algorithmic bias
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Banks Using AI Are Ripe for Russian Sabotage: Report
Banks and other financial institutions utilising artificial intelligence may be uniquely susceptible to retaliatory Russian cyberattacks as taxing international sanctions worsen, experts warn.
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Twitter’s Scrambling to Figure Out Why Its Photo Preview Algorithm Seems Racist
The neural network Twitter uses to generate photo previews is a mysterious beast. When it debuted the smart cropping tool back in 2018, Twitter said the algorithm determines the most “salient” part of the picture, i.e. what your eyes are drawn to first, to use as a preview image, but what exactly that entails has…
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Democrats Introduce Bill Requiring Tech Companies To Check Algorithms For Bias
Inside Silicon Valley, the consensus is that artificial intelligence will be the most important technology for the next decade. OK, but what the hell does that mean for the rest of us?
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Why The Law Doesn’t (and Sometimes Shouldn’t) Protect Us From The Algorithms That Rule Our Lives
Photo: AP Most people are aware that algorithms control what you see on Facebook or Google, but automated decision-making is increasingly being used to determine real-life outcomes as well, influencing everything from how fire departments prevent fires to how police departments prevent crime. Given how much these (often secretive) systems have come to dominate our…