A new US bill would force companies to check their algorithms for bias
US lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require large companies to audit machine learning-powered systems — like facial recognition […]
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European Commission Releases Final Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI
On April 8, 2019, the European Commission High-Level Expert Group (the “HLEG”) on Artificial Intelligence released the final version of […]
WTF is differential privacy?
Differential privacy allows companies to share aggregate data about user habits while protecting individual privacy. It’s a process used to […]
Your social media activity and your credit score
Banks and credit agencies have started coming up with creative ways of assessing risk of “unbanked” or “credit invisible” people. […]
UK businesses using artificial intelligence to monitor staff activity
Unions warn systems such as Isaak may increase pressure on workers and cause distrust Dozens of UK business owners are […]
Why facial recognition’s racial bias problem is so hard to crack
Nearly 40 percent of the false matches by Amazon’s facial recognition tool, which is being used by police, involved people […]
HTTPS Isn’t Always as Secure as It Seems
A surprising number of high-traffic sites have TLS vulnerabilities that are subtle enough for the green padlock to still appear. […]
A.I. Experts Question Amazon’s Facial-Recognition Technology
At least 25 prominent researchers are calling on the company to stop selling the technology to law enforcement agencies, citing […]
Researchers Find Facebook’s Ad Targeting Algorithm Is Inherently Biased
Facebook is in trouble with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for what the department says are […]
Facial recognition is coming to hotels
Alibaba has created the hotel of the future and it’s wild, wonderful, and just a little creepy. FlyZoo, which is […]
How to address new privacy issues raised by artificial intelligence and machine learning
Artificial intelligence and machine learning present unique challenges for protecting the privacy of personal data. For this reason, policymakers need […]
How Facial Recognition Databases See Copyright Law But Not Your Privacy
Whether you realize it or not, your face may not be “yours” anymore. Certain companies engaging in facial recognition research […]