Algorithmic Bias
Gun Detection AI is Being Trained With Homemade ‘Active Shooter’ Videos
Companies are using bizarre methods to create algorithms that automatically detect weapons. AI ethicists worry they will lead to more police violence.
Facial Recognition Company Lied to School District About its Racist Tech
Documents reveal Lockport Schools' facial recognition tech has mistaken broom handles for guns and has misidentified Black students at much higher rates.
Faulty Facial Recognition Led to His Arrest—Now He’s Suing
Michael Oliver is the second Black man found to be wrongfully arrested by Detroit police because of the technology—and his lawyers suspect there are many more.
Las Vegas Cops Used ‘Unsuitable’ Facial Recognition Photos To Make Arrests
Records obtained by Motherboard show the police department used sub-par images in almost half of its facial recognition searches, increasing the chance of misidentifying suspects.
Police and Big Tech Are Partners in Crime. We Need to Abolish Them Both
Silicon Valley has made billions of dollars empowering the police by pitching surveillance and data analysis technology as unbiased. It’s not.
Over 1,000 AI Experts Condemn Racist Algorithms That Claim to Predict Crime
Technologists from MIT, Harvard, and Google say research claiming to predict crime based on human faces creates a "tech-to-prison pipeline" that reinforces racist policing.
This Company Is Using Racially-Biased Algorithms to Select Jurors
Momus Analytics' predictive scoring system is using race to grade potential jurors on vague qualities like "leadership" and "personal responsibility."
This College Banned Students From Even Discussing Facial Recognition
After the ACLU said a community college in Michigan was violating its students’ First Amendment rights, the school partially relented.
Facebook Hires Fox News Producer Who Has Poisoned Boomer Brains for Years
Williams, whose long tenure at Fox News included several years at 'Fox and Friends,' will work on editorial video strategy at the social network.
Students Are Campaigning to Ban Facial Recognition From College Campuses
A new national campaign wants to stop facial recognition from invading U.S. college campuses.
‘Significant Racial Bias’ Found in National Healthcare Algorithm Affecting Millions of People
A series of studies argue that by focusing on costs as a proxy for health, risk algorithms are ignoring the racial inequalities in healthcare access.
Algorithms Have Nearly Mastered Human Language. Why Can’t They Stop Being Sexist?
To fight gender bias, researchers are training language-processing algorithms to envision a world where it doesn’t exist.