Bots Grade Your Kids’ Schoolwork—and They’re Often Wrong
Auto-grading systems adopted in many districts were supposed to save time by using bots to score tests. But parents and teachers say the software leads to grading errors and requires them to double-check the bots’ work.
I kid you not! They don't even pretend not to do phrenology anymore (ht @vinayprabhu) pic.twitter.com/zSmZZKDt5M— Abeba Birhane (@Abebab) November 8, 2020
Drivers spooked by ‘ghost in the machine’ dashboard updates
When you get in your car in the morning, you might expect it to be the car that you left the night before.Not any more. James May, the television presenter, and Grant Shapps, the transport secretary
Amazon’s new ‘Care Hub’ lets Alexa owners keep tabs on aging family members
Amazon today announced a set of new features aimed at making its Alexa devices more useful to aging adults. With the launch of “Care Hub,” an added option in the Alexa mobile app, family members can keep an eye on older parents and loved ones, with their permission, in order to receive general information about […]
Buying access to a government's facial recognition camera system to track whoever you want for $200. Totally wild. https://t.co/dBhdG7IHGa pic.twitter.com/dnN7SrLKE9— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) November 11, 2020
Next time you're stuck in traffic because of roadworks and your frustration starts to bubble, change your perspective:Those roadworks could save someone's life – that's worth the wait. https://t.co/4p0DZN0KiW— The Correspondent (@The_Corres) November 10, 2020
California just passed a major privacy law that will make it harder for Facebook and Google to track people and gather data
While Prop 24 will be active only in California, it will effectively apply to all of the US because of the state's huge influence on the tech industry.
Police Will Pilot a Program to Live-Stream Amazon Ring Cameras
This is not a drill. Red alert: The police surveillance center in Jackson, Mississippi, will be conducting a 45-day pilot program to live stream the Amazon Ring cameras of participating residents.
Experts consider the ethical implications of new technology
Faculty from the Computer Science and Philosophy departments join forces in a successful new undergraduate initiative, Embedded EthiCS, to change the way computer scientists think about the ethical implications of new technology.
Facts v feelings: how to stop our emotions misleading us
The long read: The pandemic has shown how a lack of solid statistics can be dangerous. But even with the firmest of evidence, we often end up ignoring the facts we don’t like
This is a disturbing development.Last Friday, Facebook sent a cease-and-desist letter to two NYU researchers (@LauraEdelson2 and Damon McCoy), demanding that they shut down their research into political ads and disinformation on FB’s platform.https://t.co/ksBVmqV27K— Alex Abdo (@AlexanderAbdo) October 23, 2020
The worst part about the Oculus Quest 2 news is that most people buying one are new to VR, and are unaware of how much their biometric data says about them. To them, it's "who cares if Facebook knows I'm playing Beat Saber?" since that's the level of tracking they're used to 1/11— Danny Bittman (@DannyBittman) October 25, 2020