Category: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

The Ethical Questions That Haunt Facial-Recognition Research

Algorithms, China, Consent, Facial Recognition Systems, Surveillance

Author: Richard Van Noorden; Publisher: Nature; Publication Year: 2020. In the following article, science journalist Richard Van Noorden discusses how facial recognition technology is being used for malicious purposes. The Chinese government has abused facial…
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Ethics and AI: 3 Conversations Companies Need to Have

AI Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Ethical Standards

Author: Reid Blackman, Beena Ammanath; Publisher: Harvard Business Review; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how over the past few years, the question of how to address ethical problems relating to data has become…
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Our Ethics + Responsible Data Science Practices at DataKind

Data Science, Ethical Standards

Author: Rachel Wells; Publisher: DataKind; Publication Year: 2022. The following article provides a great definition of ethics for the data science field. Her goal is not to create a one-stop-shop for ethical frameworks because she…
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3 Questions: Designing Software for Research Ethics

Bartleby, Consent, Data Collection, Google, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Meta, Regulations, Social Media

Author: Rachel Gordon; Publisher: MIT News; Publication Year: 2022. The following article features the author interviewing Jonathan Zong, a computer scientist Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), also the creator of the app…
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Cangrade Announces Patent for Removing Bias in AI Hiring

Adverse Impact Algorithm, Cangrade, Hiring, Hiring Software

Author: N/A; Publisher: Globe Newswire; Publication Year: 2022. The following article discusses how Cangrade received a patent on its “bias-free” hiring technology solution. Cangrade used an iterative Adverse Impact algorithm, meaning not only will the…
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The UK Data Ethics Framework Explained

Framework Usage, United Kingdom

Author: Pierre-Nicolas Schwab; Publisher: Into the Minds; Publication Year: 2018. The following article breaks down the United Kingdome (UK) data ethics framework and answers multiple questions about it such as who it is made for,…
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What is AI Ethics?

AI Lifecycle, Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy, Explainability, Fairness, IBM, Robustness, Transparency

Author: Phaedra Boinodiris; Publisher: IBM Technology; Publication Year: 2021. The following article discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) is making decisions that directly impact all of us. People assume that because AI is a machine, the…
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The Ethics of Data Visualization

Cartesian Coordinate System, Data Analysis, Data Visualizations

Author: Peter Haferl; Publisher: Medium; Publication Year: 2019. The following article discusses how data science is not only about analyzing data and interpreting results, but also about telling a story around these results. Oftentimes, these…
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Understanding AI Bias in Banking

AI Bias, Artificial Intelligence, Ethical AI, Human Bias

Author: Pedro Saleiro; Publisher: Feedzai; Publication Year: 2020. The following document discusses how recent events pushed organizations and individuals to push back against biases in financial institutes. In the digital age, however, it is not…
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