Expert opinions on Ethics In Research

Many developers are improving transparency and offering global opt-out mechanisms, but there is scope to design more granular user controls, supported by “just-in-time transparency” mechanisms that deliver relevant information at the moment of intera...

An opt-out system as proposed by AI companies places burdens and costs on rights holders, as it would require ongoing surveillance to see whether copyright material is being used. We cannot scour the internet and ensure we are opting out on all of th...

Embedded evaluators are independent external experts placed within frontier AI companies to provide ongoing assessments and validation of a company’s safety, security, and operational systems, practices, and claims. [...] Contracts should contain spe...

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...

In this observational study, VDD was significantly associated with an increased risk of HNC, with consistency across subtypes and a dose-response gradient. However, the observational design precludes causal inference, and residual confounding cannot ...

This includes the largely observational evidence base, and with it, unmeasured confounding and determining causality (or ruling out reverse causality).