{"title":"IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society Publication Information","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/TTS.2025.3567724","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TTS.2025.3567724","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73324,"journal":{"name":"IEEE transactions on technology and society","volume":"6 3","pages":"C2-C3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11084951","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144657426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shashank Vaid;Stefano Puntoni;Benson Honig;Katina Michael
{"title":"In This Special Issue: When Attention is All Marketers Need—Artificial Intelligence in Marketing","authors":"Shashank Vaid;Stefano Puntoni;Benson Honig;Katina Michael","doi":"10.1109/TTS.2025.3568113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TTS.2025.3568113","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73324,"journal":{"name":"IEEE transactions on technology and society","volume":"6 3","pages":"242-249"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11085040","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144657525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial Axis of Access—The Controllers and the Controlled","authors":"M. G. Michael;Katina Michael","doi":"10.1109/TTS.2025.3567737","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TTS.2025.3567737","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73324,"journal":{"name":"IEEE transactions on technology and society","volume":"6 3","pages":"232-241"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11085039","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144657485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Emulated Empathy: Can Risks Be Countered by a Soft-Law Standard?","authors":"Andrew McStay","doi":"10.1109/TTS.2025.3573875","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TTS.2025.3573875","url":null,"abstract":"As artificial intelligence systems increasingly emulate empathy – recognizing, interpreting, responding to human emotional states and psychological contexts, and potentially appearing to genuinely care about a person – questions emerge about the personal and societal implications of these developments. Emulated empathy may enhance usability, engagement, and accessibility, but it also raises concerns about manipulation, commodification of interior life, and detachment from reality. Such issues regarding emulated empathy have been raised in relation to AI companions. While AI systems may arguably possess functional aspects of empathy, mimicry of human empathy also reveals fundamental differences between human and computational forms. Drawing on insights from neuroscience, philosophy of mind, and AI ethics, the paper discusses whether such systems pose a threat to human connection or could instead augment it. Special attention is given to the IEEE P<inline-formula> <tex-math>$7014.1{^{text {TM}}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> standard, which outlines ethical considerations and recommended practices for human-AI partnerships involving emulated empathy. In additional to advancing conceptual understanding of emulated empathy, the paper argues for a proactive governance approach that combines soft law with regulatory safeguards to mitigate harm, uphold trust, and guide responsible design in this emerging domain.","PeriodicalId":73324,"journal":{"name":"IEEE transactions on technology and society","volume":"6 3","pages":"250-256"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144657466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Neuroscience-Informed AI Framework to Decode the Complexities of Neurofinance","authors":"Christos Bormpotsis;Michael Nanos;Asma Patel","doi":"10.1109/TTS.2025.3556355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TTS.2025.3556355","url":null,"abstract":"Financial decision-making, a cornerstone of individual prosperity and global economic stability, is hard to comprehend because it is a complex cognitive process concerned with emotional state and behavioural bias. This paper aims to decode the neural mechanisms behind financial behaviour to advance theoretical and empirical progress in neurofinance. Thus, to better capture financial behaviour, this article proposes an innovative framework that bridges neurofinance, neuroscience, and bio-inspired computational models, like the MCoRNNMCD-ANN. Key research areas include the role of neural processes driving decisions, the effect of cognitive preferences on judgment, and the potential of bio-inspired AI models to enhance understanding. The societal implications of this research seek to encourage equitable, stable and informed financial systems while addressing challenges at the intersection of neurofinance and neuroscience-informed AI.","PeriodicalId":73324,"journal":{"name":"IEEE transactions on technology and society","volume":"6 3","pages":"305-313"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144657524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Adrian Bermudez-Villalva;Maryam Mehrnezhad;Ehsan Toreini
{"title":"Measuring Online Hate on 4chan Using Pre-Trained Deep Learning Models","authors":"Adrian Bermudez-Villalva;Maryam Mehrnezhad;Ehsan Toreini","doi":"10.1109/TTS.2025.3549931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TTS.2025.3549931","url":null,"abstract":"Online hate speech can harmfully impact individuals and groups, specifically on non-moderated platforms such as 4chan where users can post anonymous content. This work focuses on analysing and measuring the prevalence of online hate on 4chan’s politically incorrect board (/pol/) using state-of-the-art Natural Language Processing (NLP) models, specifically transformer-based models such as RoBERTa and Detoxify. By leveraging these advanced models, we provide an in-depth analysis of hate speech dynamics and quantify the extent of online hate non-moderated platforms. The study advances understanding through multi-class classification of hate speech (racism, sexism, religion, etc.), while also incorporating the classification of toxic content (e.g., identity attacks and threats) and a further topic modelling analysis. The results show that 11.20% of this dataset is identified as containing hate in different categories. These evaluations show that online hate is manifested in various forms, confirming the complicated and volatile nature of detection in the wild.","PeriodicalId":73324,"journal":{"name":"IEEE transactions on technology and society","volume":"6 2","pages":"200-209"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144117419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Ethics of Empathetic AI in Medicine","authors":"Evan Selinger;Tom Carroll","doi":"10.1109/TTS.2025.3563812","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TTS.2025.3563812","url":null,"abstract":"The expression of empathy is an important part of effective and humane medical care. Modern medicine faces a significant challenge in this area, at least in part due to the ever-increasing demands on clinicians’ time. When empathic responses to patient emotions are lacking, the quality of care suffers, including a patient’s ability to understand important information and willingness to trust their doctor. This article asks whether AI can help address this challenge. We approach the question by presenting and critically analyzing three novel scenarios that represent fundamentally different approaches, including (1) AI-powered “doctor” avatars directly interacting with patients, (2) AI editors and co-authors helping clinicians find the right words, and (3) AI simulated patients helping to provide communication training. In each case, we identify fundamental AI and medical ethics considerations, including those that warrant further consideration.","PeriodicalId":73324,"journal":{"name":"IEEE transactions on technology and society","volume":"6 3","pages":"276-282"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144657523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Senior Editors of IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society Announcement","authors":"Katina Michael;George Roussos;Jordan Richard","doi":"10.1109/TTS.2025.3558573","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TTS.2025.3558573","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73324,"journal":{"name":"IEEE transactions on technology and society","volume":"6 2","pages":"115-119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11010828","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144117230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society Publication Information","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/TTS.2025.3555363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TTS.2025.3555363","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73324,"journal":{"name":"IEEE transactions on technology and society","volume":"6 2","pages":"C2-C3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11010829","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144117423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial: Pride and Jealousy in Academia","authors":"Paulo F. Ribeiro;Katina Michael","doi":"10.1109/TTS.2025.3553212","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TTS.2025.3553212","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73324,"journal":{"name":"IEEE transactions on technology and society","volume":"6 2","pages":"120-128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11010825","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144117232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}