confusion, duplication, and unintended consequences for employers operating in highly...

To give full effect to the right to erasure under applicable data protection law, the government shall interpret such right as extending to AI systems trained on personal data. Where an AI system has been trained using data that was unlawfully obtain...

Restricting access to training data, whether through mandatory compensation, expanded opt-out rights, or onerous compliance requirements, can have the effect of restricting AI development itself.

Much of the evidence used to shape the recommendations comes from epidemiological studies—large population surveys that look for associations between diet and disease. While these studies can generate hypotheses, they cannot prove cause and effect. T...

The evidence that cholesterol in one egg a day is safe for most people comes from huge studies — many conducted here at Harvard Medical School — that have followed hundreds of thousands of people over decades.