May 2019 Covers

May 2019, Issue 3

DIGI TAL ETHICS AS A NEW AI STANDARD IN 2019

by Megan Shulby, Class of 2018

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The days when Silicon Valley and the tech industry had the ability to leave its audience awestruck are wearing thin. Fake news, threats to elections and public health, data breaches and more are driving the public's growing skepticism of tech companies and their wide reach. 2018 proved this to be true especially with FAANG (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google). Facebook faced several customer information data breaches. Amazon, Google, Microsoft and others faced employee backlash over enterprise support of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union started a much- needed worldwide discussion on government participation in digital identity protection. And on and on . military, government and surveillance affairs. The

In 2019, the market is seeing a shift from digital compliance to digital ethics...