“Facial recognition technology is known to struggle to recognize black faces. The underlying reason for this shortcoming runs deeper than you might expect, according to researchers at MIT.”
Read: Most engineers are white — and so are the faces they use to train software
“OK, @Google, you might have missed the point of @HiddenFigures. http://pic.twitter.com/s1DXn53c6G 7:40 PM – 14 Jan 2017 Seriously. What the fuck. @Google @HiddenFigures @Bibliogato @Google @HiddenFigures Noooooope. Nope nope nopenopnope.”
“As machine learning is increasingly used to make important decisions across core social domains, the work of ensuring that these decisions aren’t discriminatory becomes crucial.”
“As machine learning is increasingly used to make important decisions across core social domains, the work of ensuring that these decisions aren’t discriminatory becomes crucial.”
“As machine learning is increasingly used to make important decisions across core social domains, the work of ensuring that these decisions aren’t discriminatory becomes crucial.”
“Since Tuesday’s election, there’s been a lot of finger pointing, and many of those fingers are pointing at Facebook, arguing that their newsfeed algorithms played a major role in spreading misinformation and magnifying polarization.”
“A huge percentage of election-related talk on Twitter isn’t coming from humans. It’s coming from bots. And the majority of those bots are gunning for Trump to win the race, according to a paper released yesterday from Oxford University’s Project on Computational Propaganda.”
Read: On Twitter, Trump bots are out-tweeting Clinton bots 7 to 1
“A huge percentage of election-related talk on Twitter isn’t coming from humans. It’s coming from bots. And the majority of those bots are gunning for Trump to win the race, according to a paper released yesterday from Oxford University’s Project on Computational Propaganda.”
Read: On Twitter, Trump bots are out-tweeting Clinton bots 7 to 1
“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