“Cops are using secret cellphone trackers nationwide to collect cellphone data—especially in poor, black neighborhoods. Louise Goldsberry, a Florida nurse, was washing dishes when she looked outside her window and saw a man pointing a gun at her face.”
Read: Racial Disparities in Police ‘Stingray’ Surveillance, Mapped
“A coalition that includes the ACLU, EFF, and 50 other organizations has asked the Department of Justice to investigate how the FBI and police are using large-scale facial recognition databases in criminal investigations.”
Read: Police should rein in facial recognition programs, says new report
“This is the third installment in a series that aims to explain and peer inside the black-box algorithms that increasingly dominate our lives. As we enter the era of artificial intelligence, machines are constantly trying to predict human behavior.”
“The Intersect ran a little experiment a few weeks ago: During the work day, we’d check in with Facebook each hour, on the hour, and record which topics were trending for us on the platform.”
Read: Facebook has repeatedly trended fake news since firing its human editors
“just emailed to an empty test account that has never interacted with or followed anyone”
“One day recently, we visited Amazon’s website in search of the best deal on Loctite super glue, the essential home repair tool for fixing everything from broken eyeglass frames to shattered ceramics.”
Read: Amazon Says It Puts Customers First. But Its Pricing Algorithm Doesn’t.
“How will artificial intelligence systems change the way we live? This is a tough question: on one hand, AI tools are producing compelling advances in complex tasks, with dramatic improvements in energy consumption, audio processing, and leukemia detection.”
“A change in YouTube’s content moderation system has left many video creators uncertain of their place on the platform. Over the past day, users have been posting notices from Google, saying that certain videos were being barred from making money via YouTube’s ad service.”
“Earlier this year, Facebook denied criticisms that its Trending feature was surfacing news stories that were biased against conservatives.”
Read: Facebook fires human editors, algorithm immediately posts fake news
“Facebook will no longer employ humans to write descriptions for items in its Trending section, which attracted controversy over allegations of political bias in May.”
Read: Facebook is trying to get rid of bias in Trending news by getting rid of humans