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For AI technology to fulfill its full promises, we must have effective means to ensure Responsible AI behavior and curtail potential irresponsible use, e.g., in areas of privacy protection, human autonomy, robustness, and prevention of…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-05-13 Wenjing Chu

The rapid deployment of autonomous AI agents creates urgent challenges around authorization, accountability, and access control in digital spaces. New standards are needed to know whom AI agents act on behalf of and guide their use…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-01-17 Tobin South , Samuele Marro , Thomas Hardjono , Robert Mahari , Cedric Deslandes Whitney , Dazza Greenwood , Alan Chan , Alex Pentland

As artificial intelligence continues its unprecedented global expansion, accompanied by a proliferation of benefits, an increasing apprehension about the privacy and security implications of AI-enabled systems emerges. The pivotal question…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-08-16 Daria Korobenko , Anastasija Nikiforova , Rajesh Sharma

We propose the Agent Economy, a blockchain-based foundation where autonomous AI agents operate as economic peers to humans. Current agents lack independent legal identity, cannot hold assets, and cannot receive payments directly. We…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Minghui Xu

Artificial intelligence (AI) governance is the body of standards and practices used to ensure that AI systems are deployed responsibly. Current AI governance approaches consist mainly of manual review and documentation processes. While such…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-02-17 Sean McGregor , Jesse Hostetler

Robots are improving their autonomy with minimal human supervision. However, auditable actions, transparent decision processes, and new human-robot interaction models are still missing requirements to achieve extended robot autonomy. To…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Milan Groshev , Eduardo Castelló Ferrer

Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) have transformed organizational structures by shifting from traditional hierarchical control to decentralized approaches, leveraging blockchain and cryptoeconomics. Despite managing significant…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Mark C. Ballandies , Dino Carpentras , Evangelos Pournaras

Decentralized AI systems, such as federated learning, can play a critical role in further unlocking AI asset marketplaces (e.g., healthcare data marketplaces) thanks to increased asset privacy protection. Unlocking this big potential…

Decentralized Autonomous Machines (DAMs) represent a transformative paradigm in automation economy, integrating artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain technology, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices to create self-governing economic…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-02-12 Fernando Castillo , Oscar Castillo , Eduardo Brito , Simon Espinola

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly embedded in digital, social, and institutional infrastructures, and AI and platforms are merged into hybrid structures, systemic risk has emerged as a critical but undertheorized…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Philipp Hacker , Lilian Edwards , Atoosa Kasirzadeh

Autonomous and intelligent systems (AIS) facilitate a wide range of beneficial applications across a variety of different domains. However, technical characteristics such as unpredictability and lack of transparency, as well as potential…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-04-23 Lukas D. Pöhler , Klaus Diepold , Wendell Wallach

The AI landscape demands a broad set of legal, ethical, and societal considerations to be accounted for in order to develop ethical AI (eAI) solutions which sustain human values and rights. Currently, a variety of guidelines and a handful…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-12-03 Anna Felländer , Jonathan Rebane , Stefan Larsson , Mattias Wiggberg , Fredrik Heintz

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) has seen mainstream adoption lately, especially in the form of consumer-facing, open-ended, text and image generating models. However, the use of such systems raises significant ethical and safety…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-08-10 Avijit Ghosh , Dhanya Lakshmi

This paper examines the assessment challenges of Responsible AI (RAI) governance efforts in globally decentralized organizations through a case study collaboration between a leading research university and a multinational enterprise. While…

This chapter explores how Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), a novel institutional form based on blockchain technology, challenge traditional centralized governance structures. DAOs govern projects ranging from finance to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-11-13 Stefano Balietti , Pietro Saggese , Stefan Kitzler , Bernhard Haslhofer

This article examines the evolving role of legal frameworks in shaping ethical artificial intelligence (AI) use in corporate governance. As AI systems become increasingly prevalent in business operations and decision-making, there is a…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-03-20 Shahmar Mirishli

Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) have emerged as a novel way to coordinate a group of (pseudonymous) entities towards a shared vision (e.g., promoting sustainability), utilizing self-executing smart contracts on blockchains to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-04-20 Tanusree Sharma , Yujin Kwon , Kornrapat Pongmala , Henry Wang , Andrew Miller , Dawn Song , Yang Wang

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is poised to transform healthcare delivery through revolutionary advances in clinical decision support and diagnostic capabilities. While human expertise remains foundational to medical practice, AI-powered…

Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) are a recent innovation in organizational structures, which are already widely used in the blockchain ecosystem. We empirically study the on-chain governance systems of 21 DAOs and open source…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2023-03-01 Rainer Feichtinger , Robin Fritsch , Yann Vonlanthen , Roger Wattenhofer

We propose DAO-enabled decentralized physical AI (DePAI), a democratic architecture for coordinating humans and autonomous machines in the operation and governance of physical-digital systems. We (1) synthesize foundations in blockchains,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Mark C. Ballandies , Florian Spychiger , Uwe Serdült , Claudio J. Tessone