AI ethics on Monday, 14 April 2025

This is comment on: Hopewell S, et al. CONSORT 2025 explanation and elaboration: updated guideline for reporting randomised trials. BMJ. 2025 Apr 14;389:e081124. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40228832 The CONSORT (2025) statement [1] writes about blinding as follows: “Unblinded outcome assessors may differentially assess subjective outcomes, and unblinded data analysts may introduce bias through the choice of analytical strategies, such as the selection of favourable time points or outcomes an

problems in student retention and critical thinking in 206 vocational education students in the Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The results showed that AI posed significant threats to the male students showing more concern than their female peers. While AI aids vocational education, it has the potential to reduce cognitive engagement because the students may accept passively the information provided by AI without critical scrutiny (Ododo et al., 2024). The study emphasizes the need for AI-powered lear

Engineering biology applies synthetic biology to address global environmental challenges like bioremediation, biosequestration, pollutant monitoring, and resource recovery. This perspective outlines innovations in engineering biology, its integration with other technologies (e.g., nanotechnology, IoT, AI), and commercial ventures leveraging these advancements. We also discuss commercialisation and scaling challenges, biosafety and biosecurity considerations including biocontainment strategies, s

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is highly consistent with the “Dual Carbon” goals proposed by China and has become an important indicator to measure enterprises’ high-quality development. This study explores the impact of intelligent manufacturing on corporate ESG performance and its potential mechanisms. Using the dataset of China’s A-share listed companies from 2009 to 2021, we treat the intelligent manufacturing pilot programs (IMPP) as a quasi-natural experiment and use the stagg