Synthetic data created by generative AI poses ethical challenges

Synthetic data created by generative AI poses ethical challenges

Resnik has published over 250 peer reviewed articles and 10 books on philosophy and bioethics and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (Photo courtesy of Steve McCaw / NIEHS)

Scientists have been generating and using synthetic data for more than 60 years, according to David Resnik, J.D., Ph.D., a bioethicist at NIEHS. This mock data mimics real-world data but does not come from actual measurements or observations. With rapid advances in…

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