Many Americans distrust emerging technology, new study finds
No sir, they don't like it.
Algorithms
Democratic lawmakers take another stab at AI bias legislation
Democrats want to hold companies accountable for discriminatory algorithms in banking, housing and other sectors.
Amazon is reportedly using algorithms to fire Flex delivery drivers
It's done with little human intervention and drivers often have no recourse.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
Twitter will study ‘unintentional harms’ caused by its algorithms
The company will study its content recommendations and image cropping as part of the effort.
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Facebook is reportedly testing a ‘virality circuit breaker’ to stop misinformation
It would give content moderators more time to review viral posts.
Google algorithm lets robots teach themselves to walk
It's a milestone in making robots more useful.
NYC creates a high-level position to oversee ethics in AI
The city wants fairness and accountability in its algorithms.
Google News dives deeper into stories with 'Beyond the Headlines'
See editorials, explainers and more, including read times.
An independent report on Facebook’s alleged liberal bias tells us nothing
The report by former Senator Jon Kyl does little more than air conservative’s grievances.
New DoS attack exploits algorithms to knock sites offline
The attack sends junk data to algorithms for processing.
'Flying saucer' drone can fly twice as long as regular models
Flybotix's drone is designed for tricky inspections and search and rescue work.
Axon won’t use facial recognition tech in its police body cameras
Its AI ethics board determined the tech is too faulty and biased.
Twitter's chronological timeline button is here to stay
It's rolling out to all iOS users today, and soon it'll be on Android and the web.
AI-generated painting sells for $432,000 at auction
Portrait of Edmond Belamy’ from art collective Obvious was only expected to sell for $7,000 to $10,000.
Twitter wants to ‘increase the health of public conversation’
Jack Dorsey said there needs to be a proactive approach to removing toxic content.
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Foreign interference and “content moderation” on Twitter will be the talk of the day.
Twitter uses smart cropping to make image previews more interesting
The site has trained a neural network to identify the best bits of a picture.
Logan Paul forced YouTube to admit humans are better than algorithms
It took a video of a dead body for it to finally reconsider its approach.
