Category: 2022

South Africa’s Private Surveillance Machine is Fueling a Digital Apartheid

Artificial Intelligence, Colonialism, Police Activity, Private Surveillance, South Africa, Surveillance, Tracking

Author: Karen Hao and Heidi Swart; Publisher: MIT Technology Review; Publication Year: 2022. In the following article, Karen Hao writes the second story in a 5 part series on artificial intelligence (AI) colonialism. Heidi Swart,…
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A New Vision of Artificial Intelligence for the People

Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Assimilation, Colonialism, Community Data, Data Collection, Maori Language, Natural Language Processing Technology

Author: Karen Hao; Publisher: MIT Technology Review; Publication Year: 2022. In the following article, Karen Hao writes the final story in a 5 part series on artificial intelligence (AI) colonialism. Parts 1 through 4 were…
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Data privacy concerns make the post-Roe era uncharted territory

Data Collection, Data Usage, Law Enforcement, Personal Data, Private Data, Roe v. Wade, Surveillance

Author: Juliana Kim; Publisher: National Public Radio; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses the role of data in the post-Roe vs. Wade legal framework. Several states have limited or banned abortion since the Supreme…
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Industry Best Practices for AI Governance

Machine Learning, Marginalized Groups, Materiality

Author: Joy Looney; Publisher: Data Iku; Publication Year: 2022. The following article lays out a framework for the ethical development of machine learning models. This framework contains concrete examples of actions that data scientists and…
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Who Will Establish Metaverse Ethics?

Facial Recognition Systems, Governance Models, Inequality, Metaverse, Predictive Policing, Racial Bias, Virtual Reality

Author: Josh Entsminger, Mark Esposito, Terence Tse; Publisher: Project Syndicate; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how the “metaverse” is a term describing a dystopian society characterized by the immersion of virtual reality into…
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Privacy Violations Undermine the Trustworthiness of the Tim Hortons Brand

Artificial Intelligence, Consent, Data Collection, Data Usage, Office of the Privacy Commisioner, Tim Hortons, Transparency

Author: Jordan Richard Schoenherr Publisher: The Conversation Publication Year: 2022 Summary: The following article discusses how given the growing capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI), coupled with a lack of transparency in how data is collected…
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More Than One in Three Firms Burned by AI Bias

Ageism, AI Bias, Artificial Intelligence, Facial Recognition Systems, Fairness, Gender Bias, Government Regulation, Racial Bias

Author: John P. Mello Jr.; Publisher: Tech News World; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how bias in artificial intelligence (AI) systems can result in significant losses for companies, according to a new survey…
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What You Need to Know About AI Ethics

Accountability, Artificial Intelligence, Data Handling, Design Choices, Explainability, Fairness, Human Oversight, Safety, Security, System Capabilities, Transparency

Author: John Edwards; Publisher: Information Week; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming more popular as tech continues to grow, but with that, the number and intensity of concerns…
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Fighting Bias in AI Starts with the Data

AI Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, Data Accuracy, Responsible AI

Author: Joe McKendrick; Publisher: ZDNet; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses the importance of data accuracy when building non-biased artificial intelligence (AI) models. At the heart of AI models is data, and so it…
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