One in three councils using algorithms to make welfare decisions
One in three councils are using computer algorithms to help make decisions about benefit claims and other welfare issues, despite […]
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Apple Shares Some Browsing History with Chinese Company
The company acknowledged it’s using ‘safe browsing’ technology from Tencent, which has ties to the Chinese government. Apple is sending […]
How Photos of Your Kids Are Powering Surveillance Technology
One day in 2005, a mother in Evanston, Ill., joined Flickr. She uploaded some pictures of her children. Years later, […]
Blind Spots in AI Just Might Help Protect Your Privacy
Machine learning, for all its benevolent potential to detect cancers and create collision-proof self-driving cars , also threatens to upend […]
Facebook’s New “Off-Facebook Activity” Feature
Facebook has introduced a new privacy feature called the “Off-Facebook Activity” intended to provide you with a tool to control […]
Google to address ad frequency with machine learning when cookies aren’t available
Google will be rolling out an approach to ad frequency control that doesn’t rely on cookies in Display & Video […]
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Releases Principles on Artificial Intelligence
The U.S. Chamber’s Technology Engagement Center and Center for Global Regulatory Cooperation recently released a set of ten principles essential […]
Facebook is building more secure Instagram messaging app
Facebook is launching Threads, a new camera-first messaging app from Instagram for keeping up with your close friends in a […]
Google Facial Recognition Tactics Raise Racial, Privacy Concerns
In the past, facial recognition technology has notoriously had a harder time identifying people with darker skin. Google wants to […]
French Liberte Tested by Nationwide Facial Recognition ID Plan
France is poised to become the first European country to use facial recognition technology to give citizens a secure digital […]
AI policing tools may “amplify” prejudices
Evidence has suggested that the absence of consistent guidelines for the use of automation and algorithms, may lead to discrimination […]
Amazon announces privacy updates as its devices expand deeper into the home
Amazon will introduce a new privacy feature for the smart doorbells of its subsidiary Ring called “Home Mode”, which will […]