Machine learning & AI
The biggest tech companies want you to know that they're taking special care to ensure that their use of artificial intelligence to sift through mountains of data, analyze faces or build virtual assistants doesn't spill over ...
Apr 8, 2019
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Business
Gender bias is deeply ingrained in hiring and work.
Jul 24, 2023
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Internet
Understanding what makes something harmful or offensive can be hard enough for humans, never mind artificial intelligence systems.
Jul 7, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
The pronounced positive confidence bias that is a characteristic and apparently irrational trait of human decision-making has been replicated and dissected using an artificial intelligence (AI) model. The unnerving result, ...
Nov 29, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Even after algorithms are adjusted for overt hiring discrimination, they may show a subtler kind: preferring workers who mirror dominant groups, according to a new study from researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
Feb 8, 2023
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Machine learning & AI
Artificial intelligence is a pervasive part of modern-day life and is used by vital institutions from banks to police forces. But a growing mountain of evidence suggests that the AI used by these organizations can entrench ...
Mar 9, 2023
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Internet
Tweets believed to be written by African Americans are much more likely to be tagged as hate speech than tweets associated with whites, according to a Cornell study analyzing five collections of Twitter data marked for abusive ...
Aug 6, 2019
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Internet
When it comes to real fake news, the kind of disinformation that Russia deployed during the 2016 elections, "going viral" isn't just a metaphor.
Oct 11, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
Bias in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning programs is well established. Researchers from North Carolina State University and Pennsylvania State University are now proposing that software developers incorporate ...
Feb 6, 2020
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Robotics
Dang robots are crummy at so many jobs, and they tell lousy jokes to boot. In two new studies, these were common biases human participants held toward robots.
May 6, 2020
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