Meta's newest AI fairness benchmark measures even more granular bias markersThe dataset includes more than 26,000 videos recorded by 5,600 subjects in seven countries.By A. Tarantola, 03.09.2023
Google is trying to keep political campaign emails out of Gmail spam foldersIt plans to make eligible messages exempt from spam filters.By K. Holt, 06.28.2022
Tumblr will review its moderation algorithms after a porn ban-related settlementNYC's human rights commission said the ban disproportionately affected LGBTQ+ users.By K. Holt, 02.25.2022
House Democrats urge IRS to halt facial recognition plansThe politicians are concerned about bias and security.By J. Fingas, 02.07.2022
NYC bill bans AI recruiting tools that fail bias checksJobseekers would also get more transparency for the hiring process.By J. Fingas, 11.20.2021
Facebook documents show inner turmoil over approach to conservative contentStaff accused the site of making 'special exceptions' for some publishers.By J. Fingas, 10.24.2021
National committee will advise the President on AI competition and ethicsBut will it make a large impact on policy?By J. Fingas, 09.08.2021
Twitter's AI bounty program reveals bias toward young, pretty white peopleThere are biases against the elderly and Arabic writing, too.By J. Fingas, 08.10.2021
Twitter launches bug bounty contest to detect algorithmic biasIt will pay up to $3,500 to those who uncover issues with the image-cropping algorithm.By K. Holt, 07.30.2021
Democratic lawmakers want to ban the federal government from using facial recognitionThe ACLU and EFF have come out in support of the proposed bill. By I. Bonifacic, 06.15.2021
Hitting the Books: How biased AI can hurt users or boost a business's bottom line“Why would you build an expensive algorithm if you can’t bias it in your favor?” - former American Airlines president, Robert CrandallBy A. Tarantola, 04.10.2021
Facebook asked people to share their age and gender to create a fairer AI datasetProperly labelled information can go a long way toward combating bias in AI.By I. Bonifacic, 04.08.2021
LAPD bans the use of Clearview's controversial facial recognition softwareOfficers will be able to use the Los Angeles County system and nothing else.By D. Cooper, 11.18.2020
The LAPD has used facial recognition software 30,000 times since 2009The acknowledgement comes after years of contradictory answers on the matter. By I. Bonifacic, 09.21.2020
Recommended Reading: The Magic Leap project the world may never seeThe week's noteworthy writing on technology and more.By B. Steele, 07.11.2020
Boston bans police and city use of facial recognition softwareIt's the second-largest city in the US to do so.By I. Bonifacic, 06.24.2020
False facial recognition match leads to a wrongful arrest in DetroitThe ACLU has filed a complaint in response.By J. Fingas, 06.24.2020
IBM stops work on facial recognition over human rights concernsIt believes the tech can be abused for racial profiling and surveillance.By J. Fingas, 06.08.2020
Banjo CEO resigns to preserve the company's AI surveillance dealsHe doesn't want his racist past to hurt the company's chances.By J. Fingas, 05.09.2020