Surveillance Firm Banjo Used a Secret Company and Fake Apps to Scrape Social Media
One former employee said the secret company called Pink Unicorn Labs was doing the same thing as Cambridge Analytica, “but […]
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Swedish Data Inspectorate investigates Clearview AI
Swedish supervisory authority – Datainspektionen – is conducting an investigation on possible use of facial recognition technology provided by US […]
What Facebook’s $550M settlement teaches us about the future of facial recognition
In January, plaintiffs and Facebook reached the largest privacy settlement in U.S. history. Facebook agreed to settle for $550 million […]
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 […]
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. […]
Scotland Yard makes first arrest using live facial recognition technology
A woman arrested in Westminster, London yesterday has become the first to be apprehended by Metropolitan Police using its facial […]
Facebook blocks mobile app advertisers from using device-level data
Facebook quietly updated its terms of service for its Advanced Mobile App Measurement program in January, barring mobile app advertisers […]
Google gobbling Fitbit is a major privacy risk
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has intervened to raise concerns about Google’s plan to scoop up the health and […]
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 […]
London Police Just Turned On Facial Recognition In One Of The World’s Busiest Shopping Districts
Just across from the Microsoft store on London’s Regent Street, and just outside the entrance to the Oxford Circus tube […]
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems that companies claim can “read” facial expressions is based on outdated science and risks being unreliable […]