World News
Find out what’s happening in Science & Society around the world. Discover changes to science policy and law, new scientific study results, Supreme Court rulings, debates about nature versus nurture, and news about the sharing of genetic information.
Thu, Jun 25
The Rise of Youth Making AI Girlfriends
Children as young as 12 are now in romantic ‘relationships’ with chatbots, and it’s affecting how they interact in the real world.
Mon, Jun 15
Growing Jury Awards Raise Stakes for Arkansas’ Lawsuit Against Meta
Social media giants are facing a wave of potential multimillion-dollar verdicts. Read more for comments from Casey Mock, JD, Adjunct Instructor in the Duke Initiative for Science & Society.
Thu, May 28
Watch: The Big Fix – getting kids off screens
Can we make technology safer and healthier for kids and teens? Do social media and phone bans actually work? And who should be responsible for setting the boundaries?
Watch: “The Big Fix: getting kids off screens” w/ Casey Mock, lecturer in our Applied Ethics & Policy MA program.
Thu, May 07
Pennsylvania Sues Character AI, Says Chatbot Poses as Doctors
Pennsylvania has sued the artificial intelligence company behind Character.AI to stop its chatbot from posing as doctors.
Fri, May 01
Scientists See Trump’s firing of the National Science Board as an attack on research
The White House abruptly dismissed the entire board overseeing the National Science Foundation, informing each of its 22 seated members in a terse email on Friday that they had been “terminated, effective immediately.” The move follows a Trump administration push for deep cuts to the NSF and raises concerns in the scientific community that a tradition of independent decisions for allocating federal science grants could be jeopardized.