IBM and Microsoft support the Vatican’s guidelines for ethical AI
IBM and Microsoft have signed the Vatican’s “Rome Call for AI Ethics,” a pledge to develop artificial intelligence in a […]
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How Europe’s AI strategy is getting it right
The European Commission’s new White Paper may be the most ambitious yet realistic government strategy for AI we have seen. […]
Clearview AI: Entire Client List Was Stolen
Clearview AI, which contracts with law enforcement after reportedly scraping 3 billion images from the web, now says someone got […]
How Explainable AI Is Helping Algorithms Avoid Bias
Artificial intelligence is biased. Human beings are biased. In fact, everyone and everything that makes choices is biased, insofar as […]
Predictive policing systems are flawed because they replicate and amplify racism
The AI Now Institute’s Executive Director, Andrea Nill Sánchez, today testified before the European Parliament LIBE Committee Public Hearing on […]
AI systems claiming to ‘read’ emotions pose discrimination risks
Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems that companies claim can “read” facial expressions is based on outdated science and risks being unreliable […]
European Commission publishes data strategy, AI white paper
On Wednesday, the commission released its EU data strategy. The document outlines the commission’s five-year plan for “policy measures and investments […]
AI could constantly scan the internet for data privacy violations, a quicker, easier way to enforce compliance
Data privacy regulations are being adopted to protect internet users. Today, humans need to read those rules to ensure compliance. […]
Google tells facial recognition startup Clearview AI to stop scraping photos
Following Twitter, Google and YouTube have become the latest companies to send a cease-and-desist letter to Clearview AI, the startup […]
Welfare surveillance system violates human rights, Dutch court rules
A Dutch court has ordered the immediate halt of an automated surveillance system for detecting welfare fraud because it violates […]
Chicago police using controversial Clearview AI facial recognition tool that taps photos from Facebook, other sites
The Chicago Police Department is using a controversial facial recognition tool that allows investigators to search an image of unknown […]
EU seeks ‘clear criteria’ for use of biometric AI on mass scale
There should be “clear criteria” in the future mass-scale rollout of Biometric Identification Systems in the EU, a recently leaked […]