Analysis: issues with some gadgets could contribute to poorer outcomes for women and people of colour

A sweeping AI has become central to how the US handles the opioid crisis. It may only be making the crisis worse. With the creeping privatisation of our National Health Services, could the U.K. see similar opaque algorithms creating barriers here?

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The NYPD uses biometric technologies such as facial recognition to identify crime suspects, but dark-skinned people are misidentified 40% of the time. To imagine a future where we don't deploy facial recognition & policing, #ForFreedoms & @ai4theppl launched #HeartRecognition: pic.twitter.com/5dnmxZAFLv— For Freedoms (@forfreedoms) June 21, 2021

Workplace challenges posed by new technology could be answered by very traditional solutions. "Nevertheless, there is also substantial historical evidence that technological changes tend to affect lower-paid and lower-qualified workers more than others. This suggests there are likely to be unequal effects that cause disruption for some people or places more than others,"

Algorithms are meaningless without good data. The public can exploit that to demand change.

Clearview AI's latest patent application reveals the firm's ongoing plans to use surveillance against vulnerable individuals. According to BuzzFeed News, a patent was filed in August which describes in detail how the applications of facial recognition can range from governmental to social — like dating and professional networking. Clearview AI's patent claims that people will be able to identify individuals who are unhoused and are drug users by simply accessing the company's face-matching system.

Machine learning programs trained with patients’ own reports find problems that doctors miss—especially in Black people. Full study here: https://go.nature.com/3pnOwWP