It’s time to end the secrecy and opacity of social media
A simple proposal for making social media more transparent. Source: It’s time to end the secrecy and opacity of social […]
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Can Algorithms Send You to Prison? Apparently, Yes.
The New York Times reported in an opinion piece last week on a fascinating and disturbing story. In 2013, police […]
The Age of the Algorithm – 99% Invisible
Computer algorithms now shape our world in profound and mostly invisible ways. They predict if we’ll be valuable customers and […]
‘Gaydar’ Shows How Creepy Algorithms Can Get
Artificial intelligence keeps getting creepier. In one controversial study, researchers at Stanford University have demonstrated that facial recognition technology can […]
Why The Sensitive Intersection of Race, Hate Speech And Algorithms Is Heating Up
How the debate about algorithms, programmers, and race dialogue reveals much about the social networks you use today. Source: Why […]
Turns Out Algorithms Are Racist
Artificial intelligence is becoming a greater part of our daily lives, but the technologies can contain dangerous biases and assumptions—and […]
Technology Is Biased Too. How Do We Fix It?
Algorithms were supposed to free us from our unconscious mistakes. But now there’s a new set of problems to solve. […]
D-ID’s tech protects your privacy by confounding face recognition algorithms
Unless you literally wear a mask all the time, it is almost impossible to completely avoid cameras and face recognition […]
How can we stop algorithms telling lies?
Algorithms can dictate whether you get a mortgage or how much you pay for insurance. But sometimes they’re wrong – […]
Biased Algorithms Are Everywhere, and No One Seems to Care
The big companies developing them show no interest in fixing the problem. Source: Biased Algorithms Are Everywhere, and No One […]
Courts Are Using AI to Sentence Criminals. That Must Stop Now.
Algorithms pervade our lives today, from music recommendations to credit scores to now, bail and sentencing decisions. But there is […]
What does it mean to ask for an “explainable” algorithm?
One of the standard critiques of using algorithms for decision-making about people, and especially for consequential decisions about access to […]