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Meta's newest AI fairness benchmark measures even more granular bias markers
Today's tech treats users differently depending on their skin color and accent. Meta's newest dataset aims to make tomorrow's AIs a little less biased.
Andrew Tarantola03.09.2023Google is trying to keep political campaign emails out of Gmail spam folders
It plans to make eligible messages exempt from spam filters.
Kris Holt06.28.2022Tumblr will review its moderation algorithms after a porn ban-related settlement
NYC's human rights commission said the ban disproportionately affected LGBTQ+ users.
Kris Holt02.25.2022House Democrats urge IRS to halt facial recognition plans
House Democrats have sent a letter urging the IRS to drop its plans to use facial recognition technology.
Jon Fingas02.07.2022NYC bill bans AI recruiting tools that fail bias checks
New York City's council has passed a bill banning AI hiring tools that don't pass anti-discrimination checks.
Jon Fingas11.20.2021Facebook documents show inner turmoil over approach to conservative content
Internal documents show Facebook's infighting over right-wing content, including claims it makes 'special exceptions' for publishers.
Jon Fingas10.24.2021National committee will advise the President on AI competition and ethics
The Commerce Department and other offices are forming a national committee that will advise the President on AI issues like competition and bias.
Jon Fingas09.08.2021Twitter's AI bounty program reveals bias toward young, pretty white people
Twitter's first AI bias bounty has wrapped up, and it learned that beauty filters skew its photo algorithm — among other issues.
Jon Fingas08.10.2021Twitter launches bug bounty contest to detect algorithmic bias
It will pay up to $3,500 to those who find issues with the image-cropping algorithm.
Kris Holt07.30.2021Democratic lawmakers want to ban the federal government from using facial recognition
If passed, the bill would prohibit federal authorities from using the technology alongside other biometric platforms.
Igor Bonifacic06.15.2021Hitting the Books: How biased AI can hurt users or boost a business's bottom line
In 'A Citizen's Guide to Artificial Intelligence,' John Zerilli presents readers with an approachable, holistic examination of both the history and current state of the art, the potential benefits of and challenges facing ever-improving AI technology, and how this rapidly advancing field could influence society for decades to come.
Andrew Tarantola04.10.2021Facebook asked people to share their age and gender to create a fairer AI dataset
Casual Conversations feature paid actors explicitly sharing their age and gender.
Igor Bonifacic04.08.2021LAPD bans the use of Clearview's controversial facial recognition software
After Buzzfeed News showed leaders evidence of unauthorized searchers, officials issued a new ban on using the controversial platform,.
Daniel Cooper11.18.2020The LAPD has used facial recognition software 30,000 times since 2009
The LAPD uses the Los Angeles County Regional Identification System (LACRIS), a database of more than 9 million mugshots maintained by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Igor Bonifacic09.21.2020Twitter has 'more analysis to do' after algorithm shows possible racial bias
Twitter plans to study its algorithm after an experiment showed possible signs of racial bias.
Jon Fingas09.20.2020Recommended Reading: The Magic Leap project the world may never see
Like a lot of companies this year, Magic Leap faced massive layoffs. The company was able to avoid those after it raised $350 million, but it did shift to enterprise projects for the foreseeable future. Lost in the shuffle is a mixed reality story that deals with the death of a grandparent.
Billy Steele07.11.2020Boston bans police and city use of facial recognition software
Following the wrongful arrest of Robert Williams, Boston has become the second-largest city in the US to ban the use of facial recognition software.
Igor Bonifacic06.24.2020False facial recognition match leads to a wrongful arrest in Detroit
A Michigan man was arrested due to a false match in a facial recognition system, and the ACLU is filing a complaint in response.
Jon Fingas06.24.2020IBM stops work on facial recognition over human rights concerns
IBM is exiting its facial recognition business over concerns of possible human rights violations and racial biases.
Jon Fingas06.08.2020Banjo CEO resigns to preserve the company's AI surveillance deals
Banjo's CEO has resigned to prevent his racist past from affecting the AI surveillance company's deals with Utah and others.
Jon Fingas05.09.2020