Predictive policing is still racist—whatever data it uses
It’s no secret that predictive policing tools are racially biased. A number of studies have…
It’s no secret that predictive policing tools are racially biased. A number of studies have…
As machine-learning applications move into the mainstream, a new era of cyber threat is emerging—one…
Our dependency on tech has soared during the pandemic. The app analytics company App Annie…
Google on Thursday unveiled an upgraded fitness app which uses smartphone camera capabilities to measure…
On Tuesday, February 2, Jeff Bezos announced that he would be stepping down as Amazon’s…
Most image-recognition systems are trained using large databases that contain millions of photos of everyday…
In 1964, mathematician and computer scientist Woodrow Bledsoe first attempted the task of matching suspects’…
On December 23, as part of a publicity push to encourage people to get vaccinated…
Language-generation algorithms are known to embed racist and sexist ideas. They’re trained on the language…
The first time Mary Ann Price logged into her employer’s system to schedule a vaccine,…