Testimony of Barry Friedman to U.S. House Regarding Facial Recognition — The Policing Project
Notes on Security, Terrorism, and AI / Digital Technology
artificial and natural intelligence, including politics, art, and higher education
Robotar kan snart föröka sig själva: ”En artificiell evolution” - Syre
Inom kort finns robotar som förökar sig själva. Långt in i framtiden kan det leda till människoliknande robotar som fortplantar sig utan mänsklig inblandning. Det kan innebära stora möjligheter. Men också risker, menar forskarna. Kan användas till att utföra uppdrag i farliga miljöer ”Forskningen lyfter en rad frågor” Virginia Dignum är professor på institutionen för datavetskap vid […]
Tech whistleblowers like Timnit Gebru can't just move on - Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech
"People have often reported on whistleblowing matter-of-factly as though we did it and moved on with our lives." But that couldn't be further from the truth.
The ugly, geeky war for web privacy is playing out in the W3C - Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech
Inside the World Wide Web Consortium, where the world's top engineers battle over the future of your data.
The Vital Need For Online Anonymity
The dangers involved in forcing people to use real names online far outweigh the benefits.
How to build an AI ethics team at your organization?
So you’re working on AI systems and are interested in Responsible AI? Have you run into challenges in making this a reality? Many articles…
Silicon Valley Pretends That Algorithmic Bias Is Accidental. It’s Not.
Tech companies have financial and social incentives to create discriminatory products.
Opioid addiction apps access personal data, study finds
News, analysis and comment from the Financial Times, the worldʼs leading global business publication
Police take ‘wanted’ posters onto social media, nabbing suspects and ruining lives
The 21st century version of the Wild West wanted poster has become a social media staple for police departments across the country.
Dark Patterns that Mislead Consumers Are All Over the Internet – The Markup
Think you can tell a dark pattern from an ethically designed prompt? Take our quiz to find out
Tamara Hinz on Twitter
When the hospital temperature sensor won’t let you into the building because it’s 38° and it thinks you have a fever 😑 pic.twitter.com/2jxD81hd9l— Tamara Hinz (@hinz_tamara) July 2, 2021
When It Comes to Gorillas, Google Photos Remains Blind
Google promised a fix after its photo-categorization software labeled black people as gorillas in 2015. More than two years later, it hasn't found one.
Establishing the Rules for Building Trustworthy AI by Luciano Floridi :: SSRN
AI is revolutionizing everyone’s life, and it is crucial that it does so in the right way. AI’s profound and far-reaching potential for transformation concerns
Mar Hicks on Twitter
do it. do the thing📱📱📱 pic.twitter.com/JmIVUdLTb8— Mar Hicks (@histoftech) July 2, 2021
Facebook Reaps $1 Trillion Reward for Grow-At-Any-Cost Culture
The company won’t change its ways without adopting new measures of success.
Governance of data for children learning final
Mark Hurst on Twitter
People finally realizing the "con" in Silicon Valley startups: a thread. 1/— Mark Hurst (@markhurst) July 1, 2021
How Twitter hired tech's biggest critics to build ethical AI - Protocol — The people, power and politics of tech
Twitter's META team is made up of some of tech's most notorious critics, and two more will soon be joining them: Sarah Roberts and Kristian Lum.
Cindy Gallop on Twitter
'A bio for Donna Strickland, the physicist who invented a technology used by all the high-powered lasers in the world, was created on Wikipedia. In less than 6 mins it was flagged for a “speedy deletion” & shortly thereafter erased from the site' @ftripodi https://t.co/OAGfmJqPJJ— Cindy Gallop (@cindygallop) June 28, 2021
Emerald: Title Detail: The Emerald International Handbook of Technology Facilitated Violence and Abuse by Jane Bailey
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online This handbook features theoretical, empirical, policy and legal analysis of technology facilitated violence and abuse
Fired by Bot at Amazon: ‘It’s You Against the Machine’
Contract drivers say algorithms terminate them by email—even when they have done nothing wrong.
Berlin’s No 1 digital detective agency is on the trail of human rights abusers | Human rights | The Guardian
Investigators in Germany are using Google Earth, YouTube clips and social media posts to bring political crimes to the courts
Adversa AI Red Team Invents Technology for Ethical Hacking of Facial Recognition Systems - PRNewswire - Fior Reports
Tel Aviv, Israel, June 25, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Adversa AI, the leading startup for Trusted AI Research, has demonstrated a new way to attack AI facial recognition applications. … Read More
What is an “algorithm”? It depends whom you ask
For better accountability, we should shift the focus from the design of these systems to their impact.
Mobilising the intellectual resources of the arts and humanities
Challenging and redrawing framings of technology to serve human flourishing and justice
The next generation of data ethics tools – The ODI
Does Your AI Model Know What It’s Talking About? Here’s One Way To Find Out.
When you ask AI models a question, they are programmed to give you an answer—even if they know little to nothing about the subject. Model overconfidence is the reason why many AI deployments fail. But a solution exists—and if your model isn't using it, you might not want to trust its judgments.
WSJ News Exclusive | App Taps Unwitting Users Abroad to Gather Open-Source Intelligence
The Premise app pays users, many in the developing world, to do tasks like taking photos and completing surveys for clients including the U.S. military.
Carl T. Bergstrom on Twitter
1. We have a new paper out in PNAS today, in which we address the harm wrought by dramatically restructuring human communication of the span of a decade, with no aim other than selling ads. It might be the most important paper of my career.https://t.co/sBWZtr9ZyE— Carl T. Bergstrom (@CT_Bergstrom) June 21, 2021