• AI Ethics in Healthcare

    Yesterday, the World Medical Association updated its core set of ethical principles for medical research (known as the Declaration of Helsinki) for the first time in 11 years. The revisions seek to modernize protections including new language on justice, public health, vulnerability … Continued

  • The Bumpy Road to the Energy Transition

    October is a busy month for the International Energy Agency (IEA). Two weeks ago, they released their flagship report, the World Energy Outlook, which explores pathways to net zero as well as less ambitious scenarios. The report highlights the impacts … Continued

  • Most Influential Technology in History?

    In class, we quickly touched on your initial reaction to the long list of the most influential technologies in history but our weekly blog gives you a chance to reflect, expand, and think more deeply about this topic. It also … Continued

  • Nobel Laureates on the Future of AI

    This past week, the Nobel prizes were awarded to several worthy recipients. It is not that unusual to have recipients who have worked on topics relevant to technology policy, such as Bill Nordhaus on climate change economics (2018), or Emmanuelle … Continued

  • Breaking Up Google?

    Welcome to TP1! Every week this term we will be addressing an issue ripped from the day’s headlines and what better way to start then focusing on recent developments regarding the growing number of lawsuits against Google? This past August, … Continued

  • Planetary defence and offence

    Last week, NASA launched the first spacecraft intended to deflect an asteroid. The asteroid in question is 6 million miles away, but the goal of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is to push the asteroid and see what happens … Continued