Category: News Article
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Google’s AI-Powered ‘Inclusive Warnings’ Feature Is Very Broken
Author: Samantha Cole; Publisher: Vice; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how earlier this year, Google created a writing assistant tool that works similarly to Grammarly but checks for inclusive language in addition to…
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Data Ethics Unit to Probe Impact of Music-Streaming Algorithms
Author: Sam Trendall; Publisher: Public Technology; Publication Year: 2022. The following article details a probe by the United Kingdom’s Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI), a government unit dedicated to promoting ethical use of…
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A Beauty Contest was Judged by AI and the Robots Didn’t like Dark Skin
Artificial Intelligence, Beauty.AI, Human Beauty, Microsoft, Racial Bias, Representation in Training Datasets, Training Data, Youth LaboratoriesAuthor: Sam Levin; Publisher: The Guardian; Publication Year: 2016. The following article discusses how in 2016, the first artificial intelligence (AI) judged beauty contest was conducted. The objective factors included facial symmetry and wrinkles. Beauty.AI,…
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Big Tech and Data Ethics
Algorithmic Injustice, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Vehicles, Discrimination, Machine Learning, Personal Data, Robotics, Surveillance, User Interface DesignAuthor: Sam Gilbert; Publisher: Bennett Institute of Public Policy, Cambridge; Publication Year: 2020. The following article discusses the following topics with respect big tech companies: privacy and surveillance; bias; discrimination; and injustice in algorithmic decisioning;…
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TikTok Could Face a $29 Million Fine in the UK for Failing to Protect Kids’ Privacy
Author: Ryan Browne; Publisher: CNBC; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how Tik Tok may be fined $29 million dollars by the ICO which is responsible for regulating and enforcing privacy laws. They are…
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Preventing Harmful AI Bias With Fairness Through Awareness
AI Transparency, Algorithmic Accountability Act, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence Act, European Union, Explainability, Fairness, TransparencyAuthor: Rik Chomko; Publisher: Forbes; Publication Year: 2022. The following article describes how, from an equity standpoint, artificial intelligence (AI) transparency is vital for preventing bias that has the potential to penalize protected classes or…
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Critics Raise Alarm Over Big Tech’s Most Powerful Tools
Author: Richard Water; Publisher: Financial Times; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how big tech companies are using “Dark Patterns” in order to nudge their userbase into certain patterns of behavior. In a “race…