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Mariarosaria Taddeo is a leading philosopher and ethicist whose work defines the moral landscape of the digital age. Her primary research areas span data ethics, digital ethics, and the ethics of artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on AI in high-stakes domains like healthcare and national security. Taddeo’s foundational 2016 paper, “What is data ethics?” (557 citations), established a new branch of applied ethics that systematically evaluates moral problems arising from data generation, algorithms, and AI practices—a framework now essential to the field. Her co-authored 2018 piece in *Science Robotics*, “The grand challenges of *Science Robotics*” (1,134 citations), further underscores her influence, as it helped set the research agenda for an entire discipline. Beyond these landmark contributions, Taddeo has critically examined the legal status of AI, arguing in “Romans would have denied robots legal personhood” (28 citations) that historical legal traditions caution against granting rights to machines. Her work on digital ethics (17 citations) and AI in healthcare (69 citations) continues to shape policy and public debate. As a Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, Taddeo’s scholarship bridges philosophy, law, and computer science, making her a pivotal voice in ensuring that technological progress remains ethically grounded.