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Contract lawyers face a growing invasion of surveillance programs that monitor their work
Attorneys say the constant workday face scans, mandated by their bosses, are fueling fears of over-surveillance: “I will not subject myself to this indignity and the invasion of my privacy in my own home."
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7 Myths of Using the Term “Human on the Loop”: “Just What Do You Think You Are Doing, Dave?” - Carnegie Council Artificial Intelligence & Equality Initiative
Insight Piece by Kobi Leins & Anja Kaspersen
Crime Prediction Software Promised to Be Free of Biases. New Data Shows It Perpetuates Them – The Markup
Millions of crime predictions left on an unsecured server show PredPol mostly avoided Whiter neighborhoods, targeted Black and Latino neighborhoods
It’s Not Just You: In Online Meetings, Many Women Can’t Get a Word In (Published 2020)
Overlapping chatter. Interruptions. Few nonverbal cues. For women, virtual meetings can mirror the inequities of in-person meetings.
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Google fired its star AI researcher one year ago. Now she’s launching her own institute
Timnit Gebru is launching Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR) to document AI’s harms on marginalized groups
“This Is Blackface”: Inside The Virtual Reality Company Trying To Scale Diversity Training
Mursion tells big corporate clients that its VR simulations will help teach racial sensitivity. But the actors playing its Black characters are often white.
Some medical devices don’t mean to be racist, but they are | Psyche Ideas
Oppression can get built into anything, including medical devices. How do they influence us, and what can we do about them?
What Robots Can’t Do | Commonweal Magazine
It's Not Just About You
"I've done nothing wrong, so who cares if they take my data?" If you can hear yourself think this, please keep reading.
Life and the Law in the Era of Data-Driven Agency
"Life and the Law in the Era of Data-Driven Agency" published on 31 Jan 2020 by Edward Elgar Publishing.
ICO issues provisional view to fine Clearview AI Inc over £17 million
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today announced its provisional intent to impose a potential fine of just over £17 million on Clearview AI Inc – a company that describes itself as the ‘World’s Largest Facial Network’. In addition, the ICO has issued a provisional notice to stop further processing of the personal data of people in the UK and to delete it following alleged serious breaches of the UK’s data protection laws.
Privacy International on Twitter
BREAKING: Clearview AI issued provisional fine for over 17£ millionFollowing PI's submissions before the UK data protection regulator, as well as other European regulators, the ICO has today announced its provisional intent to fine Clearview AI. https://t.co/JH5Zk1V94u pic.twitter.com/uEWOUyQUkn— Privacy International (@privacyint) November 29, 2021
Decolonizing Design: The Case for Universal Inclusivity - Azure Magazine
Mohawk architect Matthew Hickey (of Two Row Architect) argues that designing safer public spaces starts with broadening our definition of inclusivity.
Benjamin Strick on Twitter
Hi. I regularly get asked for free training sessions & workshops and love sharing research skills, so I've made these tutorials on YouTube with more coming. I hope it helps.Here is the #OSINT At Home playlist: https://t.co/faJEPGT1j0This video is a snippet of the content ✌️ pic.twitter.com/bDRDzD2VWc— Benjamin Strick (@BenDoBrown) February 1, 2021
Sasha Costanza-Chock on Twitter
Side note: watching the live stream and the auto captions are turning the Mashpee people into 'mashed peas.' auto captions that reproduce settler colonial speech norms are an issue of #algorithmicjustice https://t.co/UsGCQdZc8d— Sasha Costanza-Chock (@schock) November 25, 2021
Convenience at a cost
10 November 2020. Our new research explores the aspects of online shopping that are putting those with mental health problems at risk of financial harm.
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Facebook’s race-blind policies around hate speech came at the expense of Black users, new documents show
Researchers proposed a fix to the biased algorithm, but one internal document predicted pushback from “conservative partners.”
A Drug Addiction Risk Algorithm and Its Grim Toll on Chronic Pain Sufferers
A sweeping AI has become central to how the US handles the opioid crisis. It may only be making the crisis worse.
450,000 Women Missed Breast Cancer Screenings Due to “Algorithm Failure”
A disclosure in the United Kingdom has sparked a heated debate about the health impacts of an errant algorithm
For seniors using tech to age in place, surveillance can be the price of independence
Smart home technology can help people age in place longer, but the price can be a senior's privacy.
Abeba Birhane on Twitter
The barrier of meaning between AI and human-level intelligence still stands today. #Mitchell— Abeba Birhane (@Abebab) November 20, 2021
Ellen K. Pao on Twitter
It's alive: "Disability in the new workplace: What companies need to know and do" is out. Read it to learn about the harmful ableist myths that are part of our norms and interactions. And importantly, what you and your company can do to dismantle them. https://t.co/86qbAhwzd8 https://t.co/rOKtruTgZ9— Ellen K. Pao (@ekp) November 16, 2021
Biometrics: When your face reveals your vaccination status … and more
The time to consider the implications of the widespread use of biometrics is now. Biometric data collection can be highly invasive, and it’s important to ensure it’s being used responsibly and proportionately. Read more at Monash Lens.
Joe Bak-Coleman on Twitter
A citizen interested in watching their government's response to misinformation cannot do so without @YouTube suggesting videos promoting dangerous health misinformation.— Joe Bak-Coleman (@jbakcoleman) November 17, 2021
After Facebook Leaks, Here Is What Should Come Next
Every year or so, a new Facebook scandal emerges. These blowups follow a fairly standard pattern, at least in the U.S. First, new information is revealed that the company misled users about an element of the platform—data sharing and data privacy, extremist content, ad revenue, responses to abuse—...