Researchers seek to reduce harm to multicultural users of voice assistants
Users of voice assistants such as Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant know the frustration of being misunderstood by a machine.
Jul 12, 2024
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Consumer & Gadgets
Users of voice assistants such as Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant know the frustration of being misunderstood by a machine.
Jul 12, 2024
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Internet
Safiya Umoja Noble swears she is not a Luddite. But she does think we could all learn a thing or two from the machine-bashing textile craftsmen in 19th-century Britain whose name is now synonymous with technological skepticism.
Mar 29, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
As hospitals and health care systems turn to artificial intelligence to help summarize doctors' notes and analyze health records, a new study led by Stanford School of Medicine researchers cautions that popular chatbots are ...
Oct 20, 2023
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Internet
For most companies and small-business owners, social media is a tool used to raise awareness and build a following around a certain product or service. The companies create content that informs consumers and redirects them ...
Feb 16, 2023
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Consumer & Gadgets
From cartoon memes to cancel culture, hashtag activism and "new" languages, it's undeniable that Black Twitter has shaped much of today's internet culture.
Dec 1, 2022
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Internet
Instances of racial slurs have soared on Twitter since Elon Musk purchased the influential platform, despite assurances from the platform that it had reduced hateful activity, a digital civil rights group reported Thursday.
Nov 11, 2022
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Internet
Have you ever noticed the faces in Facebook ads seem to match your gender, race or age? That isn't an accident, Northeastern computer science researchers say.
Oct 25, 2022
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Business
Twenty-six workers at an Amazon facility in Joliet, Illinois, have filed complaints with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging a racist workplace environment and retaliation against an employee who spoke ...
Jul 28, 2022
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Automotive
Nearly nine out of 10 people in the UK (86%) want self-driving vehicles to be labeled so they can be clearly distinguished from human-driven vehicles, according to a major new survey led by UCL researchers.
May 11, 2022
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Internet
Brandon Keyes, a 37-year-old Army combat veteran from Detroit, has an on-again, off-again relationship with Facebook. These days, it's mostly off.
Dec 9, 2021
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