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Minding the Gaps: Neuroethics, AI, and Depression

NonProfit Quarterly

4 In practice, thats proven difficulta systematic review of American healthcare data done in 2011 revealed high rates of re-identification, raising ethical concerns. AI is transforming neuroscience, and addressing these issues is essential for any hopes of an ethical path forward. 3 By law, these must remain anonymous when used.

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Building Boundaries in Love for Equity and Justice: An AI Manifesto

NonProfit Quarterly

We Must Build Parameters to Protect People from AI Creators and AI Creators from Themselves In the rush to lead the global AI race, it can be tempting to prioritize innovation, speed, and profit without pausing to consider the profound ethical, societal, and human consequences.

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Dismantling Bias: Toward Ethical and Inclusive Health Innovation

NonProfit Quarterly

Some innovations—which were deployed without the rigorous testing needed to assess their viability and safety—have also posed a more universal threat to the public. But the institutions that drive innovation —including government, industry, philanthropic foundations, and universities—should exercise discretion in how they fulfill this need.

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Enough Is Enough: Leading With Equity in 2025 and Beyond For Success

Fundraising Leadership

A new report this month out of New York University shows that reframing this gender gap in American culture across all industries as "men's overrepresentation" instead of "women's underrepresentation" elicits more anger in men and women claiming injustice, while it causes more women to take action.

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Facial Recognition Technology’s Enduring Threat to Civil Liberties

NonProfit Quarterly

The same report—which investigated disparities among several racial and ethnic groups, men, and women—revealed that false matches for mugshots were highest for Black women. A 2019 report from a government study found “false positives to be between 2 and 5 times higher in women than men.”

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The Double-Edged Sword of Health Innovations: Navigating the Intersection of Technology and Equity in Nigeria

NonProfit Quarterly

4 Two key examples are Nigerias significant efforts to enhance primary healthcare through the Saving One Million Lives (SOML) initiative, 5 and the countrys progress toward universal health coverage (UHC) via the National Health Act (NHA). The commercialization of health innovations also raises concerns.

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Rest: A Middle Finger to Oppression, a Road Map to Justice by Shawn Ginwright

NonProfit Quarterly

Researchers have found that the duration, quality, and frequency of rest in general and sleep in particular are shaped by income level, housing conditions, employment status, type of work, and race. Rest and race are intertwined, and it all boils down to who has the right to rest and under what conditions rest and leisure should be granted.