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Kentucky Judges must consult algorithms for cash bail decisions; now more whites get bail.
I don't mind letting your programs see my private data as long as I get something useful in exchange. But that's not what happens. A forme...
People have a tendency to treat technology and data as neutral, sterile and immune to mortal failings. Yet the digital tools we use at schools, jobs ...
The proposed rule radically reinterprets existing housing law to give landlords and mortgage lenders a recipe to discriminate by algorithm.
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Machine-learning algorithms find and apply patterns in data. And they pretty much run the world.
Ethics washing is unethical, but some AI companies aren't afraid to engage in the practice. Here are some ways to avoid it.
The artificial-intelligence industry runs on the invisible labor of humans working in isolated and often terrible conditions—and the model is spreading to more and more businesses.
Admissions officers are increasingly turning to automation and AI with the hope of streamlining the application process and leveling the playing field.
Thanks to “data inference” technology, companies know more about you than you disclose.
Attempts to "fix" biased AI can actually harm black, gay, and transgender people.
A received wisdom is that automated decision-making serves as an anti-bias intervention. The conceit is that removing humans from the decision-making process wi
AI security expert Dawn Song warns that “adversarial machine learning” could be used to reverse-engineer systems—including those used in defense.
How "adversarial attacks" can mess with self-driving cars, medicine, and the military.
The trend toward more prevalent and less transparent automation in agency decision-making is deeply concerning. The history and present of the administrative state’s addiction to automation suggest a need to make fresh choices regarding the future.
Why data science is a profound threat for queer people
The human-centered approach that can combat algorithmic bias.
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