My colleagues and I at Purdue University have uncovered a significant imbalance in the human values embedded in AI systems. The systems were predominantly oriented toward information and utility ...

In a recent review article published in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers review how human values can be incorporated into emerging artificial intelligence (AI)-based large language ...

Ideally, artificial intelligence agents aim to help humans, but what does that mean when humans want conflicting things? My colleagues and I have come up with a way to measure the alignment of the ...

Before 2022, software development primarily focused on reliability and functionality testing, given the predictable nature of traditional systems and apps. With the rise of generative AI (genAI) ...

The Tanner Lectures on Human Values are presented annually at a select list of universities around the world. The University Center serves as host to these lectures at Princeton, in which an eminent ...

Why Psychologists Haven’t Agreed on the Basic Human Values—Until Now Personality traits are stable patterns in the way we think, feel, and behave (Johnson, 1997, p. 74). In a previous PT post, I ...

In July, I spoke with the founders of Gray Swan, a start-up focused on AI security, a few days before they publicly announced their venture. Gray Swan aims to evaluate and fortify large language ...

In the age of autonomous systems, intelligent machines and algorithmic real-time decision-making, questions of ethics are no longer philosophical afterthoughts. They are engineering requirements. From ...

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has urged global leaders, educators, and innovators to ensure that modern technology places emphasis on human values. Her advocacy comes as the world moves ...

Imagine a world where artificial intelligence is a partner in solving humanity's greatest challenges—curing diseases, reversing climate change and bridging global inequalities. Now, let's take a ...