IBM is developing tools that would ensure online advertising algorithms do not unfairly show ads to only specific groups such as mostly men or wealthy people, aiming to address discrimination concerns that have drawn industrywide scrutiny.
Investors and activists are presenting Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, and Twitter with a list of shareholder resolutions this week.
A recent report said that algorithmic systems typically used in monitoring the performance of warehouse workers have pervaded more and more industries.
The partnership is the latest trend showing a convergence between the telecoms market and Silicon Valley.
A new tool is promising to make your pictures undetectable to facial recognition software without significantly changing their appearance.
The U.S. Department of Education opened an investigation into the data-sharing practices between Florida’s Pasco County sheriff’s office and school district.
Several U.S. banks have started deploying camera software that can analyze customer preferences, monitor workers and spot people sleeping near ATMs, even as they remain wary about possible backlash over increased surveillance.
The European Commission published its Proposal for a Regulation on a European approach for Artificial Intelligence. The Proposal follows a public consultation on the Commission’s white paper on AI published in February 2020.
European lawmakers say company’s surveillance practices ‘poses an issue’ for joint approach to artificial intelligence.
Research from the UK and an update from Elon Musk on human trials at his brain interface company show software is now eating the mind.
The New York Police Department has been testing Digidog, which it says can be deployed in dangerous situations and keep officers safer, but some fear it could become an aggressive surveillance tool.
Voice assistants like Alexa and Siri often can’t understand people with dysarthria or a stutter. Their creators say that may change.