The Catholic Law Conference highlights Big Tech ethics in the age of AI

The Catholic Law Conference highlights Big Tech ethics in the age of AI

By Kimberley Heatherington
Publication Date: 2025-11-21 21:12:00

WASHINGTON (OSV News) – Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the way people live and work. But who decides what society owes to those who develop, sell and use it? Especially when it comes to the potential benefit or harm that AI could or can cause?

A one-day meeting on November 14 in Washington at the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America, also known as Catholic Law, addressed these questions with a series of speakers and panels.

From a Catholic perspective

Taylor Black, Director of AI & Venture Ecosystems in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer at Microsoft, opened the morning with a keynote address for Big Tech’s Corporate Social Responsibility conference, asking, “What might we ask of Big Tech from a Catholic perspective?”

Black, who was named founding director of Catholic University’s new interdisciplinary institute for AI and…