Announcements
Ethical Infrastructure publishes its founding vision
Our vision document is published, setting out why the institute exists and what it commits us to. It was substantially revised after our founding convening.
Newsroom
News & Publications
This section will document the real evolution of Ethical Infrastructure as the platform develops. New reflections, publications, collaborations, initiatives and institutional developments will be announced here progressively.
Announcements
Institutional updates
Publications
New paper: what a working audit of automated decisions requires
Our policy paper on audit obligations is published, with model provisions a regulator can draft from directly.
Announcements
Working Group on Automated Decision Review opens for participation
The group is now accepting participants from outside the institute — particularly people who expect the draft standard to fail.
Appointments
Advisory Council appointed
Five members have been appointed to the Advisory Council, which advises on the research programme and holds the institute to account.
Publications
Report published on the material cost of computation
Our review of environmental accounting practice in computing infrastructure is published, with the full protocol released for replication.
Publications
Submission published: consultation on automated decision-making
We have published our full consultation response as submitted, including the proposal we opposed.
Research
All research & insights
Latest publications
Publication
What Kind of Civilization Are We Building?
A founding reflection from Alessandro Dotti on why Ethical Infrastructure exists — and the question that opened the first public conversation around…
Policy Paper
Auditing automated eligibility decisions: what a working audit actually requires
Most audit obligations in current legislation can be satisfied without anyone examining whether a system produces defensible decisions. This paper sets out…
Foundational Reflection
What is infrastructure for?
A reflection on the question beneath our practical work. Infrastructure is usually justified by what it enables. We think it is better…
Article
What clinical governance already knows about deploying AI
Medicine spent a century building the institutional machinery for deploying interventions that can harm people. Much of it transfers directly, and is…
Commentary
Consent is carrying more weight than it can bear
Individual agreement was designed to authorise a specific use of specific information. It is now the legal basis for inferences nobody could…
Report
The material cost of computation: a review of current accounting practice
Digital infrastructure has a physical footprint in energy, water, land and minerals. This report reviews how that footprint is currently reported, and…
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